Three men, each surrounded by swirling colored energy: one meditating in yellow light, one flexing angrily in red, and one sitting withdrawn in blue, each reflecting different emotional states.

Fight, flight, or freeze. Stephen W. Porges

Stephen W. Porges writer: Parsa Norozian Introduction Stephen W. Porges is an American psychologist and researcher who, in the 1990s, proposed the Polyvagal Theory. The word polyvagal refers to the vagus nerve — a long, branching nerve that extends from the brainstem to the heart, lungs, and internal organs. It plays a major role in […]

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