The lesser known stress response: Dissociation

The lesser known stress response: Dissociation

by | 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...
Stress and the core regulatory networks

Stress and the core regulatory networks

by | 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,...
The ‘Dutch hunger’ and foetal programming

The ‘Dutch hunger’ and foetal programming

by | Jun 10, 2021 | News |

Robert Sapolsky writes that childhood is a time when we make assessments about the nature of the world – assessments that we often keep forever. At the end of WW2 ‘The Dutch hunger winter’ occurred. AS the Nazi’s retreated they cut off all food supplies and for a...