Trauma and the Nervous System: A Polyvagal Perspective
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- This video was developed to give a basic introduction and overview of how trauma and chronic stress affects our nervous system and how those effects impact our health and well-being. Much of the content is based on the groundbreaking work of Stephen Porges and his Polyvagal Theory and inspired and informed by the work of thought leaders Deb Dana, Vincent Felitti, Robert Anda, Gabor Mate, Dan Siegel and Peter Levine.
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To learn more about trauma recovery and nervous system health resources, please visit: The Trauma Foundation (www.thetraumafoundation.org) and the Polyvagal Institute (www.polyvagalinstitute.org).
Special thanks to www.nicknavatta.com for their animation work.
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This should be a mandatory subject taught from kindergarten all the way through to any PhD.
THANK YOU TTM
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I totally agree
eh but kindergardeners wouldn ustand
might be a topic worth covering for the 5th grade, and those intrigued can dive deeper
YEssss, and the whole concept and awareness of trauma at the outset. (to be 'trauma-informed'). And how this ISN'T 'delving into the murk just to stay there...'.
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I wish they were readily available in my place.
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Great video. Listening with headphones, my ANS didn't appreciate it starting with a thunderclap.
I also found this an ironic start to the video! Let's get traumatised people out of their safe zone at the start of an informational video about trauma response!
😄🙈 i agree....
I can’t figure out how to make a boo hoo emoji… so I’ll just say boo hoo.
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Love it!💕
Haha!
This video made me realize I'm basically a walking ball of PTSD right now
It's been getting worse recently, with lots of physical symptoms due to the constant stress, which itself triggers even more stress... it's terrible.
I haven't been able to get a secure option for therapy for the last 2-3 years. I'm going to start pressing harder for my doctor to assign me a therapist because the fact that it's been left basically untreated for this long is clearly making my life miserable.
The fact that this is treatable fills me with so much hope.
The crappy childhood fairy, Internal Family Systems and polyvagal theory might help. I'm finding a combination of polyvagal and IFS is really helping. Hugs to you
@@jam-if2ej have to agree I'm learning the Polyvagal Theory and find it helps after year's of PTSD 😀 onwards and upwards 👍
why don’t you choose a therapist for yourself? one that works for you. i send you love and compassion.
how are you now
HOw are you doing today?
Love this video. As a therapist, I often get my clients to watch it. Very informative, easy to understand and a great resource.
Hey! As a patient, I find it informative, easy to understand, and a great resource. So I'm glad we're on the same page.
Are you licensed in Utah?
@@TheKyleFylesthey don't really respond a lot on the internet they have an Ask psychiatrist Reddit
Anybody here because their therapist sent them?
BWAHAHA 😂😂😂😂😂
Yep lol
My therapist sent me this lol
me too 😂
@@lilli538 Hell yeah, hope it's going well my friend
@@ZeroFlowers you too!!
LOL, me too
Same!
WHEN PEOPLE GO THROUGH ACCIDENTS AND PEOPLE SEE THEM WITHOUT MUCH OF PHYSICAL INJURIES LIKE BLOOD COMING OUT PEOPLE THINK THEY ARE OKAY BUT INSIDE THEY ARE BROKEN DOWN COMPLETELY . VICTIMS OF ACCIDENT ALWAYS STRUGGLE TO OVER COME THE PAIN , MENTAL TRAUMA AND SUFFERING. THIS VIDEO EXPLAINS IT SO NICELY WHAT IS HAPPENING WITHIN US
Would love a follow up on how loved ones can best support someone with trauma. I feel at a loss and I’d be lying if I said that my loved one’s actions in a trauma state didn’t negatively impact our relationship and myself.
this is such an important question for all of us! I'm working on it, too - how not to be influenced by another's fear state! Breathing, awareness and following all the most important guidelines help, but often it can take us by surprise and knock us off balance, so we don't respond from our "green" state. It's big work, but I think it's really the most important work any of us can do to have a happy life..
