Tag: nervous system regulation
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Gut Feelings: How Serotonin & the Vagus Nerve Support Regulation
Serotonin is one of the main messengers that helps your gut and brain talk to each other. Most of it is made in the gut, not the brain. When your gut cells release serotonin, it activates the vagus nerve—the main communication pathway between the body and the brain. This nerve carries signals upward, letting your…
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Understanding Neuroception: Healing Through Awareness
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When we’ve lived through ongoing stress or trauma, our body’s natural radar for safety—known as neuroception—can become distorted. Instead of reading the present moment accurately, the nervous system continues to interpret life through the filters of past pain or danger. This creates a neuroceptive mismatch: the body feels unsafe even when safety is available. We…
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Stress and your genes
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Chronic stress has a powerful influence on the way our genes express themselves—this is the field of Epigenetics, where the environment and our internal experiences can literally shape how genes are turned “on” or “off.” When we experience stress over a long period, it triggers cellular signalling patterns that alter the chemical markers on DNA…
D. Shannon Patterson, Chiropractor 