Principlev1PR-769
Design stress management responses around simple…
Design stress management responses around simple physiological protocols that can execute under cognitive load, not complex cognitive strategies that require intact executive function.
Why This Is a Principle
Grounds to Directed Attention as Depletable Resource (cognitive resources deplete), Subcortical Fast-Pathway Threat Processing (amygdala fast path), and Under acute stress, the prefrontal cortex degrades… (PFC degrades under stress). The principle prescribes design constraint: stress agents must be simple enough to survive degraded cognition. It's actionable (use breathing protocols not complex reappraisal), general (applies to all stress agents), and addresses the paradox that stress impairs the cognition needed to manage stress.