@@leanavine thank you so much for responding. I'm a work in progress too
We are doing some family counselling with our 27 yr. old child to help us all learn better and they shared us this video as part of our sessions.. due to the cost of the sessions we are trying to do weekly meeting without the counsellor too, to help us learn to talk..and understand what triggers us. maybe a few sessions together may help.. we are using our birthday and Christmas funds instead of gifts, investing in ourselves..
my family is PART of the trauma because mom was extremely controlling.
They should do a video about the correlation between attachment styles and the Nervous system
what is that?
@@azuurasmr7937
Search Dr Gabor Mate and attachment on YT.
@@azuurasmr7937 you could search about attachment styles. The information is available on TH-cam itself.
It feels like I'm always mobilized, it never stops, not when I'm sleeping, not when I'm awake.
Just constant, overwhelming need to keep going.
me too
Hey I don’t know you however I know that I care about you and have love for you.I have trauma to complex PTSD. And it’s not fun if I focus on it it just gets worse but I implore you to seek the Lord Jesus Christ. He loves you and he died for you. Following him will not take all your problems away but it will give you eternal security and comfort and peace and when you don’t feel the peace call out to Him and he will lead and guide you.Blessings!
I second that, even tho I'm not religious. The Highest Teachings to come thru a Master I've seen here on Earth! ❤
OMG! This explains so much about me and why I seem to be systematically collecting all the diseases in the world! I need to fix my ANS.
Im in awe, I’ve experienced 6+ ACEs and it scared me. Wish me luck on my journey to a healthier ANS. Thanks so much for this video, it helps me and lots others understand ourselves!!!
This is one of the very best educational video on this topic. Most impressive.
Crazy enough this is ancient knowledge. Chakra healing is exactly this and restores the ANS and your life
An awesome and practical summary of a super-important topic that profoundly affects and influences *every single human being*. This needs to have 800 Million views, rather then the current 800 thousand views. I agree with other commenters that it would be a marvelous piece to include in regular student education.
Thanks to The Trauma Foundation for conceiving and creating this vid! I will pass along the link. (I am a Coach, skilled in Internal Family Systems (IFS), which has been profoundly effective in my own personal healing, even before I made it central to my Coaching practice.) Cheers!
very well done! Simple yet clear for anyone to begin the study of how trauma is an experience we move through in our lives...thank you so much!
My psychologist gave me this link to watch yesterday and it has really informed me. bigger understanding of all aspects of trauma and what life is around me forming in my head. Big thanks.
I help people in workplaces and schools understand and navigate their nervous systems so they have the tools to shift their state to feel calm, curious and connected, this video is a fantastic resource to share with them, thank you
Thank you for making a well rounded video that explains how trauma affects the ANS.
Well done! One of the most clear and concise descriptions I have seen.
Thank you so much for this clear, concise, and possibly life saving information. People can really change their lives if they can learn the patterns that stimulate the ANS and vagus nerve.
Wow! This is a fantastic and concise version of the presentations I've been doing for a couple years on Polyvagal Theory, trauma and the ACE study. Beautifully done in simple, easy to understand terms. Of course, there's a lot more to this information than what can fit into 9 minutes, but I think this is a very accessible introduction to these concepts. Thank you for putting this together.
I agree with you, but a great video
Agreed. One of the most concise nuggets I've come across.
What's the ACE study?
@@fbcork2003 Adverse Childhood Experiences. If you Google, you can find a quiz. online.www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/03/02/387007941/take-the-ace-quiz-and-learn-what-it-does-and-doesnt-mean
@@thedogshouterer Thanks Shannon. It's like someone in stage IV cancer asking what's a tumour..
This explanation of dysregulation of the autonomic nervous system is approachable for many and a great overview of the topic! Bravo! I will be sharing this with my network.
ON POINT! Best rendition of ANS and our world I've seen 🙌🏽🙌🏽
Agreed. Sending to EVERYONE!
Thank you. The video clearly identified trauma and its impact.
This saved me! Thank you for making my recovery journey relatable!
This was immensely helpful for me and I've shared it with a friend who I think will be very re-assured by it. thank you so much for creating it and posting it.
A fabulous resource! Clear, concise, accurate and easy to understand. I will most certainly be encouraging clients to use this video to explain polyvagal theory. Many thanks. Top marks.
