self-regulate

Of a mechanism, government, person, etc.: to regulate itself without external assistance.

Verb

  1. Of a mechanism, government, person, etc.: to regulate itself without external assistance.
    • I stim to self-regulate and to avoid sensory overload, meltdowns, or shutdowns in environments that are inaccessible. - 2021, Erin Felepchuk, “Stimming, Improvisation, and COVID-19: (Re)negotiating Autistic Sensory...

Origin

From self- + regulate.

Forms

self-regulates self-regulating self-regulated

Related

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