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Left brain is facts, logic, and vocabulary, right is memories of sensation and emotion and "intuitive truth--the way things are." Trauma flashbacks light up the right side of the brain, as if the traumatic event were happening in the present, and the left brain's disruption means the person may not fully realize the logical conclusion that the event is in the past.
— Dec 13, 2020 04:43PM
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Inhaling activates sympathetic ("with-emotions") nervous system; exhaling activates parasympathetic ("against-emotions").
— Dec 19, 2020 09:42AM
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Van der Kolk believes desensitization as a strategy is a mistake: "We need to help bring those brain structures that deserted them when they were overwhelmed by trauma back."
— Dec 19, 2020 09:40AM
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Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is responsible for sense of time. When it goes offline, it's hard to recognize that an event will ever end, and that what happened in the past was in the past. Thus, grounding and a strong connection to the present is necessary for treatment.
— Dec 19, 2020 09:36AM
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Dissociation: overwhelming experience is fragmented, fragments intrude into present, stress hormones keep circulating, emotional responses and defensive behaviors keep being replayed.
— Dec 19, 2020 09:32AM
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Top-down regulation of the emotions: strengthen medial prefrontal cortex through mindfulness. Bottom-up regulation: recalibrating autonomic nervous system through breath, movement, or touch.
— Dec 19, 2020 09:28AM
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Thalamus mixes input into perceptive experience and sends it to amygdala and frontal cortex.
— Dec 19, 2020 09:24AM
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Emotional brain jumps to conclusions based on rough similarities and uses automatic, preprogrammed escape plans.
— Dec 19, 2020 09:21AM
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Protective factors include the ability to take an active role and being able to reach a safe harbor.
— Dec 13, 2020 04:46PM
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Serotonin appears to decrease emotional reactivity.
— Dec 13, 2020 04:34PM
