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polyvagal theory frames substance use as an attempt to access ventral-vagal regulation chemically
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“The Felt Sense Polyvagal Model frames substance use as an attempt to access ventral-vagal regulation chemically”
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the myelinated ventral vagal branch supports a social engagement system
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“the myelinated ventral vagal branch supports a "social engagement system" linking facial expression, vocal prosody, middle-ear muscle tone, and cardiac vagal tone.”
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polyvagal theory has critics
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“polyvagal theory has critics (Grossman, Taylor, Neuhuber & Berthoud 2022 have challenged the evolutionary and neuroanatomical claims)”
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These are things people say about Polyvagal theory that aren't settled fact — each one attributed to who's actually claiming it, so a claim never quietly passes as established just because it showed up in a document. Weigh it yourself.
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"substance use is an attempt to access ventral-vagal regulation chemically"
Asserted by Jan Winhall · stance: pro
The evidence on file mostly supports this, but it's still someone's claim, not a settled fact.
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Disputed
"addiction is a regulatory adaptation to a chronically dysregulated autonomic state"
Asserted by Stephen Porges · stance: pro
The evidence on file mostly supports this, but it's still someone's claim, not a settled fact.
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