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Polyvagal Institute serves as the founding home of Polyvagal Theory.
Launched in 2020, PVI is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with Dr. Stephen Porges and Deb Dana as two of the founding members. Come take a course with us, attend an in-person or online event, and learn how and why safety, connection, and community are essential to the human experience.
Polyvagal Theory emphasizes the role the autonomic nervous system --especially the vagus nerve-- plays in regulating our health and behavior. Created and developed by Stephen Porges, PhD, the theory describes the physiological/psychological states which underlie our daily behavior as well as challenges related to our wellness and mental health. By applying Polyvagal Theory to our personal lives as well as to disciplines such as medicine, education, and management, we can understand how safety, co-regulation, and connection are paramount to a healthy human experience.
Launched in 2020, PVI is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with Dr. Stephen Porges and Deb Dana as two of the founding members. Come take a course with us, attend an in-person or online event, and learn how and why safety, connection, and community are essential to the human experience.
Polyvagal Theory emphasizes the role the autonomic nervous system --especially the vagus nerve-- plays in regulating our health and behavior. Created and developed by Stephen Porges, PhD, the theory describes the physiological/psychological states which underlie our daily behavior as well as challenges related to our wellness and mental health. By applying Polyvagal Theory to our personal lives as well as to disciplines such as medicine, education, and management, we can understand how safety, co-regulation, and connection are paramount to a healthy human experience.
Author Talk with Stephen Porges, Polyvagal Perspectives recorded live by Polyvagal Institute
In his new book, Polyvagal Perspectives, Stephen Porges presents a collection of recent writings that update the Polyvagal Theory and delve into sociality, safety and threat, trauma, functional medicine, vagal nerve stimulation, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, addiction, compassion, management, and dance movement therapy.
Learn more and explore our courses and trainings at polyvagal.org
Stephen Porges, PhD is the developer of Polyvagal Theory and one of our co-founders.
Learn more and explore our courses and trainings at polyvagal.org
Stephen Porges, PhD is the developer of Polyvagal Theory and one of our co-founders.
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Polyvagal Institute Community Qi Gong Practice with Michael Diemer (in English and German)
Просмотров 174Месяц назад
Recorded live at PVI's International Gathering in Potsdam, Germany in June 2024, this short 12 minute Qi Gong practice can be adapted for all levels of ability and mobility. Qigong is an ancient Chinese practice developed as part of traditional Chinese medicine. It involves using movement to optimize energy within the body, mind, and spirit, with the goal of improving and maintaining health and...
PVI Author Talk with Amanda Armstrong: Healing Through the Vagus Nerve
Просмотров 669Месяц назад
Join the Polyvgal Institute Community for this free Author Talk with Amanda Armstrong, author of Healing Through the Vagus Nerve, recorded live on August 1, 2024 Healing Through the Vagus Nerve is an accessible book written in approachable, non-academic language with helpful illustrations. The publication teaches all about vagal tone and the impact it has on your mental health and everyday lif...
Polyvagal-Informed Somatic Movement Practice for Self-Compassion with Amber Gray
Просмотров 907Месяц назад
Join the Polyvgal Institute Community for this free Somatic Movement Practice led by Amber Gray, PHD, MPH, LPCC, BC-DMT, NCC. recorded live on July 18, 2024. As Dr. Gray describes, "Our human bodies are movement. Movement is a primary language, creative expression, and pathway to healing. This brief introduction to a Polyvagal-informed Somatic & Dance/Movement Therapy grounding practice weaves...
PVI Board Chairman George Thompson & Stephen Porges discuss the future of Polyvagal Institute
Просмотров 300Месяц назад
Polyvagal Institute is thrilled to announce the induction of a new Board of Directors to guide PVI into our next phase. The board is chaired by George Thompson and includes Niki Elliott, Les Aria, Karen Onderko, and Kal Kseib, with Stephen Porges staying on in an Ex-Officio role. This board brings a fresh mix of diverse disciplinary perspectives to PVI’s oversight leading PVI into the future. I...
