The Effect of Trauma on the Brain

When you experience a feeling of trauma, it isn’t just a feeling. It’s not just something that happens to you mentally. Experiencing a feeling of trauma is just one part of an intense and complex range of physiological responses in the body, which can affect many organ systems. The centre of which is the brain. In this article we are going to be taking a look at what actually happens within the body specifically the effect of trauma on the brain.

What happens when trauma affects the mind?

link post: do i have ptsd discusses what happens to the mind or the mental state which occurs during an experience of trauma. It talks about the physical and ’emotional’ causes of trauma. Did you know trauma can affect the physical structures of the brain and how our body functions Read on to find out more and what happens to our physical brain whilst we are going through a feeling of trauma.

The mind – brain axis how our thoughts affect our physiology

Pop back here once this article is finished and you will find out how our thoughts and feelings can alter our bodies chemicals which can physically change structures in the body. Specifically we will be talking about the brain here but if you would like more info on what that means for the rest of the body check out this post ‘the effect of stress on the body’

how trauma affects the brain

Here we will be more specific about the consequences on the structures on the brain in patients with trauma and what it means in terms of everyday living. Welcome to the ‘survival brain’. Your own personal prison.

Can the brain be repaired or recover?

Short answer YES but we will write about that later 😀