Unprocessed trauma and habitual stress cycles are truly devestating to the functioning of your brain.
We all suffer from trauma in some way, shape or form.
The image above shows the atrophy/shrinkage that occurs in your brain when excess stress and trauma are not dealt with.
Here are the specifics of what occurs in your brain
1.Hippocampus and Amygdala: Chronic stress and trauma can impact the size and functioning of the hippocampus and amygdala, which are involved in memory formation and emotional regulation. Studies have suggested that prolonged stress may lead to a smaller hippocampus and an overactive amygdala.
2.Prefrontal Cortex: Executive functions, such as planning, logic, and speculation can be negatively affected by chronic stress. Research indicates that chronic stress may impair prefrontal cortex function, leading to difficulties in decision-making, impulse control, and contributing to mental health disorders.
3.Mal-adaptive Neuroplasticity: Chronic stress and trauma can negatively influence neuroplasticity, the brain's ability to reorganize and form new connections. It may disrupt synaptic connections and alter neural circuits, affecting learning, memory, and emotional processing.
If you know of others (and many are now) stuck in a survival habituated state of fear, anger, and frusturation, give them grace. It is not necessarily their fault. Stress rates are seemingly at all time high.
Dr Brody Miller
Unprocessed trauma and habitual stress cycles are truly devestating to the functioning of your brain.
We all suffer from trauma in some way, shape or form.
The image above shows the atrophy/shrinkage that occurs in your brain when excess stress and trauma are not dealt with.
Here are the specifics of what occurs in your brain
1.Hippocampus and Amygdala: Chronic stress and trauma can impact the size and functioning of the hippocampus and amygdala, which are involved in memory formation and emotional regulation. Studies have suggested that prolonged stress may lead to a smaller hippocampus and an overactive amygdala.
2.Prefrontal Cortex: Executive functions, such as planning, logic, and speculation can be negatively affected by chronic stress. Research indicates that chronic stress may impair prefrontal cortex function, leading to difficulties in decision-making, impulse control, and contributing to mental health disorders.
3.Mal-adaptive Neuroplasticity: Chronic stress and trauma can negatively influence neuroplasticity, the brain's ability to reorganize and form new connections. It may disrupt synaptic connections and alter neural circuits, affecting learning, memory, and emotional processing.
If you know of others (and many are now) stuck in a survival habituated state of fear, anger, and frusturation, give them grace. It is not necessarily their fault. Stress rates are seemingly at all time high.
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