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Episode 38- Big Feelings, Small Bodies: What Emotional Dysregulation Really Looks Like
Big Feelings, Small Bodies: What Emotional Dysregulation Is Really Telling Us | Ep. 38
When a child explodes, shuts down, bolts from the room, or cries at everything, what is their nervous system actually communicating?
In this episode, Kylie Ellison breaks down the neuroscience of emotional dysregulation in children, unpacking the four key presentations play therapists and caregivers see most: the fight response, the flight response, emotional flooding, and the freeze shutdown. Kylie explores what each behaviour is communicating at a nervous system level, why consequences and logical…
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