What Trauma Does To Your Brain
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Date: 2025-01-19
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NickNappi-j5o
This is very true. I am still recovering from my many years of trauma. I was tortured neglected and abused and lost people tragically for most of my life. The past 3 years I been able to work on myself and start recovering from trauma. I am able to do that now because I live alone and I have a therapist helping me work on recovering from the trauma regarding the torture and domestic abuse I experienced and loss. I do very much get night terrors and sleep paralysis. I understand that firsthand. I can’t really tell you what the dreams were because with night terrors I don’t remember after I wake up crying or screaming and shaking. I have C-PTSD from my past experiences and it’s not easy. I am guilty desensitizing myself and detaching myself. Still working on that one though. I am still also working on getting closer to people and being comfortable around people. I am definitely doing better but still it’s a challenge sometimes. I know what happened to me is not my fault. I can’t control other peoples actions and I only can control myself. I know I did the best I knew how to do in my horrific circumstances and situations I went through. I don’t mind sharing because I want people to know that they are not alone and trauma is different for everyone and is always valid.
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This is very true. I am still recovering from my many years of trauma. I was tortured neglected and abused and lost people tragically for most of my life. The past 3 years I been able to work on myself and start recovering from trauma. I am able to do that now because I live alone and I have a therapist helping me work on recovering from the trauma regarding the torture and domestic abuse I experienced and loss. I do very much get night terrors and sleep paralysis. I understand that firsthand. I can’t really tell you what the dreams were because with night terrors I don’t remember after I wake up crying or screaming and shaking. I have C-PTSD from my past experiences and it’s not easy. I am guilty desensitizing myself and detaching myself. Still working on that one though. I am still also working on getting closer to people and being comfortable around people. I am definitely doing better but still it’s a challenge sometimes. I know what happened to me is not my fault. I can’t control other peoples actions and I only can control myself. I know I did the best I knew how to do in my horrific circumstances and situations I went through. I don’t mind sharing because I want people to know that they are not alone and trauma is different for everyone and is always valid.
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KevinVeroneau
My new neighbour being loud all the time since around the time I've moved in has been triggering me a lot, as a prior narcissist friend whom was trying to control my life used this constantly to disrupt my sleep each night to make me more malleable to his influences. I felt like I was starting to heal as I was living out of my car out of all things, as each and every night it was nice and quiet, only the colder nights woke me up, that should be expected from anyone. Moving into this new apartment only to have an insensitive loud neighbour has been giving me feeling of anguish each and every night, and the lack of sleep because of it, has only made me feel worse. I was feeling rather helpless for a couple months. I finally made some small wins by playing some calming classical music, and having a loud fan running throughout the night to drown out their muffled sounds, and the last couple nights I've finally began to dream again, implying that I am finally getting some better rest again. I am hoping that if I can continue sleeping properly each night, I'll slowly start to feel better as time goes on.
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My new neighbour being loud all the time since around the time I've moved in has been triggering me a lot, as a prior narcissist friend whom was trying to control my life used this constantly to disrupt my sleep each night to make me more malleable to his influences. I felt like I was starting to heal as I was living out of my car out of all things, as each and every night it was nice and quiet, only the colder nights woke me up, that should be expected from anyone. Moving into this new apartment only to have an insensitive loud neighbour has been giving me feeling of anguish each and every night, and the lack of sleep because of it, has only made me feel worse. I was feeling rather helpless for a couple months. I finally made some small wins by playing some calming classical music, and having a loud fan running throughout the night to drown out their muffled sounds, and the last couple nights I've finally began to dream again, implying that I am finally getting some better rest again. I am hoping that if I can continue sleeping properly each night, I'll slowly start to feel better as time goes on.
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Galaxenro
A week and a day ago, my dad and I were doing 55 mph on the highway when a deer randomly ran in front of our car. We didn’t see it at ALL until it was so late that my dad couldn’t even react by steering or hitting the brakes. I still remember seeing the buck fall over, its legs limp (I wish I hadn’t looked out the windshield. Immediately after that, I started to hyperventilate. My panic attack lasted for 5 minutes before I cried instead. It was traumatizing for me, and the aftereffects were as bad as the initial moment, just in different ways. The day after, I was in my bedroom all day. I hardly talked, and I just watched videos on my phone. I’m mostly back to normal now, but every time I’m on that section on the highway, my brain is hyperactive and looking for ANY signs of a deer.
