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When trauma responses persist after physical danger passes

Three weeks after a minor car accident I still cannot drive without my hands shaking and feeling like I am going to die.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The nervous system can remain activated long after actual threat has ended, continuing to generate survival responses to situations that intellectually feel safe but somatically feel dangerous.

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“Where Are You with Nervous system regulation?”

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