Trauma changes how the brain and body respond to stress. After trauma, the brain’s “alarm system” (the amygdala) becomes too sensitive, and the part that calms it down (the prefrontal cortex) gets weaker. This makes even small stressors - like an email from your boss - feel like life-or-death situations. Your body reacts the same way to both: fast heartbeat, tense muscles, panic.. anxiety … It’s not a choice; it’s just how trauma rewires the nervous system. If you would like to learn how to over
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Trauma changes the way the brain processes ALL stress. The amygdala is the brain’s “watchdog.” It doesn’t define or interpret stress, it just sets off the alarm. Kids who’ve experienced trauma have an enlarged & hyperactive amygdala, which means they’re quicker & less discriminating in sounding the alarm that something’s wrong, Even mildly distressing “triggers” can cause the amygdala to signal the sympathetic nervous system to take over. The sympathetic nervous system is great at keeping us ali
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