Types of trauma
The type of trauma that occurs in one experience and does not repeat
What is acute?
What is emotional?
The first part of the brain that forms; it works to ensure survival
What is the brainstem?
One helpful support for the brain is to create a ______________ to hold onto overwhelming memories. These come in many different shapes, sizes, and materials.
What is a container?
This state on the continuum is the far left and requires complete relaxation
What is calm?
A distressing experience (such as a car accident) that happens to someone else, but I work with them and have to hear continued details and see their pain
If my brain stores a picture of the beach when I visit it, this is a _________ memory.
What is visual?
The amygdala functions as this
What is the brain's smoke detector?
The brain's filing system labels groups of memories with statements starting with this word
What is "I"?
When I am in fight or flight mode, what is one of the three brain states I am in?
What is alert, alarm, or reactive (fear)?
The trauma that occurs when someone's safety is threatened or basic needs are not met (repeatedly).
What is complex trauma?
The brain encodes information that has to do with the temperature of the environment, brightness, textures, etc. as this type of memory
What is sensory, physical, or somatic?
The part of the brain that thinks logically and has a sense of time
What is the frontal or pre-frontal cortex?
The brain stores information as picture memories and 3 other types of memories. This is 1 of the other 3
What is sensory/physical, thoughts (cognitive), or emotion?
What is freeze?
The trauma that occurs to a group of people who experience the same event (such as a hurricane)
What is collective or communal?
The brain encodes two types of memories. One is implicit, meaning non-intentional. This other type is intentional (like memorizing song lyrics).
What is explicit?
The part of the brain that processes emotions and our 5 senses
What is the limbic system?
The brain stores this many bits of information per second
What is 11 million?
When my brainstem is the only part of my brain that is active, I am in 1 of these 2 brain states
What is reactive or shutdown?
Trauma that occurs repeatedly over a period of time but is not related to abuse or neglect (such as trauma from cancer treatments)
What is chronic trauma?
The brain records approximately this many bits of information every second even though we can't access it consciously
What is 11 million?
The part of the brain that manages stress hormones and encodes memories; trauma makes it shrink (like a squashed cup)
What is the hippocampus?
What are fight, flight, and freeze?
What is calm or alert?