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101. Polyvagal 101 - Neuroception, Autonomic Nervous System, Story Follows State

Stuck Not Broken

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The Neuroception of Safety

There are predictable ways or even universal ways that mammals react based on various levels of safety and danger. We have these hardwired autonomic shifts that take place within us, simply as an organism that is primed to survive. Primitive parts of the brain evaluate for safety or danger or life threat. These responses are unconscious, they're biologically hardwired. Again, this is not a choice.

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