Bessel van der Kolk Quotes

In PTSD patients, however, the stress hormone system fails at this balancing act. Fight/flight/freeze signals continue after the danger is over, and, as in the case of the dogs, do not return to normal.

Bessel van der Kolk

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• In PTSD patients, however, the stress hormone system fails at this balancing act. Fight/flight/freeze signals continue after the danger is over, and, as in the case of the dogs, do not return to normal.

  

  Bessel van der Kolk
  • Fight
  • Balancing
  • Hormone