Almost Adulting with Violet Benson

The Nervous System Explained w/ Sarah Baldwin

Mar 7, 2024
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INSIGHT

Nervous System Runs On Body Language

  • The autonomic nervous system controls emotions and behaviors without involving the thinking brain.
  • It uses a somatic, bodily language to manage our safety and survival responses.
INSIGHT

Past Trauma Distorts Present Safety

  • Most dysregulation happens because our nervous system falsely perceives safety as danger.
  • This happens due to our past experiences creating threat associations in the brainstem's threat detector.
ANECDOTE

Text Anxiety Linked to Past Trauma

  • Receiving an ambiguous text can trigger anxiety by activating past trauma-related threat patterns.
  • The nervous system may interpret harmless situations as dangerous, causing emotional distress.
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