Andrew Huberman· PhD
what they discovered was that a subset of individuals who had a high degree of vagal tone seemed to get more benefit from this writing-type exercise.
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what they discovered was that a subset of individuals who had a high degree of vagal tone seemed to get more benefit from this writing-type exercise.
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Well, some of this, again, probably relates to psychology and the different attachments that people had to the person or animal or thing that was lost, but it no doubt also has to do with how much of a mind/body connection, how much vagal tone exists in the person, when they suddenly found themselves in the grief episode.
for those that can really feel the relationship between breathing heart rate, what we call vagal tone, well, those people are going to be in a better position to move through grief, not because they are disengaging from the feelings of attachment, but because they are better able to access those feelings of attachment.