Polyvagal theory tells us that chronic health conditions persist when we are in a state of hypervigilance and fear. According to the theory's originator, Steven Porges, our nervous system automatically evaluates risk and safety, and this results in shifts in our autonomic state without our conscious awareness. People with conditions such as Long Covid, Lyme Disease, ME/CFS or Chronic Pain can often trace this hypervigilance and sense of fear right back to childhood. So how t