TRAUMA TYPES
an 'overwhelming experience that undermines a person's belief that the world is good and safe'
an outdated, but somewhat relevant model of the brain
What is Paul MacLean's (1967) "Triune Brain"
BONUS! Can you answer the parts?
behavior responses include: anger outburst, controlling, narcissism, explosive behavior
What is FIGHT?
the two types of memory, conscious and unconscious
What is explicit and implicit memory?
The three E's of trauma
What is event, experience, and effect?
What is developmental trauma? (ACEs also counts!)
a part of the brain that regulates perception and attention
What is the Thalamus?
What is FLIGHT?
trauma can prevent this memory type from processing information (like words, images, and sounds, etc.) from different parts of the brain from combining to make semantic memory
What is declarative or semantic memory?
this organization defines individual trauma as an event or circumstance that results in physical harm, emotional harm and/or life-threatening harm
What is SAMHSA or Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration?
a single event (e.g., accident, medical procedure, natural disaster)
What is simple or acute trauma?
a part of the brain responsible for emotional behavior, regulation of memory and navigation, and involved stopping the body's stress response
What is the hippocampus?
Behavior responses include: difficulty making decisions, feeling stuck, dissociation, isolation, numbness
What is FREEZE?
after trauma, a person may get triggered and experience painful feelings, often associated with this memory type; triggering may occur without context
What is emotional memory?
an alternative to MacLean's Triune Brain
What is Steffan et al.'s (2022) The Adaptive Brain?
multigenerational trauma experienced by a specific cultural, racial, or ethnic group, ongoing marginalization and oppression
What is historical or intergenerational trauma?
the "smoke detector" of the brain, involved in perception, attention, and memory
What is the amygdala?
What is FAWN?
the part of the brain responsible for shutting down episodic memory and fragmentation of the sequence of events
What is the hippocampus?
What is the frontal lobe?
multiple or ongoing instances (e.g., witnessing violence, ongoing abuse, mass casualty events)
What is complex or chronic trauma?
A type of stress response that immediately activates the spinal cord to the adrenal glands, releasing epinephrine and engaging the body into fight or flight
What is short term, or fast acting stress response?
the two states of trauma arousal (we aspire to be in states of equilibrium, also known as the window of tolerance or window of capacity)
What is hyper and hypoarousal?
The memory types impacted by trauma
Declarative, episodic, emotional, procedural
long term, slow acting, chronic stress activates this part of the brain, before releasing ACTH, causing the adrenal glands to release both cortisol and aldosterone
What is the anterior pituitary?