None of us reach adulthood without facing events that push our body into a stress response but leave us helpless to run away or fight. Brains react to such trauma differently depending on its severity, regularity and how early it happens. For some it becomes a habitual response that forms a narrow foundation for how we see the rest of our life. We become so helpless that even events we could control turn into more trauma. Brain-training allows us to break these habits of brain response and develop new patterns that will be as lasting as our current ones.