Can nervous system regulation reduce the pull of cravings?
Addiction is often understood as a behavioral response to a craving. But beneath the urge to use, something else is happening: A person is trying to change how they feel. Trauma can fundamentally alter our sense of safety in the…
Addiction is often understood as a behavioral response to a craving. But beneath the urge to use, something else is happening: A person is trying to change how they feel.
Trauma can fundamentally alter our sense of safety in the world. When we don’t feel safe, the nervous system activates its innate defenses, which can leave us feeling anxious and hypervigilant, or emotionally numb and shut down. Over time, the nervous …
Can nervous system regulation reduce the pull of cravings?
