When you recognize that you have been operating hyper-vigilantly and that your nervous system is hyper-aroused, you are being asked to slow down.
Slowing down means that your body will have some healing to do. It will want rest and sunlight and clean food. This is the process of conscious recovery.
As things rise to the surface, uncomfortable thoughts and feelings, your task will be to stay: to not turn away from the depth and truth and poetry of your experience.