by Evan Dwan | Jun 24, 2021 | News |
Bruce Perry writes that even when there are no major traumatic events, unpredictable stress and the lack of control that goes with this are enough to sensitise our stress response systems. This means that they are over-active and over-reactive. When a parent is...
by Evan Dwan | Jun 18, 2021 | News |
Bruce Perry writes that when we are pushed out of balance, the stress response system becomes activated to help us. The fight or flight response is not the only way we respond to threat. If we perceive ourselves as being too small to fight and unable to flee, the...
by Evan Dwan | Jun 18, 2021 | News |
The ‘hidden epidemic’ of early adversity and toxic stress in society today means that a huge proportion of children and adults are chronically dysregulated leading to a vast array of health problems. How do we deal with a problem of this magnitude? Stress regulation...
by Evan Dwan | Jun 18, 2021 | News |
The key developmental tasks of childhood are learning to relate (communicate) and regulate. These are also two sides of the same coin – healthy relationships are one of the main resources for regulation that humans have evolved to draw on. This is particularly...
by Evan Dwan | Jun 17, 2021 | News |
Bruce Perry writes that our body uses neural networks to manage and process stress. Stress is a demand on one or more of our body’s physiological systems. Hunger, thirst, cold, exercise and even getting excited are all stressors. Stress is central to learning,...
