Safety

The Polyvagal Ladder

Fight/Flight

Meerkat Mode

Shutdown

• Shutdown may turn into stillness if you get better at getting back to safety statements

• may notice some motibilization to come into your system – stay anchored in safety state and allow the mobilization to com

• Stillness = Shutdown + Safety - if you have lots of access to safety state then experience shutdown as stillness

Freeze

fight/flight + Shutdown