Most of us know about the “fight or flight” response, the body’s built-in survival instinct. But that framework leaves out ...

Before Porges’ (2011) polyvagal theory became widely known, it was commonly thought that the autonomous nervous system has only two branches: the sympathetic system which manages in times of stress, ...

After a year that stretched you emotionally and mentally, healing doesn't mean erasing what happened. Here are seven ...

In the scene, Kim recalls her therapist telling her, “You think calm is your superpower. I think you are so desensitized from trauma that you literally are frozen in fight or flight. One time in life, ...