Trauma can lead to changes in the brain's structure and function, a phenomenon known as neuroplasticity.
This can result in long-term alterations in areas of the brain like the amygdala, hippocampus, and prefrontal cortex, which are involved
in emotional regulation, memory, and decision-making.
According to the American Psychiatric Association, about 3.5% of U.S. adults are diagnosed with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) in a given year, and one in 11 in their lifetimes.
Research has shown that exposure to trauma, especially in
early life, can lead to a reduction in the size of the hippocampus, a brain region critical for memory and learning. Studies indicate that individuals with PTSD may have a hippocampus that is up to 8% smaller than those without PTSD.
The good news is that neuroplasticity works both ways, so you have the power to turn it around!
What is PTSD?
The American Psychiatric Association defines PTSD as “a psychiatric disorder that may occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event, series of events or set of circumstances. An individual may experience this as emotionally or physically harmful or life-threatening and [it] may
affect mental, physical, social, and/or spiritual well-being."
PTSD can trigger “physical symptoms, such as increased blood pressure and heart rate, fatigue, muscle tension, nausea, joint pain, headaches, back pain or other types of pain. **The person in pain may not realize the connection between their pain and a traumatic event.**”
Your healthcare practitioners might not either...
And herein lies one of the differences between a holistic approach and the conventional medicine approach to the prevention and treatment of chronic health issues: Where conventional medicine often overlooks nervous system dysfunction or trauma as a root cause of chronic symptoms, holistic approaches dive into
it.
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