Being a Polyvagal Dad: a PVI Free Community Event with Travis Goodman and Darin Davidson
Просмотров 3573 месяца назад
PVI welcomes polyvagal experts Travis Goodman, LMFT and Darin Davidson, MD in a conversation about approaching parenting and fatherhood from a polyvagal perspective. Travis Goodman is a licensed family therapist and podcast host who uses polyvagal principles in his professional and personal life. He has served as a focusing partner for Jan Winhall's Felt Sense Polyvagal Model trainings at PVI. ...
Is Polyvagal Theory the Key to Healing IBS & Autoimmune Disease? Top Neuroscientist Explains
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Dr. Porges discusses the impact of trauma histories on our relationships and behaviors - sharing Polyvagal Theory's role in our physiological responses. We also discuss post-pandemic societal shifts, navigating the challenges of societal evaluation, the impact of social media, and ethical considerations surrounding digital interactions. Dr. Porges explores alternative modalities for self-regula...
Groundbreaking Scientist Dr Stephen Porges Reveals How to Increase Feelings of Emotional Safety
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In this episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown @MayimBialik, Dr. Porges addresses important questions like: - Why are we attracted to "BAD" people? - How can trauma prevent us from accessing the body’s healing resources, AND what is the link between TRAUMA & OBESITY? - Why do certain sounds instantly calm us down? - Why might neurodivergent individuals have a hard time connecting with others? - Ho...
Jalon Johnson of Not Your Ordinary Parts discusses Polyvagal Theory with Dr. Stephen W Porges
Просмотров 3156 месяцев назад
About Not Your Ordinary Parts with Jalon Johnson: "This podcast is an outward expression of my deep internal work that I felt compelled to share with anyone willing to listen. What I want to be conveyed most is relatability; I am an everyday guy trying to share the things I've learned on my journey being a flawed human. There will be mistakes, I'll be nervous, I might fumble my words, but maybe...
Transforming Trauma: The Polyvagal Theory and Developmental Trauma w Dr. Stephen Porges
Просмотров 7806 месяцев назад
Transforming Trauma: The Polyvagal Theory and Developmental Trauma w Dr. Stephen Porges
Polyvagal Theory + Feeling Safe With Dr Stephen Porges
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Polyvagal Theory Feeling Safe With Dr Stephen Porges
Polyvagal Theory and Human Connection #polyvagaltheory #neuroscience #humanconnection #relationship
Просмотров 1437 месяцев назад
Polyvagal Theory and Human Connection #polyvagaltheory #neuroscience #humanconnection #relationship
Full Presenter Line Up: Stephen Porges, Gabor Mate, Deb Dana, Arielle Schwartz, Eugene Ellis & more!
Просмотров 1447 месяцев назад
Full Presenter Line Up: Stephen Porges, Gabor Mate, Deb Dana, Arielle Schwartz, Eugene Ellis & more!
Polyvagal Theory and the Modern Family: Finding Safety and Connection June 14-16, 2024
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Polyvagal Theory and the Modern Family: Finding Safety and Connection June 14-16, 2024
Using the Polyvagal Theory for Trauma- Stephen Porges on the Being Well Podcast with Forrest Hanson
Просмотров 7169 месяцев назад
Using the Polyvagal Theory for Trauma- Stephen Porges on the Being Well Podcast with Forrest Hanson
(Arabic)Trauma and the nervous system a Polyvagal perspective with Arabic Subtitles.
Просмотров 62410 месяцев назад
(Arabic)Trauma and the nervous system a Polyvagal perspective with Arabic Subtitles.
