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Dr. Peter Levine, who has worked with trauma survivors for twenty-five years, says the single most important factor he has learned in uncovering the mystery of human trauma is what happens during and…

Dr. Peter Levine, who has worked with trauma survivors for twenty-five years, says the single most important factor he has learned in uncovering the mystery of human trauma is what happens during and...

Marilyn Van Derbur

Tags: trauma, survivors, traumatic experiences, traumatic stress, traumatized, trauma experiences, fight flight freeze, play dead

A child's (or an adult's) nervous system may detect danger or a threat to life when the child enters a new environment or meets a strange person. Cognitively, there is no reason for them to be frighte…

Stephen W. Porges

A child's (or an adult's) nervous system may detect danger or a threat to life when the child enters a new environment or meets a strange person. Cognitively, there is no reason for them to be frighte...

Stephen W. Porges

Tags: fear, trigger, frightened, threat, ptsd, defensive, nervous system, neurophysiology, fight flight freeze