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A week and a day ago, my dad and I were doing 55 mph on the highway when a deer randomly ran in front of our car. We didn’t see it at ALL until it was so late that my dad couldn’t even react by steering or hitting the brakes. I still remember seeing the buck fall over, its legs limp (I wish I hadn’t looked out the windshield. Immediately after that, I started to hyperventilate. My panic attack lasted for 5 minutes before I cried instead. It was traumatizing for me, and the aftereffects were as bad as the initial moment, just in different ways. The day after, I was in my bedroom all day. I hardly talked, and I just watched videos on my phone. I’m mostly back to normal now, but every time I’m on that section on the highway, my brain is hyperactive and looking for ANY signs of a deer.
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mackeym10
As trauma survivor. I have not been able to implement any of these things into my life to help me. I've been to doctors and therapists and specialists in all the other. Try to implement even the things that you show But honestly it hasn't done anything to stop The symptoms just managed them. I'm not sure if i'm Just worst Off because of My autism or sleep disorders. But I be feeling like I'll be doing all the right things as best I can and still fall Short. Especially with my finance is being terrible. But with all the stuff I'm doing with all the time. I never see myself working but if I can't work. I can't have anything because I need money but I don't know how to. Especially with me constantly falling asleep everywhere it's hard For anybody to want me.
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As trauma survivor. I have not been able to implement any of these things into my life to help me. I've been to doctors and therapists and specialists in all the other. Try to implement even the things that you show But honestly it hasn't done anything to stop The symptoms just managed them. I'm not sure if i'm Just worst Off because of My autism or sleep disorders. But I be feeling like I'll be doing all the right things as best I can and still fall Short. Especially with my finance is being terrible. But with all the stuff I'm doing with all the time. I never see myself working but if I can't work. I can't have anything because I need money but I don't know how to. Especially with me constantly falling asleep everywhere it's hard For anybody to want me.
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yum3_n1
i don't know why, but right now, my brain is blocking everythingand i mean everything. from my childhood to what i did yesterday, and it feels like my brain resets itself each day. i've been trying to find answers, but i don't get any. i chalk up my task paralysis to susception of ADHD, but now im starting to think im just traumatized. REALLY traumatized. im barely 16 years old. currently, i'm trying out creating music, and it's been cathartic, but it feels like i'm not supported by any. im actually surprised that it's a way of coping.
i feel so alone (exclusions with my small friend group, feeling ignored at home) so i just keep my mouth shut. i wonder how long it takes before someone notices. im so tired.
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i don't know why, but right now, my brain is blocking everythingand i mean everything. from my childhood to what i did yesterday, and it feels like my brain resets itself each day. i've been trying to find answers, but i don't get any. i chalk up my task paralysis to susception of ADHD, but now im starting to think im just traumatized. REALLY traumatized. im barely 16 years old. currently, i'm trying out creating music, and it's been cathartic, but it feels like i'm not supported by any. im actually surprised that it's a way of coping.
i feel so alone (exclusions with my small friend group, feeling ignored at home) so i just keep my mouth shut. i wonder how long it takes before someone notices. im so tired.
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Jacobk-g7r
2: 51 ooooooh, that’s why i don’t eat, can’t regulate when stressed. I have a way of describing it and it feels like I’m a chihuahua always shaking and stuff. That’s how it feels all the time. Not like scared or anything but almost like tensed up but idk why. I think i understand now. The way I’ve been stuck behind natures defenses makes me feel like a trapped chihuahua or something. Not like i am a small dog but the shaking and tenseness that can’t be shaken off. Like I’m always cold. Oh and the hunger is so bad it feels like I’m dying, like it’s pain but you don’t move. Idk why.
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2: 51 ooooooh, that’s why i don’t eat, can’t regulate when stressed. I have a way of describing it and it feels like I’m a chihuahua always shaking and stuff. That’s how it feels all the time. Not like scared or anything but almost like tensed up but idk why. I think i understand now. The way I’ve been stuck behind natures defenses makes me feel like a trapped chihuahua or something. Not like i am a small dog but the shaking and tenseness that can’t be shaken off. Like I’m always cold. Oh and the hunger is so bad it feels like I’m dying, like it’s pain but you don’t move. Idk why.
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Ninjaeule97
I experienced sepsis when I was a baby due to my mother's belive in Homeopathy and I have trouble seeing blood because of it. I wanted to become a doctor when I was younger but that career choice is of the table for me. I do donate blood though I just have to make sure to not see or think about it otherwise my blood pressure drops quite a bit. I didn't realize that this was due to the trauma I experienced since my family didn't talk about it. Is there any way to get rid of that forever. I would really like to not have to go through that every time I donate blood.
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I experienced sepsis when I was a baby due to my mother's belive in Homeopathy and I have trouble seeing blood because of it. I wanted to become a doctor when I was younger but that career choice is of the table for me. I do donate blood though I just have to make sure to not see or think about it otherwise my blood pressure drops quite a bit. I didn't realize that this was due to the trauma I experienced since my family didn't talk about it. Is there any way to get rid of that forever. I would really like to not have to go through that every time I donate blood.
