Epstein Secrets

0810007 ANATOMICAL FACTS OLD AND NEW: THE POLYVAGAL THEORY can mitigate or terminate these many seemingly separate issues—perhaps we can find the Hydra's mortal head. The common thread may be a fairly simple one: All of the problems in this list occur at least partly from dorsal vagal activity or a

vous System iocir PART ONE: Anatomical Facts Old and New: The Polyvagal Theory 1 Overcoming Health Challenges: Are You Fighting the Heads of the Hydra? 1 The Heads of the Hydra: Common Problems Related to Cranial- Nerve Dysfunction 3 Chapter 1:Get to Know Your Autonomic Nervous System ...__....

6 Overcoming Health Challenges: Are You Fighting the Heads of the Hydra? • Excessive use of medicine with or without prescription • Autism, ADHD, Asperger's syndrome Interpersonal relationships • Excessive or unreasonable distrust • Difficulty in reaching agreements • Loss of interest in sex Mental

reatments by testing for function of the ventral vagus nerve branch. If a client exhibits some of the symptoms that I describe as the "heads of the Hydra" (see list at the beginning of Part One), and if testing her indicates ventral vagal dysfunction, it's often possible to improve the person's condi

disappear. 161 EFTA00810163 I I EFTA00810164 CHAPTER 7 Autism Spectrum Disorders The term autism spectrum disorders (ASD) includes autism, Asperger's syndrome, and other conditions. (ADHD is not defined as an autism spec- trum disorder.) ASD encompasses a wide range of symptoms, levels of impai

you start a simple journal. Write down any symptoms or issues that bother you. Also, take a look at the many symptoms listed in the "Heads of the Hydra" list at the beginning of Part One. You might want to add one or more of these to your list. Note how often a given symptom has appeared. For examp

(as Porges discovered) and not CN VIII, the auditory nerve, often incorrectly assumed to be exclusively responsible for hearing. When an autistic, Asperger's, or otherwise challenging child comes to my clinic, I ask the parents about their child's hearing. Invariably, they say that their child's hearin