Nervous System
What term refers to something that INCREASES the level of activation in your nervous system?
Upregulating
A coping skill that is meant to decrease your level of nervous system activity is also known as what?
Self regulation skill
What is it called when someone is outside of their window of tolerance and feeling like they don't have enough stimulation?
Hypoarousal
When we gradually confront someone with something they're scared of in stages this is called...
Exposure therapy
What are the three divisions of the triune brain?
Front brain (cortex), mid brain (mammalian brain), back brain (lizard brain)
What is the one part of our autonomic nervous system that we can consciously control?
Breathing rate
When we go through a threat response, what is the first physiological change that occurs that creates a self perpetuating cycle?
Increase in respiratory rate/hyperoxygenation of our blood
What is it called when someone is outside of their window of tolerance and feels like they are being overstimulated?
Hyperarousal
What is it called when someone begins responding less and less to a specific stimuli?
Desensitization
When our brain pulls from our back brain memory and makes us re-experience certain sensations this is called a...
Flashback
Which part of our nervous system governs the fight or flight response?
Sympathetic nervous system
What two physical senses are impossible for our body to ignore? One can be used as a positive coping skill, the other is a maladaptive coping skill.
Positive - temperature
Negative - pain
Excitatory symptoms, such as restless energy, fidgeting, pacing, mood swings, and difficulty thinking are symptoms of what type of arousal?
Hyperarousal
What is the most common co-occurring diagnosis with PTSD?
Substance Use Disorder
What types of memories are stored in the divisions of the triune brain?
Front brain - executive or standard memory
Back brain - survival and trauma memory
The sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems are part of what division of the nervous system?
Autonomic nervous system
When we take cues from other people around us in order to regulate our own nervous system, what is this process called?
Co-regulation
In trauma and recovery group we have discussed a specific type of curve that displays stress versus performance. What're the names of the two nerds who came up with this curve?
Yerkes and Dodson
What is it called when we completely eliminate an association or behavioral response in our brain?
For bonus 100 points: What is a more effective option than this?
Extinction
Bonus answer: Replacing it with another behavior
When someone is experiencing a threat response, which portion of the triune brain is primarily in control?
Back brain/lizard brain
What is the term that refers to the long body of a neuron that transmits messages like a telephone wire and is covered in a substance called myelin?
Axon
A frequent coping strategy used to snap ourselves out of dissociation or trauma responses involves splashing water in our face. What physiological response does this act activate?
The dive response
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What is Tyler's dog's name, and what breed of dog is he?
JC - papillon/long haired chihuahua mix
A popular form of trauma therapy is known as EMDR. What does EMDR stand for?
Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing
The amygdala, a brain structure responsible for the feeling and expression of fear, is located in which part of the triune brain?
The back brain/lizard brain