Trauma and the Nervous System: Why the Body Gets Stuck in Fight-or-Flight

Illustration showing trauma and nervous system response with brain, spine, and fight-or-flight stress activation.

Trauma and the nervous system have a complicated relationship. Something strange happens after trauma. The event may pass. The room becomes quiet again. Days move forward. Life continues doing what life does — errands, conversations, sunlight through a kitchen window. And yet… the body doesn’t always get the memo. For many people, the nervous system […]