In reply to this post about brain malfunctions I think you show also check
out all the new research on sexual, emotional and physical trauma from in
utero and early childhood negative experiences. Daniel Silegman's work on the
The
Developing Mind is a good book to check out. There is also a wonderful
author named Allan Schor who also has done some work and I quote from the
trauma
soma site. I in no way mean to undermine the ancestral patterns in the family
that transgenerate these seriously malfunctioning brains.
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(http://www.traumasoma.com/excerpt1.shtml#btm)
"In his book, Affect Regulation and the Origin of the Self, Allen Schore has
outlined in exquisite detail the psychobiology of early childhood
development involving maturation of orbitofrontal and limbic structures based
on
reciprocal experiences with the care giver. Dysfunctional associations in this
dyadic relationship result in permanent physicochemical and anatomical changes
which have implications for personality development as well as for a wide
variety of clinical manifestations. An intimate relationship may exist, with
negative child/care giver interaction leading to a state of persisting
hypertonicity of the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems that may
profoundly affect
the arousal state of the developing child. Sustained hyperarousal in these
children may markedly affect behavioral and characterological development.
This phenomenon has its correlation in the adult traumatic experience and
its effect on the autonomic nervous system. Although this effect has been
described extensively in Viet Nam veterans and other groups of traumatized
individuals, one of the more fascinating models of the physiology of the
traumatic
experience had been developed by Peter Levine, PhD.,based on the ethological
model of the fight/flight/freeze response seen in animals in response to
life-threatening experiences. In the wild, the preyed-upon animal will flee or
attempt to fight, but if trapped, will enter a freeze response where it
assumes
a state of immobility while physiologically still manifesting high levels of
activity of both parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems. If the
animal survives the attack, it will go through a period of discharge of this
high
level automatic arousal through the motor system involving trembling,
running movements, shaking, diaphoresis and deep breathing. Following this, the
animal will return to its prior state of calm alertness. Interestingly, game
keepers in Africa interviewed by Levine who capture animals for examination or
tagging routinely note that if the animal does not go through the
shaking/breathing response after release, they will inevitably die in the wild,
possibly
due to the inability to initiate appropriate self- protective behavior. I
hope this gives a more holistic approach to the problem
Stefan Bajon
San Diego
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