Wise Effort 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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Jan 23, 2023 
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Neuroception And Co-Regulation
- Your autonomic nervous system constantly scans faces and cues below conscious awareness to detect safety or threat.
- Co-regulation with calm others recruits your ventral vagal system and increases ease and social engagement.
Physiology Shapes Behavior
- Polyvagal theory reframes behavior as emerging from physiological state rather than pure intention.
- Different autonomic states create predictable 'scripts' and make some behaviors easier to express.
Pandemic Retuned Our Nervous Systems
- The pandemic 'retuned' nervous systems by turning previous co-regulators into perceived threats.
- Loss of broad co-regulation resources narrowed people's regulation to small social networks, often inadequately safe.