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Here we go. When we perceive a threat, our bodies react for protection.

And when I mean our bodies, I'm not just talking

like the body acts entirely on its own,

referring to the fact that very, very deep old ancient

regions of the brain, such as the brain stem medulla, cerebellum, basal gangly etc.

These very ancient regions that are unconscious, pre-conscious, we have no control over,

which in turn interacts with the body.

When we perceive threat, our bodies react for protection.

The autonomic nervous system switches us very quickly

into from the relaxed state to what's known as a sympathetic state.

We stiffen and retract, attack we scan around for safety

Some of us become small and compliant but if the threat becomes overwhelming to the point where we cannot protect ourselves,

we might go into the ancient, ancient state of the autonomic nervous system known as freeze and collapse,

sometimes clinically referred to as dissociation, blacking out, shutting down shutting down, and so forth.

These survival reactions of either becoming stiff,

preparing for an attack, scanning for safety, rapid breathing, are meant to be temporary.

Or if we black out, it's meant to be temporary. But if we have enough cumulative wounds or if

we experience in life extreme traumas, there will be lasting psychobiological traits that emerge over time.

So what, before we talk about those traits,

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