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valethar8067
Sometimes the worst part of having endured trauma is being self aware of it and its effects; seeing the negative reactions happening autonomously or consciously. It's even worse still when you lack the support you need to begin to make the progress you so desperately yearn for, and further still when you encounter sleepless nights and deliriously exhausted days to follow them.
I hate that I speak from experience on all of those, and I really wish I could get a refund on my brain, with as useless as it seems to be most of the time.
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Sometimes the worst part of having endured trauma is being self aware of it and its effects; seeing the negative reactions happening autonomously or consciously. It's even worse still when you lack the support you need to begin to make the progress you so desperately yearn for, and further still when you encounter sleepless nights and deliriously exhausted days to follow them.
I hate that I speak from experience on all of those, and I really wish I could get a refund on my brain, with as useless as it seems to be most of the time.
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Slothlover8501
Ever since my dad died in 2023, my brain function has gotten noticeably worse. My memory and emotional regulation are much worse now. I’m only 20 but my brain feels much older than I am because of what grief has done to my brain. Playing chess has helped exercise my brain but it can’t cure trauma. It doesn’t help that I was also homeless for a while during 2024 and a friend broke up with me so now I have one less irl friend to talk to. Things are better now but I can’t sleep well anymore cause of trauma.
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Ever since my dad died in 2023, my brain function has gotten noticeably worse. My memory and emotional regulation are much worse now. I’m only 20 but my brain feels much older than I am because of what grief has done to my brain. Playing chess has helped exercise my brain but it can’t cure trauma. It doesn’t help that I was also homeless for a while during 2024 and a friend broke up with me so now I have one less irl friend to talk to. Things are better now but I can’t sleep well anymore cause of trauma.
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fur_lass975
I'm exactly start doing journal my emotions but time passes little by little and I start feel don't want to do it or don't see the point doing this. Even though, I still write some part that might mark, stick or leave some scar on me.
And sometimes I try write all events (life experience) that change me and think what will happened if it's happen opposite ways, but sometimes it's triggered some feel like discomfort, fear, and maybe a little tightness in the chest
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I'm exactly start doing journal my emotions but time passes little by little and I start feel don't want to do it or don't see the point doing this. Even though, I still write some part that might mark, stick or leave some scar on me.
And sometimes I try write all events (life experience) that change me and think what will happened if it's happen opposite ways, but sometimes it's triggered some feel like discomfort, fear, and maybe a little tightness in the chest
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generoberts7648
Thank You all at Psych2Go. I have all of the mentioned part's of this Topic. My experience's began early in my life and have needed an electron microscope to unravel the harm. I use the metaphor of the microscope because of the nuance's that tag along with the experience's. In 1979 a question was asked about emotions and my response was 'Don't discount your Emotion's'. I would try to impress upon 'Survivor's' to example this in their live's.
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Thank You all at Psych2Go. I have all of the mentioned part's of this Topic. My experience's began early in my life and have needed an electron microscope to unravel the harm. I use the metaphor of the microscope because of the nuance's that tag along with the experience's. In 1979 a question was asked about emotions and my response was 'Don't discount your Emotion's'. I would try to impress upon 'Survivor's' to example this in their live's.
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Br1eezy
Me and my boyfriend have been dating for about a month now. I’ve recently been through a really rough friendship breakup in August(we were friends for 8 years) and it’s screwed with my every day life. I can barely tell my boyfriend how much he actually means to me because I constantly think he’s going to leave me. Also I totally relate to forgetting about using the bathroom and drinking water until I physically cannot put it off any longer.
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Me and my boyfriend have been dating for about a month now. I’ve recently been through a really rough friendship breakup in August(we were friends for 8 years) and it’s screwed with my every day life. I can barely tell my boyfriend how much he actually means to me because I constantly think he’s going to leave me. Also I totally relate to forgetting about using the bathroom and drinking water until I physically cannot put it off any longer.
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generoberts7648
Thank You all at Psych2Go. A side note to my comment is possibly derived from the video and my life experience's. This may clarify to others what Trauma is also. 'I was taught away from 'Learning and in that Process Away from being Human'. This may appear to be obvious, but to Abuse Victim's, it isn't. We are Severely Damaged Individuals, and to begin to realize this 'Is Part of the Process. To some this May Help.
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Thank You all at Psych2Go. A side note to my comment is possibly derived from the video and my life experience's. This may clarify to others what Trauma is also. 'I was taught away from 'Learning and in that Process Away from being Human'. This may appear to be obvious, but to Abuse Victim's, it isn't. We are Severely Damaged Individuals, and to begin to realize this 'Is Part of the Process. To some this May Help.
