Trauma and the Nervous System: A Polyvagal Perspective
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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Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.
@APOLLINAIREBARTHOLOMIEU
4 ай бұрын
Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need!
@Jennifer-bw7ku
4 ай бұрын
Yes, dr.sporessss. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
@steceymorgan814
4 ай бұрын
I wish they were readily available in my place. Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He is 59 & has so many mental health issues plus probable CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone. He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD know if it is common for an obsession with violence.
@APOLLINAIREBARTHOLOMIEU
4 ай бұрын
Is he on instagram?
@Jennifer-bw7ku
4 ай бұрын
Yes he is. dr.sporessss
This should be a mandatory subject taught from kindergarten all the way through to any PhD. THANK YOU TTM ♥
@lucynjiru1135
10 ай бұрын
I totally agree
@SlovenCathrin
9 ай бұрын
eh but kindergardeners wouldn ustand
@rahulgurung1645
4 ай бұрын
might be a topic worth covering for the 5th grade, and those intrigued can dive deeper
@stephenreader1182
3 ай бұрын
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...'.
Great video. Listening with headphones, my ANS didn't appreciate it starting with a thunderclap.
@eventualsuccess
3 жыл бұрын
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!
@slimshany4602
3 жыл бұрын
😄🙈 i agree....
@phylcoolins2228
2 жыл бұрын
I can’t figure out how to make a boo hoo emoji… so I’ll just say boo hoo.
@EternaLivesMatter
2 жыл бұрын
@@phylcoolins2228 Love it!💕
@Pioramic
2 жыл бұрын
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.
@jam-if2ej
Жыл бұрын
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
@amandalyons1719
Жыл бұрын
@@jam-if2ej have to agree I'm learning the Polyvagal Theory and find it helps after year's of PTSD 😀 onwards and upwards 👍
@kirstieb8025
Жыл бұрын
why don’t you choose a therapist for yourself? one that works for you. i send you love and compassion.
@gabrielalopezcarranza
Жыл бұрын
how are you now
@coachingforchrist4090
Жыл бұрын
HOw are you doing today?
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
Love this video. As a therapist, I often get my clients to watch it. Very informative, easy to understand and a great resource.
@TheKyleFyles
6 ай бұрын
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.
@TheKyleFyles
6 ай бұрын
Are you licensed in Utah?
@supersaiyanzero386
5 ай бұрын
@@TheKyleFylesthey don't really respond a lot on the internet they have an Ask psychiatrist Reddit
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.
@transgreaser
3 жыл бұрын
me too
@john316-tetelestai
2 жыл бұрын
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!
@momobrule3
2 ай бұрын
I second that, even tho I'm not religious. The Highest Teachings to come thru a Master I've seen here on Earth! ❤
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.
@leanavine
Жыл бұрын
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..
@jengalvin
Жыл бұрын
@@leanavine thank you so much for responding. I'm a work in progress too
@mcleoda100
Жыл бұрын
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..
@kirstieb8025
Жыл бұрын
my family is PART of the trauma because mom was extremely controlling.
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.
This is one of the very best educational video on this topic. Most impressive.
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 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.
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!
Well done! One of the most clear and concise descriptions I have seen.
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.
Thank you for making a well rounded video that explains how trauma affects the ANS.
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.
They should do a video about the correlation between attachment styles and the Nervous system
@azuurasmr7937
3 жыл бұрын
what is that?
@jmc8076
2 жыл бұрын
@@azuurasmr7937 Search Dr Gabor Mate and attachment on YT.
@vindric8330
Жыл бұрын
@@azuurasmr7937 you could search about attachment styles. The information is available on KZread itself.
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
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.
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.
Thank you very much! It really very helpful, especially for those struggling with PTSD! Will be waiting for more videos!❤
Thank you. The video clearly identified trauma and its impact.
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...
Crazy enough this is ancient knowledge. Chakra healing is exactly this and restores the ANS and your life
This saved me! Thank you for making my recovery journey relatable!
This is brilliant!!! It does such an excellent job educating about trauma and its impacts.
What a beautiful and elegant way to present this deeply important message!
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!
found this extremely helpful. thank you so much for sharing
Excellent, clear introduction that I use for education with my clients.
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.
@mcleoda100
Жыл бұрын
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..
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!
@kirstieb8025
Жыл бұрын
8:57 HOW is this helpful? this is horrifying.
