Safety means the organs and systems that keep us alive can predict they won’t be harmed. If they can, the body is calm and cooperative. If they can’t, they enlist emotions often categorized as deviant.

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References and suggested reading/listening:

Peer Reviewed Scholarly Publications

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Lafortune, S., Laplante, D. P., Elgbeili, G., Li, X., Lebel, S., Dagenais, C., & King, S. (2021). Effect of natural disaster‐related prenatal maternal stress on child development and health: A meta‐analytic review. In International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Vol. 18, Issue 16). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168332

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Mairesse, J., Viltart, O., Salomé, N., Giuliani, A., Catalani, A., Casolini, P., Morley-Fletcher, S., Nicoletti, F., & Maccari, S. (2007). Prenatal stress alters the negative correlation between neuronal activation in limbic regions and behavioral responses in rats exposed to high and low anxiogenic environments. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 32(7), 765–776. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2007.03.013

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Media credit (photo/video/audio/animation) Sincere thanks to the following artists

Thumbnail Image - Homes in neighborhood - Zac Gudakov, Unsplash

Woman Breathing – mcsingleton, Storyblocks

Man drinking water in hot sun – Oles Ishchuk, Storyblocks

Man Eating a Salad – kamila_p, Storyblocks

Mosquito – RichardjJones, Storyblocks

Snake – HDVMaster, Storyblocks

Cougar – alixmillet, Storyblocks

Bear paw – 8K, Storyblocks

Child Sneezing – artemegorov, Storyblocks

Parent putting helmet on child – HalfPoint, Storyblocks

Organs and systems – istock.com/peterhowell

Man sleeping – ilya2k, Storyblocks

Texting and walking – ODesigns, Storyblocks

Girls walking to school – Wavebreak Media, Storyblocks

House - Zac Gudakov on Unsplash

Young girl watching domestic violence – CactusVP, Storyblocks (Stock video. Posed by models)

Boys fighting in alley – istock.com/Synthetic-Exposition (Stock video. Posed by models)

Couple fighting – Dualstock, Storyblocks (Stock video. Posed by models)

Ambulance and police cars in neighborhood – Dan Jesperson, Storyblocks

Eviction notice – kk5hy, Storyblocks

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