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skingerskanger
I handle my past trauma through artwork. I sketch and post my work on social media. Yet lately i feel that people have grown weary or just plain uninterested in my artwork, as I've posted it for several years, and idk if it's the algorithm or what, but it just worsens my traumatic memories, as i get flashbacks from high school, i wasn't popular then, and those feelings seemed to have returned.
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I handle my past trauma through artwork. I sketch and post my work on social media. Yet lately i feel that people have grown weary or just plain uninterested in my artwork, as I've posted it for several years, and idk if it's the algorithm or what, but it just worsens my traumatic memories, as i get flashbacks from high school, i wasn't popular then, and those feelings seemed to have returned.
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ryanricks318
Experiences impulses instincts constantly consistently etched onto mine being dares meh compels meh to continue wits existential endure wot asskickery comes mine way bring itty life have at ye gits knocked rounds gits back up loopy floop duh fool datz itty meh am in ood moods furs learnings however theys impactful do ur dablage leaves ur markings marr meh something fierce nya sojourneys
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Experiences impulses instincts constantly consistently etched onto mine being dares meh compels meh to continue wits existential endure wot asskickery comes mine way bring itty life have at ye gits knocked rounds gits back up loopy floop duh fool datz itty meh am in ood moods furs learnings however theys impactful do ur dablage leaves ur markings marr meh something fierce nya sojourneys
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A55a551n
Timestamps
1. Tuning into sense 1: 17
2. The body whispers 2: 29
3. Reward tokens 3: 29
4. Chasing slumber 4: 28
5. Rewiring 5: 37
6. Establish a routine 6: 13
7. Journal your emotions 6: 26
8. Limit triggers 6: 35
9. Celebrate small wins 6: 46
10. Engage in creative outlets 6: 59
Hope this helps you out. Hope you have a nice day. Sorry this is so late.
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Timestamps
1. Tuning into sense 1: 17
2. The body whispers 2: 29
3. Reward tokens 3: 29
4. Chasing slumber 4: 28
5. Rewiring 5: 37
6. Establish a routine 6: 13
7. Journal your emotions 6: 26
8. Limit triggers 6: 35
9. Celebrate small wins 6: 46
10. Engage in creative outlets 6: 59
Hope this helps you out. Hope you have a nice day. Sorry this is so late.
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ImigcoboTunyiswa
Something I’m curious about
Let’s say you experienced trauma at a young age(let’s say 6 years old) your brain and personality are still developing and you’re becoming a certain person. After the trauma, you grow up into a completely different person, even if you heal over time could you still be that person that you were about to be before the trauma
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Something I’m curious about
Let’s say you experienced trauma at a young age(let’s say 6 years old) your brain and personality are still developing and you’re becoming a certain person. After the trauma, you grow up into a completely different person, even if you heal over time could you still be that person that you were about to be before the trauma
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Gamercatgirl5
I have set times for breakfast, snack 1, lunch, snack 2, and dinner. I start to feel hunger around those times. I am working on rewiring my brain. I still struggle with sleep but I feel much better now that I am not constantly on high alert. It's like at work and with a few people it turns off, just not fully. I'm alert but not jumping at everything.
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I have set times for breakfast, snack 1, lunch, snack 2, and dinner. I start to feel hunger around those times. I am working on rewiring my brain. I still struggle with sleep but I feel much better now that I am not constantly on high alert. It's like at work and with a few people it turns off, just not fully. I'm alert but not jumping at everything.
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rmcricket. 5201
for the longest time, i thought being magnetic was something you either had or didn’t. i used to watch others shine while i felt stuck. then i found Magnetic Aura by Takeshi Mizuki, and it made me realize it’s all about the vibe you give off. chapter 3 especially changed the way i carry myselfit’s such a powerful shift.
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for the longest time, i thought being magnetic was something you either had or didn’t. i used to watch others shine while i felt stuck. then i found Magnetic Aura by Takeshi Mizuki, and it made me realize it’s all about the vibe you give off. chapter 3 especially changed the way i carry myselfit’s such a powerful shift.
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mono1rl
im currently in a very healthy relationship of almost 10 months now and we’ve talked about sending pictures and stuff. whenever i go to actually take one, nit reminds me of when i was groomed for months and i immediately get uncomfortable. my girlfriend understands it and she says it’s completely okay but it doesn’t feel okay
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im currently in a very healthy relationship of almost 10 months now and we’ve talked about sending pictures and stuff. whenever i go to actually take one, nit reminds me of when i was groomed for months and i immediately get uncomfortable. my girlfriend understands it and she says it’s completely okay but it doesn’t feel okay
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