This is brilliant!!! It does such an excellent job educating about trauma and its impacts.
Excellent, clear introduction that I use for education with my clients.
What a beautiful and elegant way to present this deeply important message!
I loved this video btw. It made me cry and really touched me. And, it touched me to the point that I felt it important enough to bring up the reality that the only way to end trauma on a global scale is through global revolution. I really hope that we all can learn to regulate enough to pull it off. Perhaps global revolution could be the mass push to regulate all of our nervous systems that our world needs. Its all intrinsically tied together. I have so much respect for the power of survival and the way that it has shaped our world.
I teared up too. Yes, a global scale revolution like the "Hippie Era."
That's a good idea! @@maureenhouston2813
This video is brilliant. So clear and concise and helpful. It empowers us to see we are choosing reactions in our bodies - our ANS is taking us where it helps us to be safer. Safe is the foundation of healing. Thank you, Stephen Porges for bringing the Polyvagal Theory to this world.
Funny I didn't get that from this video at all. I understood we are "not choosing our reactions" at all, rather our body is choosing it automatically...without our control..
I appreciate this visual. Thank you for this- it explains a lot of my survival instincts.
This is a great video. It is short, concise, easy to understand. Glad I watched this...
Very clear and relatable. Appreciate the clearly drawn outcomes as connected to the number of experiences. I know there can be exceptions but this seems sound as a general rule.
Unless a child has someone to guide them through understanding the experiences and how to process them in relation to self, it's pretty hazardous, and most folks in the environment often don't have the insight to see what's happening. A lot of times people just do the best they know to do with a child.
If you have generations of dysfunction and a culture that families are formed and live in... it won't be a pretty outcome, which I think is evident in a lot of inner cities (usually the most obvious). Things like music, art, writing and introspection were the inner life preservers I caught hold of that led me to the conviction that I had unique value and a spiritual voice that others couldn't always hear. Eventually I connected this voice to the reality of God and the knowledge that dysfunction and distortion on every level was something common to man (not just me). But even though my perspective of myself and the world has gained great clarity and with it has come great peace and contentment... my nervous system is sometimes like a rebelliously reluctant elephant, slow to just chill and venture to the watering hole, in some circumstances, enough to be an undesirable impediment.
Tomorrow's a new day and another opportunity, armed with knowledge and an assurance of plan and purpose that I could not have had yesterday!
Greatest explanation of ANS and Polyvagal theory..
This video is amazing. It explains it super clearly!
This is fabulous. Well executed and explained
Thank you very much! It really very helpful, especially for those struggling with PTSD! Will be waiting for more videos!❤
found this extremely helpful. thank you so much for sharing
This video is an incredible gem of information! Thank you so much!
I really enjoyed this description, very clear and enjoyable to watch.
Fantastic educational PSA. Let’s all spread this far and wide, as all humans will benefit from understanding this- especially our military and first responder communities where many of us came in with ACEs seeking community and purpose. Thank you thank you for the simple and enjoyable film!
8:57 HOW is this helpful? this is horrifying.
More, please. Maybe consider the following for future videos related to trauma: attachment styles, food, complex PTSD, methods to entering recovery.
Thank you for this video! Please please provide closed captions/subtitles to make this video more accessible
I will divide this very good and simle video here in Germany to fear-depressive, bipoolar and other people. I am a anti-depressive and anti-fear coach, a neurochemist and live in Frankfurt. Bernhard Pallmann
An excellent video. Really well explained and illustrated.
Gotta find me some others who are "safe, attuned, and present" to connext with and do yoga thank you for the inspiring video amen !
This is an excellent video ❤
Just one suggestion: could you make subtitles available?
I am hard of hearing and it's very difficult for me to understand it completely.
Subtitles would make a huge improvement and also help spreading the message.
Thanks for taking the time to read this 😉
@ironfang bigheart woah!!! Thank you sooo much for taking the time to transcribe and sum up the whole video! It means a lot to me ❤
Thanks again for all your hard work, I have no words 🤗
@ironfang bigheart I agree. This topic is highly important and making it available for many people should be top priority.
You did a wonderful job, thanks again for your kindness ❤
My understanding is that there is a You Tube setting you can engage that brings up subtitles for all videos. I could be wrong.
