Serotonin is the “I’m OK” molecule—it’s critical for stable moods and a sense of security and wellbeing. When serotonin gets dysregulated, the world becomes a threatening place, even when nothing has changed. We’ll explore how serotonin regulation relates to neurodivergence.

In week four, we discuss how the concept of predictive processing can help reframe emotion regulation in Jo Bervoets’ “Autism and intolerance of uncertainty: an ill-fitting pair,” and we read excerpts from Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time.