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When Childhood Trauma Controls Adult Nervous System Responses

My heart races and I feel dizzy whenever someone raises their voice even slightly and I know it's connected to growing up with my father's anger but I'm forty-five years old.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Past emotional wounds are still actively shaping present-moment physiological reactions.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Stress and the nervous system?”

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