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My rational mind has no understanding why a certain traumatic event carries such power and fear.
My rational mind has no control over when and how intense PTSD will erupt or last. All I know is my effort to heal this out of control demon.
The irrational, PTSD part of my mind, runs without input from my rational, cognitive side of my brain.
Cognitively, I know normal people are able to let past memories go and move on.
I understand trauma is stored as implicit memory in the right amygdala and also in the body.
The consequences of these mechanisms changes life forever.
The differences between self image, thought patterns, levels of cortisol, anxiety, fear of people, and trust is massive.
The difference between a severely abused child’s life and one who is supported is drastic.
They have taken orphaned triplets in England and placed them in different households to study the impact of childhood. Some were sent to different economic conditions , one poor, one average and one well to do.
They did not tell the kids or adoptive parents what they were doing. This was a study on the influence of class on kids.
The nurturing of the kids was more important than class. A poor foster dad who was devoted to his kid turned out fine.
These researchers were playing God. The kids met in there 40’s, not knowing they had two other twins.
One of the kids placed in a rich home committed suicide, so class is not the only factor.
It’s between biology and nurturing that decides what life will be.
In today’s environment I doubt if you could do such a study again, playing with life for science.
In real life, birth is the ultimate lottery ticket.
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