2.0 Pressure NEW THEME

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BODY = BRAINPart 2: Embodying Social & Emotional Intelligence

Pressure


Personal QualitiesEI: self-mastery

Somatic competency: Centering Interpersonal Skills

= YOU ARE HERE

Roadmap

Courage Take a StandResilience

Purposeful Action

Change


EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

Self-Awareness

Empathy Social Skills

Self- Motivation

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Awareness Action

Self-Mastery

adapted from Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence

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BODY UNDER PRESSURE


EVOLUTION & THE TRIUNE BRAIN

image source: http://www.europeanurology.com/article/S1569-9056%2807%2900217-5/fulltext

3 = neocortex2 = limbic1 = brainstem


NEUROCEPTION

neuroception =neural process distinct from perception;

distinguishes between safe & dangerous situationsvia appraisal of visceral state + environment

faulty neuroception =perceive danger when none is presentor... fail to perceive signals of danger

Source: Porges, Neuroception

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VAGUS NERVE INNERVATION

http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/vagus+nerve


POLYVAGAL THEORY

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NOTE: well-practiced behavioral habits will override this hierarchy

Perceived Threat

Behavioral Response

Anatomy & Physiology

Relative SafetySocial

Communication(appease)

Mylenated Vagus(ventral vagal complex)

Some Danger Mobilization(fight / flight)

Amygdala + SNS / HPA

Life Threatening Immobilization(freeze / dissociate)

Unmylenated Vagus + PSNS

(dorsal vagal complex)adapted from Porges, Biol Psychol. 2007 February; 74(2): 116–143


IMMOBILIZATIONUNMYLENATED VAGUS, PSNS

Fear* Safety

FreezeDissociatePlay dead

Passive Avoidance

Growth & RestorationRest & Digest

HuggingNursingSleepSex

* Threat to safety, connection, dignity http://tonks.disted.camosun.bc.ca/courses/psyc110/biopsyc/ANS.gif image source

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Safety

FightFlight

MobilizationActive Avoidance

PlayExercise

Sustained Attention

Mobilizationamygdala, SNS, HPA axis

Fear*

* Threat to safety, connection, dignity http://tonks.disted.camosun.bc.ca/courses/psyc110/biopsyc/ANS.gif image source


http://total-body-psychology.com.au/stress-response-hpa-axis/

http://www.samcorbanacupuncture.com/2010/11/depression-from-a-conventional-medical-perspective/

Neuroendocrine System / HPA


Safety

Communicationmylenated vagus, cranial nerves

Fear*

* Threat to safety, connection, dignity

AppeaseSubmit

Self-SoothingCalmingEmpathy

ConnectionAltruism

http://wiki.bethanycrane.com/somaticautonomicnervoussystems

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PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL INCOHERENCE

Disordered / Incoherent

Ordered / Coherent

McCraty, et, al. (2001) Science of the Heart


WINDOW OF TOLERANCE

http://www.bipolarbarebook.com/tom-wootton-bipolar-order/

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THE BIG IDEA

The body’s automatic physiological responses to threat are anatomically tied to social, emotional, and behavioral responses

“Our research provides data supporting the hypothesis that the ability to sense and

regulate internal physiological state is at the base of competencies in higher-order behavioral, psychological, and social

processes.”~ Dr. Stephen Porges, The Polyvagal Theory

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THE BIG IDEA, CON’T

There are three major classes of responses to threat. These evolved...

from immobilization (freeze, dissociate)

to mobilization (fight, flight)

to social communication (appease)

Under pressure, the body will move automatically to protect access to the three essential nutrients - safety, connection, and dignity - by employing one of these responses

Different physiological states support different classes of behavior

This is a physiological response expressed in behavior


RESOURCES & REFERENCES

Carter, R, et. al. (2009) The Human Brain Book, DK

Craig, Bud (2003) Interoception: The Sense of the Physiological Condition of the Body. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 13:500-505

Goleman, D (2006) Emotional Intelligence: 10th Anniversary Edition, Bantam

McCraty, R; Atkinson, M; Tomasino, D (2001) Science of the Heart. Institute of HeartMath

Porges, S (2012) Safety: The Preamble for Social Engagement. Somatic Psychotherapy Today 2012: (4)

Porges, S (2004) Neuroception: A Subconscious System for Detecting Threats and Safety, Zero to Three, May

Porges, S (2003) Social engagement & attachment: A phylogenetic perspective. Annals New York Academy of Sciences, 1008: 31-47

Porges, S (unkn) The infant’s sixth sense: Awareness and regulation of bodily processes Zero to Three, Oct / Nov

Siegel, D (1991) The Developing Mind. New York: Guilford


Personal QualitiesEI: emotional regulation

Somatic competency: Centering Interpersonal Skills

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