Greetings and Salutations, Whether it is a big T or a little t, your brain is hardwired to respond to trauma in protective ways. Protective behaviors serve the purpose of protecting our physical, mental, and emotional systems in those moments. But what happens when the moment or event has passed, and we continue to respond to future events in the same way? When we re-experience traumatic events or events that seem similar, our sympathetic nervous systems kick in and triggers