6 – I’m a bit confused about the difference between shock trauma and chronic stressors. When a lot of shock traumas happen in the same year, are they functioning as chronic stressors?

6 – I’m a bit confused about the difference between shock trauma and chronic stressors. When a lot of shock traumas happen in the same year, are they functioning as chronic stressors?Irene Lyon2019-11-13T11:07:57-08:00

5 – Is bipolar illness really just the fluctuation between (a) being chaotic and scattered, hyper-aroused, and (b) being rigid and shutdown (lethargic, brain fog), as described by Irene in this video as symptoms of dysregulation?

5 – Is bipolar illness really just the fluctuation between (a) being chaotic and scattered, hyper-aroused, and (b) being rigid and shutdown (lethargic, brain fog), as described by Irene in this video as symptoms of dysregulation?Irene Lyon2019-11-11T12:41:43-08:00

4 – When I have a panic attack, it’s usually after I’ve been hugely over-stimulated (I can feel every sensation in my body, especially my heart beating). When I go into panic, it’s when I feel my body (heart) immediately calm down and I can no longer feel my heart POUNDING. Is this the Dorsal coming in to quickly slow everything down?

4 – When I have a panic attack, it’s usually after I’ve been hugely over-stimulated (I can feel every sensation in my body, especially my heart beating). When I go into panic, it’s when I feel my body (heart) immediately calm down and I can no longer feel my heart POUNDING. Is this the Dorsal coming in to quickly slow everything down?Irene Lyon2019-04-17T18:20:22-07:00

3 – Are babies born with the ability to freeze — go into dorsal vagal? Or just sympathetic in the beginning? I ask because according to my mom, I was always a very calm baby right from the start — they took me to get tested because they thought I was deaf. I don’t think I fussed that much either.

3 – Are babies born with the ability to freeze — go into dorsal vagal? Or just sympathetic in the beginning? I ask because according to my mom, I was always a very calm baby right from the start — they took me to get tested because they thought I was deaf. I don’t think I fussed that much either.Irene Lyon2019-11-11T12:38:11-08:00

2 – Vagal Tone

2 – Vagal ToneIrene Lyon2019-11-13T11:06:48-08:00

1 – Intergenerational Trauma

1 – Intergenerational TraumaIrene Lyon2019-11-13T11:04:40-08:00