What Stan Tatkin has said about Threat memory and hypervigilance
1 quote · 1 episode · Sep 5, 2026
Stan Tatkin, American psychologist, couples therapist and author, founder of the PACT Institute, has been quoted on Threat memory and hypervigilance once in 1 episode of Modern Wisdom, most recently on September 5, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Tatkin explains that repeated unrepaired hurts expand the array of threat cues a partner scans for.
“I'm using pattern recognition to sweep the environment for cues. And every time you repeat something or we repeat something that's threatening, the array of threat cues that I'm looking for increase”
Modern Wisdom: Couples Therapist: Why Your Brain Turns Your Partner Into An Enemy - Stan Tatkin -#1146 (Sep 5, 2026) · Listen from 18:08
Episodes
Couples Therapist: Why Your Brain Turns Your Partner Into An Enemy - Stan Tatkin -#1146Modern Wisdom · Sep 5, 2026 · 1 h 9 min
Couples therapist Stan Tatkin tells Chris Williamson why attachment biology, threat memory and the absence of explicit agreements wreck long-term relationships.
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