“When something reminds traumatized people of the past, their right brain reacts as if the traumatic event were happening in the present.”Tagged: Trauma, PTSD, The Body Keeps The Score, Hypervigilance, Aftermath of Trauma
“Long after a traumatic experience is over, it may be reactivated at the slightest hint of danger and mobilize disturbed brain circuits and secrete massive amounts of stress hormones. This precipitates unpleasant emotions intense physical sensations, and impulsive and aggressive actions. These…”Tagged: Trauma, PTSD, The Body Keeps The Score, Hypervigilance, Aftermath of Trauma
“Dissociation is the essence of trauma. The overwhelming experience is split off and fragmented, so that the emotions, sounds, images, thoughts, and physical sensations related to the trauma take on a life of their own.”Tagged: Trauma, PTSD, The Body Keeps The Score, Hypervigilance, Aftermath of Trauma
“It is enormously difficult to organize one’s traumatic experiences into a coherent account—a narrative with a beginning, a middle, and an end.”Tagged: Trauma, PTSD, The Body Keeps The Score, Hypervigilance, Aftermath of Trauma
“After administering several courses of electric shock, the researchers opened the doors of the cages and then shocked the dogs again. A group of control dogs who had never been shocked before immediately ran away, but the dogs who had earlier been subjected to inescapable shock made no attempt to…”Tagged: Trauma, psych, Abuse