This is fabulous. Well executed and explained
This video is amazing. It explains it super clearly!
I really enjoyed this description, very clear and enjoyable to watch.
An excellent video. Really well explained and illustrated.
More, please. Maybe consider the following for future videos related to trauma: attachment styles, food, complex PTSD, methods to entering recovery.
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.
Really great. Thank you.
Thank you for this video! Please please provide closed captions/subtitles to make this video more accessible
This video is an incredible gem of information! Thank you so much!
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!
Absolutely fabulous video...pow! Thank you.
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
Greatest explanation of ANS and Polyvagal theory..
thank you so much for putting this video together so informative!
This summary is awesome. Thanks
ON POINT! Best rendition of ANS and our world I've seen 🙌🏽🙌🏽
@thedogshouterer
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Sending to EVERYONE!
Thank you so much, this is fantastic!
Thank you so much for making this video💗💗💗
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.
@yogaskolen1815
3 жыл бұрын
I agree with you, but a great video
@thedogshouterer
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed. One of the most concise nuggets I've come across.
@fbcork2003
2 жыл бұрын
What's the ACE study?
@thedogshouterer
2 жыл бұрын
@@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
@fbcork2003
2 жыл бұрын
@@thedogshouterer Thanks Shannon. It's like someone in stage IV cancer asking what's a tumour..
Gotta find me some others who are "safe, attuned, and present" to connext with and do yoga thank you for the inspiring video amen !
Thank you! This will be great to share with EFT clients!
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.
Amazing video, thank you!
thank.you... thank you... thank you soooooo much for the amazing video.
Subscribed but this channel only has one vid! Great vid. Keep up the great work!
Excellent video! Thank you!
Thank you!!! So wholesome.
@ The trauma foundation I would love to see more of these educational and informative videos.
such an amazing video! thanks!
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.
@maureenhouston2813
4 ай бұрын
I teared up too. Yes, a global scale revolution like the "Hippie Era."
@Aragorn62
2 ай бұрын
That's a good idea! @@maureenhouston2813
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 KZread (KZread 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 KZread 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!
Brilliant information thank you
What a fantastic video, helped me understand a lot about myself. Thank you :)
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.
Thank you for this video.
Wonderful video, thanks so much!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Wow, absolutely brilliant video! 👏
❤❤❤❤❤❤thank you i need this detailed 🙏
Anybody here because their therapist sent them?
@ohgawd
11 күн бұрын
BWAHAHA 😂😂😂😂😂
Really great video! Thank you so much :)
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.
Very helpful, thank you 🧡
Very great video , thank u so much
This is very interesting , thanks for posting this
wonderful. thaaaaanx !!!!
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.
This is amazing!!
Thank you 🙏🤗🌹
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.
@rapisode1
2 жыл бұрын
IFS therapy can be done on your own
@soscruffy
2 жыл бұрын
@@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!
@ruthtait9440
2 жыл бұрын
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.
This video is wonderful though I am very grateful to be able to slow it down to 0.75x speed!
What a magnificent video!
Great explanation
Thanks for that great video!
Such a helpful resourcse THANK YOU!!!!! what an amazing explanation :)
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.
@morgash1984
6 ай бұрын
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 :-)
This is amazing!
Very good vídeo...tks
Das ist eine sehr schöne Erklärung. Danke :)
Good video. Very relatable.
This is a very good video- very informative! The only thing I would say negative about it is that the piano music is loud and it's hard to hear the speaker.
One of the best videos ever
EXCELLENT VIDEO
I love this video. I can relate.
Very interesting, thank you 😊
What a fantastic wee video!
I could die from the pain of missing my best friend. Or not really my best friend, but they guy whom I thought was my best friend... He betrayed and abandoned me, discarded me like garbage. Replaced me for another. My mind can't fathom, my heart can't comprehend. I live in perpetual panic and constant longing... How could he not miss me? How could he do this to me? Did he just replace me, really, just like that? I'm dying inside. My soul is truly raped and my heart is shattered.
@mariusconstantinescu7892
10 ай бұрын
I could really feel the pain in your comment and I'm really sorry you had to go through this. Know that you deserve people in your life that appreciate you for who you are.
@ohiotherapist
10 ай бұрын
Narcissistic abuse and trauma bonds are real. If you can love, find a trauma therapist to help you navigate these feeling and work out the negative beliefs ingrained due to this abusive friendship.