Denizen Optimal Zone Resilience with Robert Gilman
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Nov 8, 2023 Robert Gilman, an expert in optimal zone resilience and developing new patterns to become less triggered, discusses the optimal zone and defensive zone in our nervous system, breaking the cycle of reflexive response when triggered, optimal zone hygiene practices, healing intergenerational trauma, and the impact of triggers and defensive responses on our well-being.
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Optimal and Defensive Zones Defined
- Optimal zone is when our nervous system is calm, creative, and compassionate.
- Defensive zone triggers fight, flight, or freeze responses, impairing empathy and rationality.
Nervous System and Zones
- The optimal zone aligns with activating the upper vagus nerve signaling safety.
- Defensive zone aligns with sympathetic or lower vagus activation signaling threat.
Physiology of Being Triggered
- When triggered, blood flows away from digestion to large muscles.
- Your brain narrows focus, losing peripheral vision and context sensitivity.