Touch, caressing, and non-threatening human contact signal safety to the nervous system, turning on the vagus nerve; screaming or threatening behavior activates sympathetic dominance by signaling danger.
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Unidentified Speaker — Vagus Nerve Hacks: Powerful Techniques to Enhance Health an… [irn3cFHmK-Y]Evidence Quote
“when I touch someone well you touch me...that means you're not my enemy...you just turned on my Vegas nerve...when you pet that dog your Vagas nerve goes up...you were really screaming your head off at me...my sympathetic went up my Vegas went down”
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Vagus Nerve Hacks: Powerful Techniques to Enhance Health and Well-Being— Dr. Pradip Jamnadas, MDCreated: 8/11/2026, 1:38:33 AM
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