How To Use Polyvagal Theory To Re-Tune Your Nervous System And Feel Safe Enough To Be Yourself With Dr. Stephen Porges
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What's Happening to Your Eyes?
The muscle around the eye is an orbital muscle called the obicularis oculi. That's where a lot of people have crow's feet, they use Botox to get rid of all the social cute. All the social cues of exuberance are those crow's feet. Take them away and we don't know how the other person is feeling. Even though we may not think we're looking at that, we're picking up those cues. We're wired to look at the upper part of the face. And if you're autistic, where do your eyes go? They don't go to the upper parts of the face,. They go to the lower part of theface. The
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