Post traumatic stress disorder: the main problem in such a trauma is „the memory of the main violent action, imposing its presence, is intense sensorial experience- sight, hearing or smell”. Traumatic memories become mentally triggers, ready to give the alarm to the lowest signal, which could mean that a terrible moment is about to repeat.
The terror can be marked in the memory- resulting in excessive vigilance- all life.
Ex: „who was at Auschwitz and doesn't have nightmares means he is not normal”
-scared of everything that can remember the Nazi persecution; such as a uniform, a knock on the door, a dog barking or the smoke that comes out on a cart- have repeatedly nightmares.
Ex: „who was at Auschwitz and doesn't have nightmares means he is not normal”
-scared of everything that can remember the Nazi persecution; such as a uniform, a knock on the door, a dog barking or the smoke that comes out on a cart- have repeatedly nightmares.
Nazi Concentration Camps
Horror frozen in memory
The blocked circuit seems extremely important in leaving a strong memory trace: the more brutal the events are, more shocking and more horrible,the more difficult you erase the memory.
-ACTH – the main stress hormone „Too much ACTH makes you overreact”
ex: „If you sneak behind someone and suddenly snap your hands, that person will stir strongly the first time, but not the third or fourth time”.
But the person who has too much ACTH can not get used to this thing: „the fourth time will react exactly as the first time”.
The blocked circuit seems extremely important in leaving a strong memory trace: the more brutal the events are, more shocking and more horrible,the more difficult you erase the memory.
-ACTH – the main stress hormone „Too much ACTH makes you overreact”
ex: „If you sneak behind someone and suddenly snap your hands, that person will stir strongly the first time, but not the third or fourth time”.
But the person who has too much ACTH can not get used to this thing: „the fourth time will react exactly as the first time”.
Opioid -are chemical substances in the brain-very strong numbness agents or the own „brain morphine”.
When there are high levels of opioid people have a high tolerance for pain.
ex: „seriously wounded soldiers needed smaller amounts of narcotics than less injured soldiers”.
When there are high levels of opioid people have a high tolerance for pain.
ex: „seriously wounded soldiers needed smaller amounts of narcotics than less injured soldiers”.
The symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder can also be: numbness of certain sensations
1. Anhedonia-inability to feel pleasure
2. General Emotional Numbness- a feeling of isolation from life or to the concern in relation to other people's feelings: a big indifference and a lack of empathy
3. Dissociation: the inability to remember moments of great importance
1. Anhedonia-inability to feel pleasure
2. General Emotional Numbness- a feeling of isolation from life or to the concern in relation to other people's feelings: a big indifference and a lack of empathy
3. Dissociation: the inability to remember moments of great importance