When uncertainty strikes, recovery is the key indicator:
We asked people how long it takes to “get over” uncertainty.
Answers ranged from minutes… to months… to “never really”.
Which range tells us something important.
Recovery isn’t linked to the size of the uncertainty, as most of us imagine.
It’s linked to how quickly you can return your body and nervous system to baseline.
As Katherine Templar Lewis explains, there are three ways to do that:
(Well there’s hundreds but they fall into three categories)
1. Body first
Make yourself feel safe. Breathwork, grounding, movement, stillness. Start here.
2. Internal processing
Name it. Journal it. Sit with it. Uncertainty shrinks when it’s made explicit.
3. External processing
Talk to someone you trust. Borrow a regulated nervous system.
Uncertainty doesn’t disappear in a straight line. It ebbs, flows, and revisits.
And, all
Importantly, it’s the processing of uncertainty that increases our tolerance
So, whilst in 2026 more uncertainty is certain, recovery is a skill that can be practised.
And, one easy way to scientifically increase uncertainty tolerance, I hear you ask….
The Uncertainty Toolkit, launched this week, and is STILL on 50% sale at Amazon (which we’re told must mean it’s doing well, so please take advantage while it’s there)
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And uncertainty strikes. How long does it take you to get over it? Something big, I suppose. It takes quite a few weeks to go through my system. I don’t think it’s linear in that way. I think you kind of go round it circles. You might find a solution or an answer that works for that time, and then the emotional process might take, usually for me, until it’s resolved. It ebbs and flows until it’s resolved. Yeah, it depends on the level of uncertainty. I’s it goes through sort of phases. I reckon it sort of takes a couple of days to get over it and then I think I’m fine and then it hits me again a couple of months later. I would say it’s anything from immediate up to 12 hours, a long time, a long time. And once it’s there, it doesn’t go really away. It’s always kinda there. Most people go wrong. They think recovery is actually related to the size of the uncertainty, but it’s not. It’s about how quickly you can process and return your body and nervous system back to its baseline. Now there’s three ways you can do this. One on your body. How can I make my body feel safe? Grounding, breathwork, meditation, anything that helps you. Second is internal mental processing, right? Can I Do I need to journal? Can I talk to myself about the event or meditate on it? The third is actually external. Can I find someone I trust to talk to about the event? All these three things will help you process the event and return to your baseline and recover much faster.
