Substance Use on the Brain
Long-term use can shrink or damage this area of the brain, it can become increasingly difficult to regulate emotions, and there can be impaired judgement or self-control.
What is the Frontal Lobe?
Intense emotional reactions, difficulty calming emotions, challenges in regulating emotional memories, unstable sense of self, impulsivity.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder?
Associated with pleasure, reward, motivation, and focus.
What is Dopamine?
What is the brain’s ability to change and form new connections called?
What is Neuroplasticity?
The percent of the body’s oxygen that the brain uses.
What is 20%?
Impaired consciousness and arousal (drowsiness, coma), Disruption of sleep cycles and alertness, and slowed or stopped breathing.
What is the Brainstem.
Intrusive thoughts and over-importance of worry, compulsions repeated to relieve anxiety, “something feels off” sensation.
What is OCD?
Contributes to feelings of happiness, contentment, and relaxation. It also regulates sleep, appetite, and mood.
What is Serotonin?
What activity has been shown to increase brain growth and improve mood?
What is Exercise?
True or False: The brain feels pain.
What is False? – it has no pain receptors!
Reduced ability to feel pain accurately or respond to stimuli, Impaired spatial awareness and coordination, and Opiates and depressants can dull or distort sensory perception.
What is the Parietal Lobe?
Poor impulse control, organization, attention; difficulty with motivation and reward, issues with timing and coordination.
What is ADHD?
Known as the "love hormone," it promotes social bonding, trust, and compassion.
What is Oxytocin?
Which relaxation practice helps calm the amygdala and strengthen the prefrontal cortex?
What is Mindfulness/Meditation?
Approximate amount of neuronsin the human brain.
What is roughly 86 billion?
Blurred or double vision (especially with alcohol or hallucinogens), Visual hallucinations, and Slowed visual processing and misinterpretation of visual cues.
What is the Occipital Lobe?
Disorganized thinking, cognitive impairment; distorted memory and perception; misinterpretation of sensory input; emotional misinterpretation or flat affect.
What is Schizophrenia?
Natural painkillers that reduce pain and induce feelings of euphoria and well-being.
What are Endorphins?
Name two ways you can help your brain recover from trauma or stress.
What is Therapy, sleep, connection, learning, mindfulness, or healthy routines.
The side of the brain often associated with creativity.
What is the right hemisphere?
Loss of balance, stumbling, slurred speech; Impaired fine motor skills, Long-term alcohol use can cause permanent damage.
What is the Cerebellum?
Persistent fear and startle response, difficulty regulating emotional and fear responses, problems with memory and context processing.
What is PTSD?
What part of the brain helps form memories of pleasurable experiences?
What is the Hippocampus?
Within the hippocampus, the brain can regenerate this.
What are neurons?
The part of the brain that controls balance and coordination.
What is the cerebellum?