Traumas Can Leave Imprints on Our Autonomic Nervous System

Life altering traumatic events can leave lasting imprints on our autonomic nervous system which makes us prone to anxiety or prone to dissociation and depression. So, what happens is during traumas, the amygdala very often never learns that the trauma is fully over due to a catastrophic series of events where other inhibitory parts of the hypothalamus of the hippocampus shut down. And so, the amygdala is left in the state of seeing or expecting abandonment or attack to come from everywhere. To stay in this Ballyhooed desirable state of social to engage engage we want to experience as much attunement with others where people make eye contact,. Our heart rates and breathing go and sink when someone turns