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Somatics, Neurology, and the Hyperneuroplastic Experience
Hyperneuroplastic body–brain systems behave much like nonlinear dynamic systems, as described in complex systems neuroscience, where neural network dynamics organize around shifting attractor states rather than fixed points of equilibrium. Small changes can produce large effects. Patterns emerge quickly. Stability is achieved through ongoing adjustment rather than rigidity.

Dr. Patty Gently
Dec 28, 20254 min read


Hyperneuroplasticity and Epigenetics: Expression Beyond the Genome
Framing hyperneuroplasticity through epigenetics grounds this construct in biology and emphasizes both its risks and its extraordinary potential.

Dr. Patty Gently
Sep 1, 20258 min read


Stress, the Amygdala, and Hyperneuroplasticity
a hyperneuroplastic brain is like a high-speed recorder. It takes a snapshot of stressful or threatening experiences and plays them back on repeat, long after the danger is gone. That rapid wiring can be life-saving in moments of real threat, yet it also explains why stress can leave such deep grooves, making it harder to shake habits of fear, vigilance, or avoidance once they’ve been learned.

Dr. Patty Gently
Aug 18, 20256 min read


Sitting in the Between: Notes from a Psychological Interregnum
Between the old and the new, something deeply human takes place: the making and unmaking of meaning.

Dr. Patty Gently
Aug 4, 20256 min read


The Fullness of the Half-Empty Shelf
They did not cease to matter, but that I no longer needed their mattering to hold its form, or mine.

Reuven Kotleras
Jun 30, 20253 min read


What’s Wrong with Therapy (And What Isn’t): A Former Therapist’s Perspective
The human soul does not reorganize itself to meet billing cycles. Sometimes “what just is" resides in liminal spaces.

Dr. Patty Gently
Jun 24, 20258 min read
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