Some Early Childhood Experiences Shape Adult Life, But Which ...
This points to the truth that the world view we operate from affects everything from how we feel to how well we process information to how we behave.
The mode we tend to live from, hostile or friendly, survive or thrive, is a reflection of which brain circuits have been most consistently recruited over a person's live, starting in childhood. Childr
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The brain-disease model overlooks four fundamental truths: (1) our capacity to destroy one another is matched by our capacity to heal one another. Restoring relationships and community is central to restoring well-being; (2) language gives us the power to change ourselves and others by communicating our experiences, helping us to define what we kno
... See moreBessel van der Kolk • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
One of the most devastating effects of trauma is that people’s biology changes into a biology of threat; this is expressed on multiple levels, in stress hormones, immunology and what the brain selects to pay attention to. The intrinsic reward system changes, as do “attractors”—what turns you on or leaves you cold. As a consequence, traumatized peop... See more
Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D. • The Body Keeps The Score
These experiences leave traces on people’s biology and identity and have devastating social consequences–medical illnesses, problems with school and work performance, drug addiction and a variety of psychiatric illness. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calculate that childhood trauma is our single largest public health issue—... See more