Esther Perel: How to Find, Build & Maintain Healthy Romantic Relationships

2819.572 - 2847.017 Esther Perel

there is very little you can hear if you are in a state of hyperarousal. If you are in a position of self-protection, I mean, all these stressful places, all these cortisol levels going up, et cetera, are not gonna help you. But at the same time, you can't, in the moment that someone is completely agitated, talk with them about trusting. It's just like the physiology is not corresponding.