VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-10-12
“Imagine your own helicopter — that is your nervous system,”
Steven Resnick · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-12
Resnick used the metaphor of a helicopter to describe the nervous system's constant state of high alert.
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