Our Polyvagal World Unlocking the Power of Social Engagement- Stephen and Seth Porges #Therapy4Dads
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Our Polyvagal World Unlocking the Power of Social Engagement- Stephen and Seth Porges #Therapy4Dads
How Safety and Trauma Change Us- Stephen Porges and Seth Porges interviewed by Dr Lotte
Просмотров 66711 месяцев назад
How Safety and Trauma Change Us- Stephen Porges and Seth Porges interviewed by Dr Lotte
Seth Porges: The Polyvagal Theory: Our Polyvagal World Edition of The Science of Safety and Trauma
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Seth Porges: The Polyvagal Theory: Our Polyvagal World Edition of The Science of Safety and Trauma
Our Polyvagal World with Stephen and Seth Porges, interviewed by the Science of Psychotherapy
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Our Polyvagal World with Stephen and Seth Porges, interviewed by the Science of Psychotherapy
Our Polyvagal World by Stephen Porges and Seth Porges - a Conversation between Authors
Просмотров 50811 месяцев назад
Our Polyvagal World by Stephen Porges and Seth Porges - a Conversation between Authors
Understanding Trauma and Crisis through Polyvagal Theory with Dr Stephen Porges
Просмотров 48911 месяцев назад
Understanding Trauma and Crisis through Polyvagal Theory with Dr Stephen Porges
Polyvagal Theory & Brain Body Connection with Stephen Porges on The Conscious Fertility Podcast
Просмотров 66211 месяцев назад
Polyvagal Theory & Brain Body Connection with Stephen Porges on The Conscious Fertility Podcast
A Heartfelt Chat between Dr Stephen Porges and Dr Foojan Zeine on Polyvagal Theory
Просмотров 164Год назад
A Heartfelt Chat between Dr Stephen Porges and Dr Foojan Zeine on Polyvagal Theory
Stephen Porges Discusses Polyvagal Theory on the Keen on Yoga Podcast
Просмотров 222Год назад
Stephen Porges Discusses Polyvagal Theory on the Keen on Yoga Podcast
The Science of Safety with Stephen Porges Interview with Neil Sattin
Просмотров 227Год назад
The Science of Safety with Stephen Porges Interview with Neil Sattin
Polyvagal Theory The Science of Safety & Trauma with Dr Stephen Porges
Просмотров 499Год назад
Polyvagal Theory The Science of Safety & Trauma with Dr Stephen Porges
Understanding Why You Are Who You Are with Dr Stephen Porges and Luke Iorio
Просмотров 143Год назад
Understanding Why You Are Who You Are with Dr Stephen Porges and Luke Iorio
The Nervous System Circuitry of Safety, Sound and Gratitude - Stephen Porges
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The Nervous System Circuitry of Safety, Sound and Gratitude - Stephen Porges
Stephen Porges and Rick Hanson on Resilience
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Stephen Porges and Rick Hanson on Resilience
Do you have research that shows that lateral eye movement affects the parasympathetic nervous system? And yes, it does matter. If you're going to make claims about the nervous system there needs to be some science. Saying that moving your eyes impacts the brain means nothing, every single thing impacts your brain.
Thank you so, so much for this. I am a Health Coach who healed my own nervous system using a similar toolbox (hence the career change). I'm putting together a programme for clients, but was finding it challenging to articulate the different ideas and Amanda's talk really does simplify things beautifully. Book ordered and will be recommending it to others! Love the illustrations, too.
Wow! This has been one of the best PV talks I've have watched! You are truly a gift to all of our lives Amanda. Your book looks amazing! It is wonderful to be able to have a resource that has such an holistic and whole systems approach with very accessible tools for both practitioners and clients. My background is also health and well-being. I'm also a trained Buteyko Breathing Coach. When I met the Polyvagal Theory it was like having a big epiphany! Movement and the breath are great state changes. Add in polyvagal theory and we have something. I love how personalised your examples are and I see how that is a reflection of your PT background. Awesome! Thank you so very much! 💚💙🌀🙏🏻
Thank you so much Amanda Armstrong! You are a gifted healer.
You missed an important thing Seth: community building should be our full time job. Feed your next door neighbor and find a need and provide it. They teach this to entrepreneurs about creating a business. For Goodness sake, you are as rich as the number of friends you nurture. Jesus taught this with the way he lived. Go to any American church today and the preacher is on a pedestal like a performer doing a job. After service, his job is done. Jesus was on call 24/7.
Thank you so very much Amber! The science is always catching up 😊💚💙💙🙏🏻
I Love PolyVagal Theory & Stephen Porges! I've already given up social media
I London under ground tube fire people froze unable to react, some fleed into fire . And then other people remained calm logical. So we see danger threats cause primative brain to over rule our logical more modern brain.
