Threat memory and hypervigilance
Subject in Mental Health
Threat memory and hypervigilance has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Modern Wisdom. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Stan TatkinAmerican psychologist, couples therapist and author, founder of the PACT Institute
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
Podcasts
- Modern Wisdom · 1 episode
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.