@@traceylawrance5346 the only setting I know of is "subtitles on/off" in every video, which is currently deactivated in this one in particular because it says there are no subtitles available.
Perhaps you're talking about a different setting I don't know about?
Here is a link to an accessible version with English subtitles: th-cam.com/video/uH5JQDAqA8E/w-d-xo.html
I'm seeing a therapist at the moment, she's got a lot of experience with addictions. She gave me a good tip when I'm feeling anxious or having difficult thoughts. Just to say to myself that everything's ok and also think of myself as a baby feelling very scared. It does seem to help ease my anxiety.
I’m fortunate to not need it but agree with others subtitles/closed captioning needed for info to be accessible to all who can benefit.
Therein lies the problem: I want to be around positive, calm people because they calm me down and help me move toward a better state. Positive, calm people too often don't want to be around me because it disrupts their state.
Thank you so much, this is fantastic!
Thank you so much for making this video💗💗💗
Thank you! This will be great to share with EFT clients!
Thank you!!! So wholesome.
thank you so much for putting this video together so informative!
Awesome! Is it possible to have the subtitles turned on to make the video accessible to more people?
I’m fortunate to not need them but agree. It’s 4 mths later and still no subtitles or closed captioning.
Thanks for asking this. Im hearing impaired and was really disappointed that this video didnt have captions. I didnt get like half the video. It sucks because my counselor recommended me watching it.
You can turn on closed captioning in the top right screen of TH-cam. It’s how I’m watching it right now.
thank.you... thank you... thank you soooooo much for the amazing video.
Absolutely fabulous video...pow! Thank you.
This summary is awesome. Thanks
@ The trauma foundation I would love to see more of these educational and informative videos.
I always feel immobilized or frozen from fear, and I really do experience them as being of such magnitude (even if it isn't), that I think my body thinks it must play dead in order to survive, because the big bad "tiger" in form of someone firing me from my job or someone leaving me is lurking behind the bush all the time, even if there is no problem at the time. What is a minor source of worry for a healthy person, is an existential crisis for me, which is exhausting. Great video, would be interested in what therapeutic modalities are there for CPTSD in regard to this video. Thanks.
Same for me, always immobilized.
That's what trauma does to you, the bear is coming so you are in a constant state of anxiety. Stimulants such as coffee and carbs aggravate the 'active' state of the body. Through breathing and yoga, you can calm the body down.
Same here. And it seems these people with a healthy ANS are nowhere to be seen, and if they're seen, it's only from afar, they're not interested in people with an unhealthy ANS. Perhaps us with an unhealthy ANS should stick together, since at least we understand what it's all about.
I always dread being with my sister because everything is an emergency and I’m expected to jump and react exactly like she does and measure up to all of her expectations or she is very unhappy. Fortunately her husband and son have very calm demeanors with quiet and calm voices. I think it helps her but they both give her everything she needs so she seems to stay in a state of protection. I have done the same things but I feel like I’m more aware. I will be traveling to her home and am dreading the “boot camp” I will be in. I’m learning boundaries but it’s unpleasant to set them.
@@lisabarlow6098 The child is lucky to have had atleast 1 calm present person to attune to
This is great. My only query is about how we help ourselves and others heal while living without direct contact with others in the era of covid. Contact with others or meeting the cost of therapy won't be possible for many even after a return to relative normality so I'm glad nature and yoga were mentioned. It's perhaps beyond the scope of this video but further information about therapies and ways of healing independently would be helpful.
IFS therapy can be done on your own
@@rapisode1 I agree with this and have done a huge amount of work on myself (though it helps being a therapist). I think I was querying the suggestion of the video that we can only heal in relationship. God help many of us of that's true!
There are lots of good exercises in utube sending messages through the body to via the vagus nerve to help regulate, calm down, the stress response.
I've done some by Suki Baxter, which are effective, feel instantly calm!
Tapping, exercises available on utube, is also good.
Good luck.
What a fantastic video, helped me understand a lot about myself. Thank you :)
Beautiful resource to give to every client! So well done. Thanks!
Amazing video, thank you!