Seth thank you for developing such a succinct and simple way of explaining your fathers work - brilliant
This is wonderfully encouraging 🫶 I’m so excited about where things will lead.
beautiful, thank. youso much <33
Wow thank you for the simple language - I can put my dictionary away now Seth 😅😅😅
Excellent video. Thank you. It explains the ANS really well, and the visual was helpful. I really liked the blended states of 'safe and mobilised' and 'safe and immobilised'. I am curious, however, that with co-regulation, you suggest choosing to be with people that offer safety. I think this is partly helpful, yet what about the times we just don't have the choice? I have been practising something called The Work of Byron Katie, which offers the opportunity to sit in stillness and meditation to question the things that cause me to feel unsafe (my thinking). With practice, things that felt unsafe dissipate, and I feel more regulated. Likewise, EMDR, as I am experiencing it, can have similar effects: what once was alarming to my ANS has no velcro or rub, and my nervous system is calmer. My experience with The Work of Byron Katie allows me to accept reality and use what feels threatening to learn from, AND that doesn't mean I put myself in serious danger. I mean the situations that I perceive as dangerous but really aren't. I hope I'm making sense. There are so many options to meet the ANS and learn to open up my mind and heart, and it is exciting that there are options. It feels more controlling to eliminate perceived unsafe people (and if that is all one can do to feel calm and safe, I get it). I like to practice self-inquiry first to understand myself and also a deeper understanding of others, which in turn brings more compassion (self and others) and peace to my world. I can be around once-perceived vexatious spirits and am in peace and connection with myself and others. And it doesn't mean I force myself to be around them. Thank you. Thought-provoking for me.
Thank you so much for having me on to have this conversation!
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Thank you so much, what a great interview! When we cross Dr Porges and Dr Maté's books we do wanna explore polyvagal theory for inflammatory and autoimmune deseases, thank you for bringing this topic here!
❤ what a great conversation! Thank you for sharing!
Such a great interview! I also had the amazing honor to talk with Dr Porges on my pod the Integrated Man Project!
❤ thank you for this amazing conversation
This is WHY telehealth mental.health visits are no good. You need to meet with the Patients face to face to feel.the aura and real demeanor this is a Professional. I cant wait ro read the book.
32:32 What if we don't feel safe around anyone, family included?
Thank you for this wonderful interview! I admire Dr. Porges's work immensely and with so much gratitude. He mentioned, regarding human evaluation, religion, education, and medicine. I used to consider these fields sacred, sacred jobs, all having to do with caring for the human soul, mind, and body. Now I understand how easy it is to break a human, just consider the most vulnerable aspects . One would think they are working together to put back the whole human being. Instead, looks like they are fighting over, every one wants its piece of this poor human being. Thank you again! ❤
Informatief filmpje!
Please change this translation. I’m bilingual and wanted to send this to my parents as they struggle with mental health issues but the translation is terrible and feels rushed and inspiring…the total opposite from the English narration. Please change it so I can share this wonderful video
Thank you for your feedback- we are working on it!
@@PolyvagalInstitute thank you!
Por favor cambien la traducción es horrible y acelerada. No ayuda a entender al información birn
What do you do when you know all this information and keep trying to learn more because none of the techniques are working, and you can’t work so you don’t have any money to get help, or any friends or family because you’ve been in self-isolation for years unable to get up even for basic daily self care and everyone sees you as a burden so you don’t have anyone to speak to even though you want to and try to. Also, I’m safe, and I actually feel safe, so that’s not the problem.
Where would I find more information on the fawn response and how it relates to dissociation & appeasement?
Hello! We recommend Our Polyvagal World by Stephen Porges and Seth Porges. We also have a free online course with Dr. Porges and Dr. Rebecca Bailey that you can enroll in here: www.polyvagalinstitute.org/items/replacing-stockholm-syndrome-with-a-new-framework-of-appeasement
I just finished reading the book, The Polyvagal World, and it's so life changing! Thank you so much Dr. Porges for your work, I'm so touched by it and I'm beyond excited to integrate what i have learned from you work into my personal life and my professional work as a clinical therapist.
