Polyvagal Theory: How Your Nervous System Works | Psychology Today

Why connection is the foundation of well-being.

By Natureza Gabriel Kram Imagine that you’ve never been to Earth. You visit first in winter, where someone introduces you to water. From a glass, they pour it out over your hand. You drink. Remarkable. Imagine that you walk outside onto a frozen lake. You’ve never seen this substance before. You kick at it with the toe of your boot: solid. You drop to your hands and knees, it grips your palm when you press your hand against it: bone-chillingly cold. What is this, you ask? Your guide replies, water. Imagine that you walk into a steam room. Hot vapor swirls in an obscuring fog. What is this…

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