the amount of healing i do seems negatively correlated with my ability to relate to my parents and this hurts a lot
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the polyvagal curve stuff says that the process of breaking out of freeze involves passing through fight / flight; that means, somewhat counterintuitively, that going from feeling frozen towards your parents to feeling viciously angry and hateful is an *improvement*
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Oh, the ANS states in the PSIP model look so similar to the polyvagal curve.
You found the polyvagal model helpful? Any resources you'd recommend to check it out?
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6/ Defense cascade: escalating involuntary defensive reactions of the ANS.
State-0: Calm, no threat.
State-1: Vigilant, stress, no immediate danger.
Transition is *involuntary*.
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idk anything about the polyvagal stuff in general i just really like the chart
