Post by the Sarcastic Autist on Oct 2, 2018 19:23:52 GMT
1) The PET scan proved that flashbacks activate the amygdala, the alarm system of the brain, and induce a physiological response. Further studies show that you can control your heart rate with breathing. Discuss other ways you might reduce your physiological reaction to panic attacks/ flashbacks.
2)van der Kolk describes ‘shutting down’ and mutism as being unable to put your experience into words. This is because trauma is hard to make into a coherent and understandable story. What are some ways to circumvent the loss of language?
3) The left-brain is the reason mind. It is the facts and logic, maths and language part of the brain. The right-brain is the emotion mind. It is the pictures and intuition, feelings and sensory part of the brain. Wise Mind is the “wisdom within each person”. It is when both sides of the brain are brought together. If you think of your brain as a see-saw/teeter-totter, one side of the brain is reason mind, the other is emotion mind, with Wise Mind being the balanced middle. If you are in too much of emotion mind, activating the reason mind part of your brain can help get you into Wise Mind, while the reverse is also true. What are some ways you can think of that you can get into “Wise Mind” when you are too much in emotion mind?
4) van der Kolk states “It is so much easier for them to talk about what has been done to them- to tell a story of victimization and revenge- than to notice, feel, and put into words the reality of their internal experience.” Then he mentions how traumatized people don’t ‘know how to be “here”- fully alive, in the present’. How do you think the disconnect between story and visceral experience hampers one’s ability to practice Mindfulness, Mindfulness being the practice of living in the present moment.
2)van der Kolk describes ‘shutting down’ and mutism as being unable to put your experience into words. This is because trauma is hard to make into a coherent and understandable story. What are some ways to circumvent the loss of language?
3) The left-brain is the reason mind. It is the facts and logic, maths and language part of the brain. The right-brain is the emotion mind. It is the pictures and intuition, feelings and sensory part of the brain. Wise Mind is the “wisdom within each person”. It is when both sides of the brain are brought together. If you think of your brain as a see-saw/teeter-totter, one side of the brain is reason mind, the other is emotion mind, with Wise Mind being the balanced middle. If you are in too much of emotion mind, activating the reason mind part of your brain can help get you into Wise Mind, while the reverse is also true. What are some ways you can think of that you can get into “Wise Mind” when you are too much in emotion mind?
4) van der Kolk states “It is so much easier for them to talk about what has been done to them- to tell a story of victimization and revenge- than to notice, feel, and put into words the reality of their internal experience.” Then he mentions how traumatized people don’t ‘know how to be “here”- fully alive, in the present’. How do you think the disconnect between story and visceral experience hampers one’s ability to practice Mindfulness, Mindfulness being the practice of living in the present moment.