Ideally, after the threat of danger from a stressful experience has ended, our body stops reacting to the stress signals and returns to a healthy state of homeostasis, where we are able to breathe easily, think clearly, sleep deeply and function normally in our daily lives. We can effectively relax back into a sense of safety and allow our bodies to heal from the depletion the stress caused. Sometimes, however, our body can’t remember how to do this and it becomes tricky to find your way out of “Fight or Flight” mode.  This happens especially if the highly stressful event was extremely traumatic or if the stress lasted so long…