Very beautifully explained.
Thank you. I found this very informative. So many people think of trauma in terms of shock only. I personally suffered trauma from covid and an election that divided the country and now of course with being bombarded with chemical food news, imbalances of power...and the list goes on.
Excellent video! Thank you!
Subscribed but this channel only has one vid! Great vid. Keep up the great work!
such an amazing video! thanks!
I love this video and it explains things in a very easy to understand way. Before any energy healing session focusing with a client, I share this to watch. Great info! Would love to see "energy healing" added to some of the slides as it benefits so many working on these topics, but hopefully in the future it will be more mainstream :) Thank you for the video!
Good explanation, but like many of these videos glosses over the thing people really want to know, which is how to heal. And not everyone can just spend all their time with other regulated people.
There's a great book by Deb Dana called something like 'exercises for safety and connection' and it has loads of exercises to help us find a sense of safety in our nervous system, which can support us as we heal from trauma. Also look at resources perhaps from Pat Ogden, she has a brilliant (huge) book of resources for working with the body when we have experienced trauma and attachment wounding. It's fantastic resource and also something you can do independently as well as in partnership with a therapist :-)
One of the best videos ever
This video is wonderful though I am very grateful to be able to slow it down to 0.75x speed!
What a magnificent video!
This is amazing!!
We love this so much. Yoga has been really helpful for us to help us regulate our ANS.
I will recommend you to my mycologist who I get all psychedelics from
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Wow, absolutely brilliant video! 👏
Brilliant information thank you
Really great. Thank you.
My therapist emailed this to me yesterday. It hit me, like many revelations hit me. I have been sobbing so much lately. I told him I do not understand it, but I am sobbing like I am mourning. He said I could be mourning the person I was and all the trauma I have been through in my life. Feeling empathy for my past self. It gives me lots of painful headaches, but it is a release of energy and draining which I prefer than to have the Globus pharyngeus which affects me with more fear. He said that little ball in my throat that appearance when my stress and anxiety rises high is an actual panic attack. It has been on I can never calm or get rid of until I fall asleep for the night. Being in fight, flight, or freeze mode all the time wears down every part of me. So sick, in so much physical pain, so tired of not feeling alive or me. I am getting better, very slowly, but better than many. I hope and pray for us all. I know God has saved my life many times and has guided me so far towards recovery and understanding that I am worthy of His love and a beautiful life and eternity. He has given me more understanding that I am a daughter of Him (as we all are His children) and I am loved more than I can imagine. This helps me a lot because He is awesome and if He loves me, I am learning that I do have great value outside of any human's opinion of me.
Very helpful, thank you 🧡
This is amazing!
Thank you for this video.
Wonderful video, thanks so much!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
This is a great video! I teach trauma-informed Mindfulness and yoga. I also give talks on the impact of trauma and trauma-informed practices in mainland China. I absolutely love how informative and concise this video is! I also love the animation! I sometimes find it challenging explaining the involvement of the polyvagal system to folks who don’t have any background in psychology. The polyvagal theory is such a useful tool not only in understanding the impacts of trauma, but also empowering survivors through a neurobiology-informed lens. The animation really makes it so much easier to follow and understand! I wonder if I can have your permission to make a subtitle in Chinese to this video, as well as uploading this video (with Chinese subtitles) to a Chinese video sharing website? So I can share this video to people who are interested in this topic but can’t access TH-cam (TH-cam is censored in mainland China) and/or can’t follow in English? I won’t change the content of your video, all that I will do is to add Chinese subtitles. When I upload, I will link to your TH-cam channel and website. I would so appreciate if I can have your permission to create a subtitle in Chinese so that I can share this video with more people!
Really great video! Thank you so much :)
wonderful. thaaaaanx !!!!
Thank you
Amazing video. What about short circuit method to calm the nervous system with cold exposure? I found it very relieving when i have pannic attack or i feel like im too stressed.
Coldness will trigger a stress response, but by breathing through it you will calm the body towards a deep state of relaxation
Very great video , thank u so much
Well done, thanks:)!
Such a helpful resourcse THANK YOU!!!!! what an amazing explanation :)
EXCELLENT VIDEO
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