Effect Of Childhood Trauma On The Limbic System And Emotional Control

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If we have suffered severe and chronic childhood trauma, there is a risk that an area of our brain called the limbic system may have incurred developmental damage which severely affects how we feel and behave as adults. What Is The Limbic System’s Normal Function? The limbic system is a region of our brain that experiences …

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Childhood Trauma Permanently Scars Brain

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Three critical brain regions that may be adversely affected by significant and chronic childhood trauma are : 1) The thalamus 2) The amygdala 3) The hippocampus Below, I will briefly describe the main functions of each of these three crucial regions of the brain, together with providing a summary of the damage they may sustain …

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Anxiety Linked To Childhood Trauma: Effects On Brain

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Those of us who experienced severe and protracted childhood trauma and constantly felt on-edge threatened or endangered (including psychologically endangered due to, for example, extreme verbal abuse from a parent/primary carer)are, as research and common sense informs us, at an elevated risk of experiencing anxiety disorders as adults. Research suggests that those who suffer from …

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