02/17/2026
In hypnotherapy I help children understand and calm down their amygdala’s!
The amygdala is the brain’s danger detector — but it doesn’t identify what the danger is.
It reacts to felt threat, not facts.
Volume, tone, unpredictability, sensory input, past experiences and sudden change can all trigger the same alarm.
For neurodivergent children and young people, this system is often more sensitive and more easily overwhelmed. What looks small to an adult can feel genuinely unsafe to their nervous system.
This is why behaviour shifts fast, logic disappears, and reactions seem out of proportion.
The brain isn’t misbehaving — it’s protecting.
