One of the most important pieces of my trauma work was recognizing just how integral understanding the brain was in experiencing trauma. Certain areas of the brain are specialized in helping us survive danger (van der Kolk, 2014). “A set of related structures in the limbic system hold our ...
“We are learning more about how people exposed to trauma learn to distinguish between what is safe and what is not. Their brain is giving us insight into what might be going awry in specific mechanisms that are impacted by trauma exposure, especially when emotion is involved,” said Suarez-...
The reptilian brain is most closely linked to sensorimotor or body processing. Examples of reptilian brain functions include: reflexes or instinctive trauma responses such as fight, flight, or freeze, startle responses, crying for help, aggression, and urges to hoard resources. It also controls auto...
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What differentiates the generally calm individual from the chronically anxious person is not necessarily that one has "high" vs "low" amygdala function, but specifically the way in which the amygdala communicates with the "thinking part" of the brain. How does the brain think it through to modu...
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southern U.S. border have already endured the trauma of leaving their homes, some after violence or other threats, and faced the additional trauma of an arduous journey north, Nelson said Wednesday. “That may increase their susceptibility to the hazards of separation at the border,” he said...
The effects of trauma can be severe when they happen in childhood because they can disrupt a child’s brain development and have long-term repercussions. Childhood trauma can affect a person’s capacity to establish and sustain healthy relationships throughout their existence. ...
Using fMRI, the researchers recorded activity in the brains of participants as they looked at different-sized circles—only one size was associated with a small shock (or threat). Along with the changes in the salience network, researchers found another difference—this one within the trauma-expos...
(MGH) examined the brains of individuals who experienced early-life trauma, some with FND and others without the condition. The findings may provide a better understanding of what happens in the brains of some patients with FND, as well as those with various other trauma-related brain disorders...