We are so happy to know that the book was useful for you!
I Love this episode!! 🔥 Thank you. 2 Greats in such an amazing conversation, i learned so much 😌
Hi where can i found the ssp music please suggest
Hello! Please visit Unyte at integratedlistening.com/ for more information on the Safe and Sound Protocol.
Just brilliant. By the second meeting with a patient I ask them, “Close your eyes and allow an image to arise which brings a sense of safety,” if they are stuck, I’ll say that the image can be a person, animal, place in nature or event. I then have them imagine feeling the safety of that image using all senses . Then I suggest they they create that image or find it with an internet search. I then suggest that they print out a wallet size and larger image. The small image goes in their wallet or purse, which they can access whenever they want to or need to. One patient had the image of a Christmas tree.
This is a wonderful way to make use of daily "glimmers!" Thank you for sharing.
What a great idea! Thanks for posting. I will introduce this into my practice with clients.
Very interesting and informative video. Thank you for explaining.
Certified nurse-midwife here, 💯 Thank you this was an EXCELLENT podcast. Started in midwifery and went back for psychiatric nurse practitioner to integrate the both. Hospital based midwife but work hard to integrate empowered process in safe and feeling safe space. Doing a deeper dive into Dr Porges’ work. Trauma informed care is where it’s at! ❤
We all understand the theory. We need the way out. Nothing else. Just pure help and guidance and protocol and consistently delivered so people can feel better.
What a gentle, sensible man, he really impressed me, and I am so grateful for all the information and the way he presented it. As well as for the decision to be the voice for his brilliant father's lifetime efforts - thank you both gratefully! ❤
Can Polyvagal Theory help with this kind of trauma? ruclips.net/video/0kanb44v2dQ/видео.htmlsi=lLZ_xgxlBE652r1O
This is so heartbreaking. The founder of Polyvagal Theory whom one has come to respect, whose work has inspired healing of trauma, comes on a podcast with a known Zionist sympathiser and supporter, who are carrying out a genocide in front of our eyes, caused untold suffering including murder, hostage taking, state terrorism and TRAUMA for 75 years and are now starving a population most of whom are women and children . It does not stack up. So disappointed in Dr Porgess, Deb Dana and the Polyvagal Institute
This is an excellent video. I love hearing Steve (Dr. Porges) share his knowledge. Every time I listen to him, I walk away with more information to help my own healing process, to help explain things I am going through, and to help others. I never understood why I am okay with some hugs and not others. I mean, I did, but not in the expert way it was explained here. Thank you.
@MayimBialik, I wonder how we can increase the feeling of safety of the Palestinian children in Gaza while they're bring massacred by Israel? What do you think, as a staunch Zionist?
Dziękuję, super ten film i dużo mi wyjaśnił ❤❤❤
Love the clear presentation. I have wondered why it’s named polyvagal when it’s only two major branches. Are there any other less significant branches unnamed ?
La narración en sí la siento un poco estresante. Han debido reducir la velocidad del video un poco para que al traducir la narración al castellano no quede tan apresurada. Dicho eso gracias por la información.
Gracias por compartir.
