Can you see PTS ?

Once thought to be “just” a psychological disease, it is now possible to see visible changes in the brain as a result of PTSD.

When you experience trauma, your brain goes into survival mode. It activates the sympathetic nervous system, releasing stress hormones and preparing you for fight, flight, or freeze.

But what happens when the threat is gone?

Often, people get stuck in survival mode, preventing relaxation and normal functioning. As a result, our scans often show:

🧠Amygdala Hyperactivity: The amygdala, responsible for processing emotions, becomes hyperreactive to trauma-related stimuli in PTSD patients.

🧠Hypoactivity in Other Areas: The hippocampus, right inferior frontal gyrus, ventromedial prefrontal cortex (PFC), dorsolateral PFC, and orbitofrontal cortex become significantly less active, some even atrophying.

The good thing about being able to see this dysfunction in the brain is that there are additional options to address the cause and reduce or eliminate PTSD symptoms.

Here is a case study I collaborated on showing some of the great results we’ve achieved with some of our veteran PTSD clients: https://ow.ly/pHbK50SqokT

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Author: GreatCosmicMothersUnited

I have joined with many parents affected with the surreal , yet accepted issue of child abuse via Pathogenic Parenting / Domestic abuse. As a survivor of Domestic Abuse, denial abounded that 3 sons were not affected. In my desire to be family to those who have found me lacking . As a survivor of psychiatric abuse, therapist who abused also and toxic prescribed medications took me to hell on earth with few moments of heaven. I will share my life, my experiences and my studies and research.. I will talk to small circles and I will council ; as targeted parents , grandparents , aunts , uncles etc. , are denied contact with a child for reasons that serve the abuser ...further abusing the child. I grasp the trauma and I have looked at the lost connection to a higher power.. I grasp when one is accustomed to privilege, equality can feel like discrimination.. Shame and affluence silences a lot of facts , truths that have been labeled "negative". It is about liberation of the soul from projections of a alienator , and abuser ..

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