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The following educational, hour-long video discusses the anatomy and neuropsychiatry of TBI–Tramatic Brain Injury–as it relates to trauma and PTSD. It is rather technical but provides and excellent overview of what happens in the brain after an injury or trauma takes place.
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The following video talks about the importance of the mother and child bond in developing social and emotional intelligence. Disruption in this bond at this fragile time can cause emotional disturbances, anxiety, and trauma in the baby that could last the rest of the child’s life.
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When a baby is born, its sympathetic nervous system is mostly developed and raw. The sympathetic nervous system is what activates the body for action and creates highly charged emotions like fear and anger. It’s the gas on the pedal. The parasympathetic nervous system, the part of the nervous system that calms the body and soothes the activation created by the sympathetic, the brakes, hasn’t developed yet when the baby is born. It takes about 2 years for it to develop.
So a baby can’t calm or soothe his own anxieties, fear, and anger. It relies on the soothing “coos” of the mother, her calming gaze, and loving touch to regulate and train his own nervous system to grow properly into a system that can regulate itself. That means upsets can be calmed. The traumas of attachment disorders takeover when the soothing of the baby by the mother doesn’t occur. (The child may be put in an incubator right after birth and kept from the mother.) This will spawn a disregulated nervous system later in life where aroused states take over and have trouble being calmed down.
This type of trauma can be worked with but takes more time to treat than a shock trauma. And those who have attachment and developmental issues are more prone to trauma and PTSD later in life. Somatic Experiencing (SE) is a gentle, effective way of treating this type of trauma.
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The following 8.5 minute video by Dr. Harry Croft provides insights into why the holidays aggravate trauma and PTSD. He also explains the symptoms of PTSD and why they are particularly susceptible to holiday activities.
It will help you to understand what they are going through and what you can do to help.
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If you know someone with trauma or PTSD, help them by turning them on to this site. Encourage them to get help and change 2012.
The Journal of Neurotrauma reports that treatment with hyperbaric oxygen significantly improved the quality of life for veterans with trauma, PTSD, and TBI. This treatment was given to vets nearly three years after their injuries were sustained according to research led by Dr. Paul Harch at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans.
Sixteen veterans who had been injured in Iraq and diagnosed with mild TBI and PTSD were enrolled in the pilot study. They received 40 treatments (60-minutes each) of low-dose hyperbaric oxygen therapy over a 30-day period.
Tests following the treatments showed significant improvements in symptoms: 92% improvement in short-term memory problems; 87% relief from headaches; 93% gain in cognitive difficulties; 75% improvement with sleep issues; and 93% reported relief fro, depression. The vets also showed improvements in anger, mood swings, impulse control, blood flow in the brain, and a reduction in suicidal thoughts. 64% of those were also able to eliminate all their prescription drug intake. Continue reading
We all feel blue or sad at times, but these feelings usually pass within a few days. But depression lasts weeks or months and should be taken seriously. Most people need treatment in order to get better.
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, both men and women can be affected by depression.The symptoms of depressive illnesses vary in severity, frequency, and duration depending on the individual and their particular illness. Unfortunately, few with a depressive illness ever seek treatment.
Anxiety disorders , such as Post–Traumatic Stress Disorder, obsessive– compulsive disorder, panic disorder, social phobia, and generalized anxiety disorder, often have depression too.
Seeing horrific scenes and gore is a category of trauma that affects so many first responders such as EMT’s, policemen, and firefighters, many of whom suffer from trauma and PTSD. (They’ll probably deny this, so ask their spouses.)
These frontline heroes may try to mentally compartmentalize what they have seen, but the brain etches the scene in its memory and replays it along with the body sensations that followed–shock, revulsion, disgust–in dreams and flashbacks. It’s as if the brain records the scene in hopes of avoiding the same fate.
Or if not experiencing the above, the body will numb itself so it doesn’t feel anything. This is called the freeze. Its signs are lack of vitality, dull eyes, a blank facial expression, flat emotions, lack of connection to family and friends. People caught in the freeze don’t really live life. But this, too, is trauma and PTSD.
It is a serious problem for emergency personnel.
The good news is that it is treatable. In fact, all the people above would do well to regularly have trauma work done on themselves whenever they see something horrific. I suggest looking into Somatic Experiencing, a very gentle, effective way to deal with these types of trauma.
If you have seen horrible things in helping others, try having a session of SE regarding your issue and see if it doesn’t get better immediately. A good practitioner can even teach you how to trauma-proof yourself for future events.
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If you have 3 or more of these conditions or feelings, you probably suffer from trauma or PTSD. These will not get better. Get help now.
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On Feb. 20, 2007, Scott Dekraai saw his shipmate Piper Cameron killed. She was pulling in a 2-inch thick tow line to another tugboat, when it suddenly snapped taut and pinned her against the bulwark, crushing her to death. Scott leaped to save her but was himself struck by the line that tossed him aside and broke his leg. After undergoing 7 hours of surgery, he spent the next month in the hospital. Though he did manage to go to Piper’s funeral.
He never walked well again and remained on permanent disability. From his wife’s reports, he was deeply affected by the event on the tugboat and suffered from sleeplessness, flashbacks of the event, bursts of uncontrolled anger, and constant anxiety–all signs of PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder).
So what happened to this hero?
As with many victims of PTSD, his marriage deteriorated. Then, on Oct. 12, after losing a bid for more visitations with his son, he walked into the Salon Meritage in Seal Beach, Ca., and opened fired on his ex-wife and anyone else who was there. Eight died, and one was left in critical condition.
The Body and Emotions
Rapture of Being Alive
The Trauma of “Not Belonging”