"The ability to play is one of the principal criteria of mental health." Ashley Montagu "Never do anything that isn't play." Marshall B. Rosenberg "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change, that lives within the means available and works co-operatively against common threats." Charles Darwin
"In a world of stressful lack of control, an amazing source of control we all have is the ability to make the world a better place, one act at a time. This is the critical point of this book: if you are that zebra running for your life, or that lion sprinting for your meal, your body’s physiological response mechanisms are superbly adapted for dealing with such short-term physical emergencies. For the vast majority of beasts on this planet, stress is about a short-term crisis, after which it’s either over with or you’re over with. We live well enough to have the luxury to get ourselves sick with purely social, psychological stress. Essentially, we humans live well enough and long enough, and are smart enough, to generate all sorts of stressful events purely in our heads. When we sit around and worry about stressful things, we turn on the same physiological responses --- but they are potentially a disaster when provoked chronically. A large body of evidence suggests that stress-related disease emerges, predominantly, out of the fact that we so often activate a physiological system that has evolved for responding to acute physical emergencies, but we turn it on for months on end, worrying about mortgages, relationships, and promotions. We all seek out stress. We hate the wrong kinds of stress but when it's the right kind, we love it - we pay good money to be stressed by a scary movie, a roller coaster ride, a challenging puzzle. We love stress that is mild and transient and occurs in a benevolent context. But if you get chronically, psychosocially stressed, you're going to compromise your health. So, essentially, we've evolved to be smart enough to make ourselves sick. Stress is not a state of mind... it's measurable and dangerous, and humans can't seem to find their off-switch. Digestion is quickly shut down during stress…The parasympathetic nervous system, perfect for all that calm, vegetative physiology, normally mediates the actions of digestion. Along comes stress: turn off parasympathetic, turn on the sympathetic, and forget about digestion. Stress weakens frontal connections with the hippocampus --- essential for incorporating the new information that should prompt shifting to a new strategy --- while strengthening frontal connections with more habitual brain circuits. Sustained stress has numerous adverse effects. The amygdala becomes overactive and more coupled to pathways of habitual behavior; it is easier to learn fear and harder to unlearn it. Stress can be bad for you. We no longer die of smallpox or the plague and instead die of stress-related diseases of lifestyle, like heart disease or diabetes, where damage slowly accumulates over time. It is understood how stress can cause or worsen disease or make you more vulnerable to other risk factors. Much of this is even understood on the molecular level. Stress can even cause your immune system to abnormally target hair follicles, causing your hair to turn gray. Subjected to enough uncontrollable stress, we learn to be helpless-we lack the motivation to try to live because we assume the worst; we lack the cognitive clarity to perceive when things are actually going fine, and we feel an aching lack of pleasure in everything. This brings up a key concept, namely the inverted U. The complete absence of stress is aversively boring. Moderate, transient stress is wonderful --- various aspects of brain function are enhanced; glucocorticoid levels in that range enhance dopamine release; rats work at pressing levers in order to be infused with just the right amount of glucocorticoids. And as stress becomes more severe and prolonged, those good effects disappear (with, of course, dramatic individual differences as to where the transition from stress as stimulatory to overstimulatory occurs; one person’s nightmare is another’s hobby). Fear is the vigilance and the need to escape from something real. Anxiety is about dread and foreboding and your imagination running away with you. Much as with depression, anxiety is rooted in a cognitive distortion. In this case, people prone toward anxiety overestimate risks and the likelihood of a bad outcome. One last bit of bad news. We’ve been focusing on the stress-related consequences of activating the cardiovascular system too often. What about turning it off at the end of each psychological stressor? As noted earlier, your heart slows down as a result of activation of the vagus nerve by the parasympathetic nervous system. Back to the autonomic nervous system never letting you put your foot on the gas and brake at the same time --- by definition, if you are turning on the sympathetic nervous system all the time, you’re chronically shutting off the parasympathetic. And this makes it harder to slow things down, even during those rare moments when you’re not feeling stressed about something. How can you diagnose a vagus nerve that’s not doing its part to calm down the cardiovascular system at the end of a stressor? A clinician could put someone through a stressor, say, run the person on a treadmill, and then monitor the speed of recovery afterward. It turns out that there is a subtler but easier way of detecting a problem. Whenever you inhale, you turn on the sympathetic nervous system slightly, minutely speeding up your heart. And when you exhale, the parasympathetic half turns on, activating your vagus nerve in order to