Autoimmune disease, chronic illness & the REAL polyvagal theory

In this clip — part of a mini-lecture and Q&A on chronic pain & illness recorded live on YouTube during SmartBody SmartMind™ registration week — I give you a ‘crash course’ on the REAL polyvagal theory, and how early adversity and chronic shutdown create illness in the physiology.

Video Chapters:
00:00:00 Introduction to Polyvagal Theory
00:01:23 Understanding the Autonomic Nervous System
00:03:17 Early Trauma's Impact on Chronic Illness
00:04:51 The Ventral Branch of the Vagus Nerve and Self-Regulation
00:06:56 Importance of Secure Attachment and Nervous System Resilience
00:07:50 The Freeze Response and Survival Mechanisms: Fight, Flight, and Freeze
00:09:30 Understanding Polyvagal Theory and Survival Responses
00:10:24 Why Wild Animals Thrive and Humans Don't
00:11:36 The Connection Between Autonomic Nervous System and Chronic Illness
00:13:17 Managing Chronic Fight or Flight Responses and Their Impact on Health
00:15:31 Understanding the Regulated Nervous System
00:16:10 Learned Helplessness and Overcoming Victim Identification
00:18:18 Recognizing Old Survival Responses
00:19:25 Trauma Symptoms and Autonomic Dysregulation
00:21:18 Understanding Stored Procedural Memory
00:22:21 Stigmata and Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD)
00:23:23 Healing from Autoimmune and Stress-Related Disorders
00:24:40 Sleep Disorders, Autoimmune Conditions and Trauma
00:25:21 Book: "The Trauma Spectrum: Hidden Wounds and Human Resiliency" by Robert Scaer

Mentions and other resources to complement this video:

➤ Healing chronic pain & illness. A mini-lecture on the long-tail effect of early trauma
https://youtube.com/live/NZQdmHCcylw

➤ The Polyvagal Theory Explained
   • The Polyvagal Theory Explained #nervoussys...  

➤ All THINGS Polyvagal. Plus Q&A with Irene.
   • All THINGS Polyvagal. Plus Q&A with Irene....  

➤ The work of Steven W. Porges, PhD
https://www.stephenporges.com/

➤ The Two I's - Integration & Interoception with Irene Lyon
https://youtube.com/live/SgJyS-TdmpU

➤ Is it possible to be in fight, flight, and freeze at the same time?
   • Is it possible to be in fight, flight, and...  

➤ The undeniable link between early childhood stress and chronic illness
   • The undeniable link between early childhoo...  

➤ The difference between being a victim and identifying yourself as one
   • The difference between being a victim and ...  

➤ Book: "The Trauma Spectrum: Hidden Wounds and Human Resiliency" by Robert Scaer
https://www.amazon.com/Trauma-Spectru...

➤ What is a survival stress procedural memory?
   • What is a survival stress procedural memor...  

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