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=== Trauma responses === | === Trauma responses === | ||
There were two well know | There were two well know trauma responses: fight (and the danger is over) or flight (if you cannot fight and will need to keep avoiding it in future). Some people mention: freeze (when you cannot even run, so freeze to save energy and hope you will get chance to run latter, helpless all the time). However, three is one: fawn (when you cannot flight after freezing, so just do everything possible to please aggressor to survive and do not dare to think of any other option). Unfortunately, it affected me a lot and I was not aware that it does or how it works for very long time. | ||
https://www.ptsduk.org/its-so-much-more-than-just-fight-or-flight/ | https://www.ptsduk.org/its-so-much-more-than-just-fight-or-flight/ | ||
https://psychcentral.com/health/fawn-response | https://psychcentral.com/health/fawn-response | ||
https://www.verywellmind.com/the-four-fear-responses-fight-flight-freeze-and-fawn-5205083 | https://www.verywellmind.com/the-four-fear-responses-fight-flight-freeze-and-fawn-5205083 | ||
== Interesting research to help to understand trauma and its impact == | |||
Forced treadmill exercise can induce stress and increase neuronal damage in a mouse model of global cerebral ischemia https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352289516300200 - This is nice experiment that highlights damages of long term stress, when you | Forced treadmill exercise can induce stress and increase neuronal damage in a mouse model of global cerebral ischemia https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352289516300200 - This is nice experiment that highlights damages of long-term stress, when you cannot control even such simple thing as the time when you exercise. The need to have control over what is happening to you in your life is way stronger when you have PTSD. | ||
Revision as of 01:51, 30 November 2023
There were many resources available on the internet to deal with PTSD. However, because PTSD messes up cognitive abilities I was not able to find them before, when I found them, I was not able to comprehend the information, and even if I understood it, I would forget quickly. So, I highly recommend keeping an easy to reach list of resources. Here is mine. Have a look at my Daily functioning tips and emergency list at When you cannot cope for the things I found useful.
Information about PTSD
PTSD following a road traffic incident
Stressed - A Documentary Film | 4K OFFICIAL - a very good documentary about trauma's impact on the body.
Trauma responses
There were two well know trauma responses: fight (and the danger is over) or flight (if you cannot fight and will need to keep avoiding it in future). Some people mention: freeze (when you cannot even run, so freeze to save energy and hope you will get chance to run latter, helpless all the time). However, three is one: fawn (when you cannot flight after freezing, so just do everything possible to please aggressor to survive and do not dare to think of any other option). Unfortunately, it affected me a lot and I was not aware that it does or how it works for very long time.
https://www.ptsduk.org/its-so-much-more-than-just-fight-or-flight/
https://psychcentral.com/health/fawn-response
https://www.verywellmind.com/the-four-fear-responses-fight-flight-freeze-and-fawn-5205083
Interesting research to help to understand trauma and its impact
Forced treadmill exercise can induce stress and increase neuronal damage in a mouse model of global cerebral ischemia https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352289516300200 - This is nice experiment that highlights damages of long-term stress, when you cannot control even such simple thing as the time when you exercise. The need to have control over what is happening to you in your life is way stronger when you have PTSD.