Our Stress Response
Dec 28, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 2
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Episode description
Terrance provides a brief description of a complicated process that is a normal response to stress stimuli. Then we ask what happens when the stress is too severe, too frequent and occurs during childhood? Answer: toxic stress.
Toxic stress refers to persistent adversity that a child experiences — without the buffer of a safe, stable adult or other protective factors — which can result in a dysregulated stress response.
Resources
The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity by Nadine Burke Harris
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