Trauma - self study Flashcards
Intergenerational trauma
Intergenerational trauma refers to trauma that is passed from a _______________ to their ___________. It can also be referred to as ___________ or ______________ trauma.
People experiencing intergenerational trauma may experience _____________, ____________, _________, and __________ and __________ effects from trauma experienced by previous generations (not limited to just parents or grandparents).
For example, someone may have grown up in a household where there were generations of yelling and shouting at their children in anger, stemming from a place of unresolved trauma and pain. In order to understand intergenerational trauma, it is important to acknowledge the ___________ of what the parents/grandparents/great-grandparents/ancestors/etc. survived that resulted in their yelling or shouting.
This may have been because yelling or shouting was ______________ behavior for survival or they had their own parents yell at them because those parents and those before them didn’t have the tools, energy, modeling, support, or space to speak kindly/gently/lovingly to their children due to constant stressors and the trauma of historical oppression/struggle.
The impact of intergenerational trauma in this case would be descendants continuing to shout/scream at their own children, from a place of unresolved intergenerational trauma/stress.
trauma survivor, descendants
transgenerational or multigenerational
symptoms, reactions, patterns, and emotional and psychological effects
impact
adaptive
Trauma response
Humans have survived for thousands of years by evolving the ability to _________. If you live with chronic stress or have lived through a traumatic event, certain responses activate to help you ________—these are known as trauma responses.
Although these responses are helpful for ___________, being in that “survival mode” headspace is harmful to both physical and mental health in the long term. When your brain learns the adaptive behavior necessary to keep yourself and your family safe/alive, these adaptations may be passed on to ______________ and can be challenging to ____________.
Remaining in “survival mode” can limit one’s ability to thrive, as living in survival mode is founded in response to fear/trauma/scarcity. __________ is possible when there is a developed sense and lived experience of safety and security, which people suffering from intergenerational trauma may not have a model/cellular knowing or foundation for.
adapt
survive
short-term survival
future generations
unlearn
thriving
What does intergenerational trauma look like?
Those affected by intergenerational trauma might experience symptoms similar to that of ______________, including ___________,___________ and ____________
However, because the individual did not _________ experience the trauma themselves, they will not experience ___________ or ____________ memories. They experience trauma symptoms and trauma responses from events that did not occur to them; rather, the response is inherited ___________.
Because stress responses are linked to more physical health issues, intergenerational trauma can also manifest as _____________.
PTSD
hypervigilance, anxiety, and mood dysregulation.
directly
flashbacks, intrusive
genetically
medical issues including heart disease, stroke, or early death.
addiction is:
any behavior person _________
__________ in short term
suffers ____________ consequences
doesn’t ___________ despite the consequences
enjoys
craves
negative
give up
common examples of addiction
gambling, internet, work, working out, porn, sex
Two fundamental human needs in infancy
other than physical needs
attachment and authenticity
humans are creatures of ____________, can’t survive without it
endorphins - ___________ attachment
heroine and opiates have ____________ as endorphins
when there is __________ and _________ in childhood - endorphin systems don’t develop
but when they do heroine, they feel _________, like hugged
attachment is not a __________ need
attachment
facilitate
similar effects
stress, trauma
loved
negotiable
authenticity
being able to ___________ with ourselves
knowing what we _______ and ___________
for 1000s of years, we didn’t live in cities
in the wild
crucial to connect to ______ feelings at that time
thus a powerful need
connect
feel, acting on it
gut
lets say anger is not allowed at home
good kids, no anger
but as a child, the message is - if ________, no ________
but you gotta stay _________
so you suppress ___________
authenticity becomes a ________ to attachment
anger, love
attached
authenticity
threat
trauma is what happens ________ you
the event outside is - ___________
trauma is not what ___________
inside
traumatic
happens to you
what happens inside you because of trauma:
_____________ from emotions and from __________
negative view of the _________, ____________, and ____________
can’t be ___________
disconnection
body
self, world, others
present
addiction is not the ____________ problem
it’s an attempt to ___________ a problem
primary
solve
__________ is not just about what happened 15 years ago
but to actually recognise the _______________ in the present moment
and ______________ them
by ______________ with yourself
restoring connection with __________ and ___________
then you have recovery
recover = to ________ again
to find yourself again
real purpose of addiction treatment, mental health treatment = ____________
trauma
manifestations
transcend
reconnecting
body, emotions
find
reconnection
Freeze response - _________ instinct
stored _________ in brain
_____________ response to __________ danger
or ____________ of danger
when __________ not possible
brain turns on freeze
as last resort
so you don’t ____________ it
___________ brain triggers a lot faster than thinking brain
it can be hard to break free of it
survival
deep
automatic
overwhelming
perception
fight/flight
choose or plan
limbic
fight - threat is ____________
flight - when you are ___________, have an advantage to escape
freeze - threat too _________, ___________, too _________, ___________ to fight off or escape
it can be really __________
yt videos - animal survived when it froze
if you’ve frozen up in the past
don’t ___________ yourself up for it
thank your brain for keeping you safe
people often feel ________ about freezing up
no
it wasn’t in your control to do otherwise in the moment
freezing might have saved your life
beatable
faster
larger, overwhelming, strong, powerful
effective
beat
shame
