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Stephen Porges talk about Polyvagal Safety

The Science of Psychotherapy

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Physiology Shifts State, We Take No Prisoners

Our nervous system provides the platform upon which we process information. If we can change that state, just like we would freeze water and become ice, or if we boil water, t becomes steam. In doing that, you're tiing to take responsibility, which can turn into blame and sham. And that's something we don't want to do. When we shift state, we become basically different organisms. We move to this other state and were aggressive. The whole work ethic, we can't sit still. Gosfor wasting time. i'm gone. I'm out of here.

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