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Tolerable vs Toxic Stress: What Makes the Difference?

Welcome to Healing the Hungry Ghost! 🪷 I’m Summer, a trauma therapist exploring the roots of stress, disconnection, and emotional suffering — and what it truly means to heal. In this video, we explore a crucial but often overlooked piece of the stress and trauma puzzle: the role of support in shaping how stress affects the body and mind. Support can include anything from emotionally safe relationships to access to helpful information to physical resources and having our basic needs met. How supported we feel is what makes stress tolerable instead of toxic. Without it, even small stressors can feel overwhelming. With it, we’re more likely to grow, adapt, and heal. Whether you're navigating chronic stress, trauma recovery, or mental health challenges, understanding this key difference can change how you manage stress to care for yourself and others. Timestamps⏱️ 00:00 Defining Tolerable Stress 01:18 Protective Factors for Stress 03:40 Strengthening Our Resilience in the Face of Stress Sources consulted in this video: Harvard University. (2024). Resilience. Center on the Developing Child. https://developingchild.harvard.edu/s.... Harvard University. (2025). Toxic Stress : What is Toxic Stress?. Center on the Developing Child. https://developingchild.harvard.edu/k.... Porges, S. W. (2017). The pocket guide to the polyvagal theory: The transformative power of feeling safe. W W Norton & Co. Ross, N., Gilbert, R., Torres, S., Dugas, K., Jefferies, P., McDonald, S., Savage, S., & Ungar, M. (2020). Adverse childhood experiences: Assessing the impact on physical and psychosocial health in adulthood and the mitigating role of resilience. Child abuse & neglect, 103, 104440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020... Russell, G., Lightman, S. (2019). The human stress response. Nat Rev Endocrinol 15, 525–534 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41574-019-02... Süloğlu, D., & Güler, Ç. Y. (2021). Predicting perceived stress and resilience: the role of differentiation of self. Current issues in personality psychology, 9(4), 289–298. https://doi.org/10.5114/cipp.2021.106140 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2025). I’m So Stressed Out! Fact Sheet. National Institute of Mental Health. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publi...