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A practical sequence is Notice, Settle, Direct.
Notice. What is happening in you right now? Tight throat, racing thoughts, anger, fear, blankness, tunnel vision?
Settle. Use the smallest effective intervention. One long exhale. Drop your shoulders. Place both feet on the floor. Name the next fact you need.
Direct. Return to the task. Ask the next question. Give the next instruction. Document the next relevant detail.

After a demanding call, when operations allow, try a brief internal debrief:
Name one fact about what happened.
Name one emotion you noticed.
Name one physical sensation.
Identify one thing you did effectively.
Identify one thing you can learn without attacking yourself.
Take one deliberate breath before the next task.
Two minutes will not process a major incident. That is not the purpose. The exercise gives your nervous system a small marker: that event happened, and now I am here.