(Ep.7) Polyvagal Theory: You Can’t Make a Sandwich if You’re Running for your Life

According to Steven Porges’ Polyvagal Theory, our autonomic nervous system has 3 functional systems which correspond to our evolutionary development as humans. When we are met with stimuli, first we respond with the most recent neural pathways, and if that’s not working, we go to the next and so on. Listen to some real life examples of what this means.