Category: Facing trauma
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Looking Into Brain
Her script took her back to the day, thirteen yearsearlier, when she picked up her five-year-old daughter, Melissa, from day camp. As they drove off, Marsha heard a persistent beeping, indicating that Melissaโs seatbelt was not properly fastened. When Marsha reached over to adjust the belt, she ran a red light. Another car smashed into…
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BRAIN IN TRAUMA
Effective action versus immobilization. Effective action (the result of fight/flight)ends the threat. Immobilization keeps the body in a state of inescapable shock andlearned helplessness. Faced with danger people automatically secrete stress hor-mones to fuel resistance and escape. Brain and body are programmed to run forhome, where safety can be restored and stress hormones can come…
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Part 2 :- THE BRAIN FROM TOP TO BOTTOM
It develops level by level within every child in the womb, just as it did in the course of evolution. The most primitive part, the part that is already online when we are born, is the ancientanimal brain, often called the reptilian brain. It is located in the brain stem, justabove the place where our…
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THE BRAIN FROM TOP TO BOTTOM ๐ง ๐๏ธ๐๐
THE BRAIN FROM TOP TO BOTTOM The most important job of the brain is to ensure our survival, even under themost miserable conditions. Everything else is secondary. In order to do that,brains need to: (1) Generate internal signals that register what our bodiesneed, such as food, rest, protection, and shelter; (2) create a map of…
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ORGANIZED TO SURVIVE PART 2:-
ORGANIZED TO SURVIVE Trauma survivors are prone to “continue the action, or rather the (futile)attempt at action, which began when the thing happened.” Being able tomove and do something to protect oneself is a critical factor in determiningwhether or not a horrible experience will leave long-lasting scars. In this chapter I’m going to go deeper…
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The Anatomy Of Survival part 2:-
Regular life can be interrupted by a traumatic event. A goal for those trying to get past the stress of trauma is to return to a day-to-day schedule as soon as possible. Getting your groove back can help you re-establish a sense of normalcy and regain a sense of control over your life. Take the…
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The Anatomy Of Survival
Five-year-old Noam’s drawing made after he witnessed the World Trade Center attack on 9/11. He reproduced the image that haunted so many survivors-peoplejumping to escape from the inferno–but with a life-saving addition: a trampoline at the bottom of the collapsing building,mind to make some sense of what had happened and even to imagine a creative…
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Soothing The Brain
SOOTHING THE BRAINThe 1985 ACNP meeting was, if possible, even more thought provoking than the previous year’s session. Kings College professor Jeffrey Gray gave a talk about the amygdala, a cluster of brain cells that determines whether a sound, image, or body sensation is perceived as a threat. Gray’s data showed that the sensitivity of…
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Top 5 WAYS to get out of Depression ๐
Here are top 5 WAYS to get out of Depression ๐ I hope they will help you โค๏ธ Build a Support NetworkOne of the most important things you can do to help yourself with depressionโother than medication and therapyโis to develop strong social support. For some, this may mean forging stronger ties with friends or…
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TOP 5 WAYS TO STAY HEALTHY AND FIT๐โค๏ธ
Here are 10 ways you can restore your bodyโs health: 1. Cleanse your body The first step to restoring your health is to purify your body. Your body needs detoxification to throw out the harmful toxins. To do this one has to follow a clean diet of fresh fruits and juices while cutting down on…
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