Week 5- Tramua & Stress Flashcards
What is stress?
Is our body’s/brains response to stressors
Can be acute or chronic
Mediated through the “________ _________ ________” and the “__________ __________”
Sympathetic nervous system - dilated pupils, increase heart rate,
Endocrine system - hypothalamus, produces cortisol
Sources of stress can be….
Institutionalized, interpersonal, or internalized
Resistance to stress can depend on social, psychological resources and resilience
What are some sources of resiliency?
1) personality/disposition
2) self/ego
3) interpersonal/social
4) worldview/culture
5) behavioural/cognitive skills
6) other…. (Health, fitness etc…)
What is trauma?
Much more than a “bad memory”
Not the presence of something, but rather the ABSENCE
(Loss of motivation, loss of interest, dissociation, depersonalization)
Changes your brain and the way you see the world
Deep psychosocial RUPTURE
Trauma can be “______ - _______” or “__________- _______”
Long-term or short-term
When symptoms of trauma occur shortly after an event and less than a month….. what is this called?
Acute stress disorder
When symptoms of trauma last longer than a month…. What is this called?
Post- traumatic-disorder (PTSD)
NOT always immediate
True or false. Traumatic memories seemed to be stored differently than regular memories
True
Often remember as somatosensory images w/out a narrative aspect
Can take YEARS for someone to construct the NARRATIVE of what happened to them
Are people who have been traumatized more sensitive to stress and trauma-related stimuli?
YES
People may experience “__________ ________”
Survivors guilt
(Guilt for surviving when other did not)
With shame people may blame themselves for the traumatic event
What are the 6 treatments for trauma?
1) pharmacological (SSRI’s)
2) cognitive therapies (CBT)
3) psychotherapy
4) narrative exposure therapy
5) psychedelics
6) naturalistic studies/self-reports
Traumatic memories seem to result from a failure of ordinary memory consolidation…
Van Merle calls this a “_________ __________”
Memory disorder
What normally happens when you consolidate a NORMAL memory? (2 steps)
How does this compare when you consolidate a TRAUMATIC memory?
NORMAL:
1) memory made is DECLARATIVE & FACTUAL
2) memory loses its AFFECTIVE (emotional) charge
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TRAUMATIC:
***these process FAIL
= memory that is intensely AFFECTIVE
= memory highly FRAGMENTED
