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Emotional Regulation and Trauma - week 9 Flashcards

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1
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when unresolved issues are triggered your mind shuts off and becomes inflexible

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when emotional reactions replace midnfulness you’re on the low road

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reflecting on the origin of our issues can increase self-understanding and create a resilience that minimizes likelihood of the low road

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TRUE

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HIgher mode of processing involves:

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higher, rational reflective thought
mindfulness, flexible response
integrating sense of self-awareness
prefrontal cortex

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low mode; low road

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shutting down of prefrontal cortex
intense emotions
impulsive, rigid and repetitive responses
no self-reflection or consideration other’s views

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trigger

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internal or external even that initiates beginning of low road

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transition

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movement from integrated, higher road processing toward low road

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immersion

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on the low road

high mode shuts off: no self reflection, attunement or mindsight

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recovery

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process of reactivating integrative processes

high vulnerability to reentering the low road

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________ prevents repair process

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SHAME

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shift to low road linked with unresolved issues due to

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emotional meaning and unintegrated implicit memories from past experiences flood mind

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rapid shift in state of mind can lead to a discontinuous experience called?

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dissociation

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individuals with _______ are more vulnerable to sudden shifts in state of mind and more prone to entering the low road

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individuals with UNRESOLVED TRAUMA OR LOSS are more vulnerable to sudden shifts in state of mind and more prone to entering the low road

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recovery: how do you create a coherent story?

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past autobiographical information has to be linked to present day experiences to create a coherent story out of internal and interpersonal experiences

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resolution of trauma requires an understanding of the low road and its connection to patterns of past experiences

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true

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repeated ruptures without repair impair ABC’s of attachment (attune, balance and coherence)

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unresolved issues disconnect ppl from parts of brain that enable attuned communication

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in unresolved trauma, “implicit only” memories and fragments of explicit memory have not been consolidated into a coherent life story

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explicit: sensation of a remembered past event

autobiographical=sense of self and time

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contingent communication

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sense of balance is achieved between inner sense of self and outer responses of the social world

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18
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amygdala

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processing emotions and evaluate meaning of incoming stimuli

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rupture

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breakdown in communication

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repair

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reconnecting with child

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in order to repair a rupture

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be aware of rupture
understand your behavior and emotions
take ownership in your role
reconnect right away

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rupture without repair

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deepening sense of disconnection = shame/humiliation = toxic for childs sense of self

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ruptures that invole intense emotional distress and a despairing disconnection that are harmful to a childs sense of self

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toxic ruptures

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toxic ruptures happen on the low road

low road = flexible, contingent communication is impossible

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TRUE

25
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toxic ruptures are the most distressing form of disconnection for children becuase they are accompanied by an instense feeling of overwhelming SHAME

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TRUE

shame is at the heart of toxic ruptures

26
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reflective dialogue about inner emotional experience of the rupture is often effective at repairing it

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TRUE

27
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repeated experiences of shame in childhood can result in

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permanently disregulated autonomic functioning and a heightened sense of vulnerability to others

intense sense of distress (constant “fight or flight”)
withdraw from others
bad sense of self
rigid defenses

28
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non-contingent communication

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interrogate, judge, fix (ex. denies child’s reality)

29
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contingent communication

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receive, process and respond

30
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collaboration

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explore, understand and join

31
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how to repair

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calm down 
consider trigger
connect non-intrusively
listen to your child 
apologize & discuss the toxic part
32
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access to consciousness

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when processes become linked with consciousness, they can be more strategically and intentionally manipulated

33
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what is the danger in chronically blocking emotional expression?

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inhibits access of emotions to a person’s consciousness

inability to connect with others
feeling misunderstood

34
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at the emotional core of attachment is increased positive emotional states and reduced negative emotional states

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child tolerates wider bands of emotional intensity and share emotional communication

35
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maladtive emotional regulation from temperament, trauma or attachment leads to

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restricted ability to achieve emotional reseilience and behavioral flexiibility

36
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the experience of being shunned and expelled from social connectedness

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shame

37
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overwhelming emotional response to a terrible event

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trauma

38
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relational trauma

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anything that makes a person enter fight or flight

*most trauma is relational (not a single event)

39
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freeze

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effective at infancy

40
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flight

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effective strategy when beginning to crawl

41
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fight

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effective strategy in adolescence (physical abuse stops when you can fight back)

42
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in order to heal from trauma ppl need connection but are too afraid to trust due to fear and disregulation in relationships

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TRUE

43
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the loss of the ability to regulate the intensity of emotions is the most far-reaching effect of _______?

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early traumatic abuse and neglect

44
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under stress the brain releases

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noradrenaline & cortisol

45
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excessive stress hormones impair the _________ and ________ contributions to memory processing?

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excessive stress hormones impair the HIPPOCAMPAL and AMYGDALA contributions to memory processing?

46
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traumatic stress blocks/damages:
the Hippocampus (invovled in explicit memory)
Amygdala (emotions of an experience)

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TRUE

47
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Trauma blocks the encoding & storage of explicit memory resulting in implicit only memory traces

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TRUE

48
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implicit memories lack ?

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impllicit memories lack: associated connections (hippocampus) which would assit with understanding

*neurological basis for panic attack

49
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trauma damages the corpus callosum which _____?

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trauma damages the corpus callosum which:

connects 2 hemispheres and allows for the transferring of info from one hemisphere to the other

50
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unresolved traumatic expereines impair the cortical consolidation process which results in ?

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no permanent storage of traumatic memories in memory

51
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______ play a central role in reorganizing memory and in reinforcing the connections between memory and emotion

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DREAM

52
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failure to consolidate traumatic events is at the core of unresolved trauma. that is why treatment includes integration of trauma into larger context of mind

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TRUE

53
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unresolved trauma may be transferred to the child through trauma reactions

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TRUE (intergenerational transfer of mind)

54
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trauma becomes part of a persons identity

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TRUE

55
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victim identification of trauma

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victim: doesn’t want to be the monster
(manipulated, submissive)
Build assertiveness, confidence, boundaries (must process their fear of becoming the monster “perpetrator”)

56
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perpetrator identification with trauma

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○ Perpetrator: I don’t want to feel helpless again; power/control
§ Aggressive, control,
Build empathy, flexibility, compassion (must process fear of being helpless)

57
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resolved trauma

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reflect on past 
live in present
active sense of self and time 
flexible mind 
stable mood
experience wider range and intensity of emotion 
tolerance for change
58
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for unresolved trauma, therapy attachment relationship enables the patient to enter fearful states of mind to process info

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TRUE

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