Traumatic events come in a variety of shades and how they affect people is unique to the individual. Such experiences might be embedded in fearful, helpless, or horrific moments that correlate with near-death experiences, serious injuries, or threats to the physical integrity of themselves or others. The post-traumatic experience can be unrelenting. It can create
Scientists believe that PTSD may occur because of complex occurrences in the brain. One section of the brain, the hypothalamus, releases the corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), which triggers the pituitary gland to release adrenocorticotropic hormone. These processes stimulate the adrenal glands to release glucocorticoid (cortisol). Cortisol affects the pituitary gland as well as the hypothalamus and
For the mind and body to integrate events, they must translate such events into some type of language, even a subconscious language. Neural pathways take thoughts that are related to experiences, send them to the language regions of the brain to be processed, and then send them back to other areas of the brain. However,
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