Trauma And The Brain
- When we have not fully processed an overwhelming experience, our amygdala — the part of our brain that activates the fight, flight, or freeze response — may become overactive.
- This can increase the level of stress hormones in your body, like cortisol, leading to an underlying feeling of being “on edge” much of the time.
- In the case of traumatic stress, when our amygdala is activated, we have limited access to our frontal lobe — the part of our brain that is involved in executive functioning,”
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