•	Autonomic Ladder climbing exercise:
Pick a typical state or symptom that you experience. Can you relate your symptoms to the Autonomic Ladder? Are you aware of what triggered you or brought you there? What is it that can help you to step higher?
Back in 2016 I suffered a trauma that led to me having a knee problem, feeling angry all the time, frantic and agitated. I did not pay attention to anything other than my knee, but things started getting worse to the point where I started having panic attacks. The funny thing is what triggered them is me planning for 2022 goals. Someone close to me advised me to take antidepressants for my anxiety. Fast forward today, I feel social and safe and what helped me get there are therapy, medication, breathing exercises, yoga and most importantly is being aware of my emotions.
•	Which “old brain” or “new brain” themes do you detect in your life, that determine your typical stressors?
It is a mix of both. I am still confused though because I thought self-devaluation happens in the brain stem which is old brain and affected the skeletal muscle but then in the slides self-devaluation and skeletal muscle are under new brain!!
But I have always suffered from digestion problems and survival so it would make them under new brain.