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Deb Dana's Essential Polyvagal Theory Contributions: Bridging Science and Trauma Recovery

Stuck Not Broken

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Exploring Autonomic Ladder Shifts in Polyvagal Theory

The chapter discusses the autonomic ladder in polyvagal theory, illustrating the sequential shifts between safety, flight, fight, and shutdown states triggered by external cues. A comparison is made between the ladder and traffic light metaphors to explain the regulatory states of the nervous system.

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