How Childhood Trauma Can Physically Damage The Developing Brain: And How These Effects Can Be Reversed

Description

Sadly, severe childhood trauma can actually physically affect brain development which can adversely affect how we feel and behave for years, or decades afterwards. Fortunately, however, due to the brain’s ability to continue to physically alter itself during our adult lives (due to a phenomenon known as “neuroplasticity”) it is possible for the brain to recover.

This book (2nd Edition, Revised and Expanded 2019) examines how childhood trauma can harm our brain, together with how this harm can be undone.

CONTENTS :
PART 1 :
BRAIN REGIONS THAT MIGHT BE DAMAGED BY CHILDHOOD TRAUMA.
1) Introduction
2) The Prefrontal Cortex
3) Three Key Components Of The Limbic System
a) The Amygdala
b) The Hippocampus
c) The Thalamus
4) Other Limbic Regions
5) The Insula
6) Right Hemisphere
7) The Brain-Body Connection
8) Brain inflammation

PART 2 :
TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES THAT MAY CAUSE PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO THE DEVELOPING BRAIN.
9) Lack Of Emotional Security
10) Poverty
11) Constant Humiliation
12) Domestic Violence
13) Anger
14) Emotional Neglect
15) Guilt
16) Lack Of Love

PART 3 :
EFFECTS OF DAMAGE DONE TO THE BRAIN CAUSED BY CHILDHOOD TRAUMA.
17) Risk Taking And Decision Making
18) Memory
19) Control Of Emotions
20) Inability To Articulate Severely Traumatic Experiences
21) Eye Contact
22) Risk Of Developing Complex PTSD
23) Risk Of Developing Narcissistic Personality Disorder
24) Risk Of Developing Borderline Personality Disorder
25) Constant Fearfulness
26) Structural Dissociation

PART 4 :
REPAIRING THE BRAIN.
27) Self-Directed Neuroplasticity
28) Seven Key Elements That Aid Brain Repair
29) Repairing The Amygdala
30) Repairing The Prefrontal Cortex
31) Raising Endorphin Levels
32) Raising Serotonin Levels
33) Raising Oxytocin Levels
34) Meditation And The Electrical Brain
35) Unlocking And Rewiring The Brain
36) Dialectical Behavior Therapy
37) Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)
38) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
39) Treatment For Depression
40) Right Brain Therapy
41) Trauma Informed Yoga

APPENDICES
APPENDIX 1 : Childhood Trauma And Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).
APPENDIX 2 : Childhood Trauma And Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (Complex PTSD).
APPENDIX 3 : Dissociation.
APPENDIX 4 : Childhood Trauma And Psychosis.
APPENDIX 5 : Childhood Trauma And Avoidant Personality Disorder.
APPENDIX 6 : The Fight / Flight Response.
APPENDIX 7 : Anhedonia
APPENDIX 8 : Childhood Trauma And Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
APPENDIX 9 : Electroconvulsive Shock Therapy And My Experience Of It.