National Association of Adult Survivors of Child Abuse
National Association of Adult Survivors of Child Abuse
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The ACE Study - "The Bomb in the Brain"
Adverse Childhood Experiences
Bomb in the Brain - Death of Reason - Effects of Childhood Abuse
The ACE Study - (Adverse Childhood Experiences)
from KM (sent to NAASCA.org by email)
Here are some helpful sources of insight: www.fdrurl.com/bib where Stefan Molyneux has this YOU TUBE presentation: BOMB IN THE BRAIN - DEATH OF REASON - EFFECTS OF CHILDHOOD ABUSE. He describes the kinds of damage that happen INSIDE the brain when young people are traumatized: amygdala, hippocampus, corpus callosum, and prefrontal cortex.
The "Death of Reason" comes from amygdala damage caused by hormones produced by fear. That fear-hormone-damage blocks energy from reaching the prefrontal cortex, where a calm person is able to reason their way out of a situation. There is also information here about how infants IMPRINT the hormonal conditions of their caretakers, and the baby-brain gets stuck there.
This is similar to what my tai chi teacher told me once: slapping a child's face causes continuous damage in the delicate nervous system of the neck.
Some of this info is mindblowing: for instance, abused boys can lose as much as 25 percent of their corpus callosum , so that they grow up with less attachment abilities. Chronic stress causes permanent damage to the hippocampus, which means less ability to use memory.
(I have used journals since the 5th grade because I cannot remember what I want to remember. When I study, I have to write out the information, sometimes several times in a row. People think I am smart, but I have "knowledges" simply because I write it all out, read it over and over, and then write it out again. Nothing stays in my brain all by itself.)
The BOMB IN THE BRAIN info comes from the www.ACEstudy.org from the work of Dr. Vincent Felitti at San Diego's Kaiser Permanente Hospital. The contact is Chris Redding (redding@mail.sdsu.edu) P.O.Box 19035, San Diego, CA 92159
Part 2 - The Freedomain Radio Interview with Dr Felitti
An interview with Dr. Felitti, the director of the Adverse Childhood Experiences project.
The ACE Study is an ongoing collaboration between the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention and Kaiser Permanente. "It's hard to get enough of something that almost
works."
Part 4 - The Death of Reason - The Effects of Child Abuse
The scientific evidence underlying the near-universal resistance to reason and evidence.
If you want to change the world, you first must understand the unconscious barriers to
thinking.
The effects of childhood sexual and physical abuse last a lifetime. Abused children grow up to be adults who are prone to depression, anxiety, substance abuse and other psychiatric disorders. They are more prone to suicide. However, in recent years we have learned that abuse does more than wound self-esteem and break the spirit. It damages the very substance of the brain and how it functions. .
