What is trauma?
What is an ACE? Give two examples.
- Adverse Childhood Experience
- Parent swearing/act in a way that made you feel like you would be physically hurt
- Being physically abused in the home
- Sexual abuse
- no love in household
- General neglect/parents too high to take care of you
- parents separated/divorced
- mother or stepmother abused
- lived with a drug addict/alcoholic
- family member mental illness/suicide
- household member in prison
Adrenaline and cortisol are produced when the body and brain go into what?
Fight/flight/freeze
What is integration?
Having or regaining the ability to "code" incoming information. Not having an overwhelmed system.
Is PTSD an all inclusive diagnosis for those who are suffering from past traumatic experiences? Why or Why not?
no, that is why DTD should have been in the DSM. Some trauma is still trauma but falls outside of the guidelines of what trauma is according to the DSM.
Define disintegration
An inability to "code" incoming information
Cerebral cortex must be online for integration
Give a brief overview of PTSD
intrusive memories, flashbacks, somatic symptoms, etc. (will accept most answers here)
Demonstrate two eft tapping locations
side of hand, inner eyebrow, side of eye (outer), under eye, under nose, chin, inner collar bone, under arm, top of head, etc.
Explain why the dsm definition of trauma is lacking
Does not account for things that still leave the person unable to cope, does not account for most child abuse, does not account for most ACE's, is just generally bad.
What is the DSM definition of trauma?
Exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, sexual violence, witnessing the events as they occur to others (in person, ex/paramedics, first responders, etc.)
What is the difference between PTSD and CPTSD?
Complex PTSD involves trauma happening over a length of time, rather than one incident. (Even though trauma is rarely an isolated incident.
Give a brief overview of EMDR
type of therapy that helps with trauma, involves stimulating both sides of the brain/body with bilateral stimulation.
Explain why Developmental Trauma should have been in the DSM
It is a well rounded diagnosis that fills a gap of people who to not have PTSD but still have trauma that impedes with their daily life and well-being. Not in because of capitalism.
What do we need the hippocampus online for? (When it is offline we are disintegrated.)
Narrative memory. Cortisol can shut down the hippocampus.
Give a brief overview of developmental trauma disorder.
exposure to one or more developmentally adverse interpersonal traumas, that triggers a pattern of repeated dysregulation in response to trauma cues.
Give a brief overview of IFS
Type of therapy that is good for trauma, helps client differentiate parts from self. (Parts=manager, firefighter, exiles)
Who is Marks favorite person?
Bessel Van Der Kolk
What is the good definition of trauma? (Dan Sigiel)
An experience we have that overwhelms our capacity to cope.
Trauma can cause hyper-vigilance. What brain network is responsible for hyper-vigilance?
The Salience network (has to do with the amygdala) The salience network is what determines what in your environment is worth paying attention to/what the most important thing in your environment is.
What are two benefits of yoga for those who have experienced trauma?
- Noticing a connection between body and emotions
- bodily awareness
- general mindfulness
- self regulation
- etc.
Give at least one example of how child abuse/neglect has a negative effect on society as a whole
those who have suffered child abuse are more likely to: develop mental health problems, use/abuse drugs and alcohol, etc. Would accept most answers. Could also talk about foster system or economic costs.