slow things down (this is why many forms of meditation are built around extended exhalations). Therefore, the length of time between heartbeats tends to be shorter when you’re inhaling than exhaling. But what if chronic stress has blunted the ability of your parasympathetic nervous system to kick the vagus nerve into action? When you exhale, your heart won’t slow down, won’t increase the time intervals between beats. Cardiologists use sensitive monitors to measure interbeat intervals. Large amounts of variability (that is to say, short interbeat intervals during inhalation, long during exhalation) mean you have strong parasympathetic tone counteracting your sympathetic tone, a good thing. Minimal variability means a parasympathetic component that has trouble putting its foot on the brake. This is the marker of someone who not only turns on the cardiovascular stress-response too often but, by now, has trouble turning it off. Oxytocin is a Teflon hormone - bad news rolls off it. Obviously, oxytocin and vasopressin are the grooviest hormones in the universe. Pour them into the water supply, and people will be more charitable, trusting, and empathic. We'd be better parents and would make love, not war (mostly platonic love, though, since people in relationships would give wide berths to everyone else). Best of all, we'd buy all sorts of useless crap, trusting the promotional banners in stores once oxytocin starts spraying out of the ventilation system. Oxytocin, the luv hormone, makes us more prosocial to Us and worse to everyone else. That’s not generic prosociality. That’s ethnocentrism and xenophobia. In other words, the actions of these neuropeptides depend dramatically on context --- who you are, your environment, and who that person is. To out-group-members, oxytocin makes you crappier - less cooperative and more preemptively aggressive. It's not the luv hormone. It's the in-group parochialism/xenophobia hormone. Until you appreciate something crucial - It is incredibly easy to manipulate us as to who counts as an Us, who as a Them. The most important point of [Susan] Fiske's work is that it provides a taxonomy for our differing feelings about different Thems - sometimes fear, sometimes ridicule, sometimes contemptuous pity, sometimes savagery. ⬇ Continued
An open mind is a prerequisite to an open heart. Brains distinguish between an Us and a Them in a fraction of a second. Subliminal processing of a Them activates the amygdala and insular cortex, brain regions that are all about fear, anxiety, aggression, and disgust. Powerful support for an amygdaloid role in fear processing comes from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In PTSD sufferers the amygdala is overreactive to mildly fearful stimuli and is slow in calming down after being activated. Moreover, the amygdala expands in size with long-term PTSD Importantly, rather than promoting aggression, testosterone promotes whatever is needed to maintain status when challenged. It's probably even the case that if you stoked up some Buddhist monks with tons of testosterone, they'd become wildly competitive as to who can do the most acts of random kindness. Testosterone has far less to do with aggression than most assume. Within the normal range, individual differences in testosterone levels don’t predict who will be aggressive. Moreover, the more an organism has been aggressive, the less testosterone is needed for further aggression. When testosterone does play a role, it’s facilitatory --- testosterone does not 'invent' aggression. It makes us more sensitive to triggers of aggression. Also, rising testosterone levels foster aggression only during challenges to status. Finally, crucially, the rise in testosterone during a status challenge does not necessarily increase aggression; it increases whatever is needed to maintain status. In a world in which status is awarded for the best of our behaviors, testosterone would be the most prosocial hormone in existence. Being fearless, overconfident, and delusionally optimistic sure feels good. No surprise, then, that testosterone can be pleasurable. The problem isn't testosterone and aggression; it's how often we reward aggression. And we do: We give medals to masters of the "right" kinds of aggression. We preferentially mate with them. We select them as our leaders. Dopamine is not about the happiness of reward. It's about the happiness of pursuit of reward that has a decent chance of occurring. In other words, once reward contingencies are learned, dopamine is less about reward than about its anticipation. Similarly, work by my Stanford colleague Brian Knutson has shown dopamine pathway activation in people in anticipation of a monetary reward. Dopamine is about mastery and expectation and confidence. It’s “I know how things work; this is going to be great.” In other words, the pleasure is in the anticipation of reward, and the reward itself is nearly an afterthought (unless, of course, the reward fails to arrive, in which case it’s the most important thing in the world). If you know your appetite will be sated, pleasure is more about the appetite than about the sating.fn48 This is hugely important. Robert M. Sapolsky, Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: The Acclaimed Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping
You should write your own book
@@ginaiosef Thank you Gina, that's very kind. 🥰
@@chuckheppner4384This was so interesting. Many thanks for sharing 😊
¡Excelente! Quizás un poco apresurado y rapido y esto puede crear un poco de activación, le recomendaré a mis pacientes que ajusten un poco la velocidad del video. Que pena la verdad, pero ahí nos acomodamos. @polyvagalinstitute