20/08/2025
🌿 Understanding the Polyvagal Theory: Exploring Nervous System Responses
Have you observed how your body responds in moments of stress, shutdown, or connection?
The Polyvagal Theory provides a valuable framework to comprehend these reactions:
- Freeze (Dorsal Vagal): Experience dissociation, numbness, depression, and hopelessness as your system conserves energy in overwhelming or inescapable situations.
- Fight or Flight (Sympathetic): Feelings of anxiety, worry, irritation, frustration, and anger indicate your body’s readiness to act or flee from perceived threats.
- Social Engagement (Ventral Vagal): Embrace groundedness, joy, compassion, curiosity, openness, and mindfulness—states where safety, calmness, and connection prevail.
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