Foundation for PTSD Education

You are P TSD tip for the day
Tip # 11 how P TSD can change a person's brain functions:
1. It can change a person's personality which will have serious individual and social consequences.
2. P TSD is a traumatic event that causes the brain to automatically change the way it functions, without the person knowing that it has happened.
3. The brain does this automatically when our stress level reaches an extremely Level of intensity.
4. Our brains are programmed to protect us from dramatic threats that could hurt or kill us.
5. Most of the time, when the traumatic event is over, our brain switches back to its normal functions. But, when the event is extremely stressful and traumatic, the brain looks up these abnormal brain functions for an extended period of time, and that is when we have post traumatic stress disorder.

Tip # 9 - Tip for the Day

Normally, when in danger, the body produces stress harmones like adrenaline, to trigger a protective reaction in the body. This reaction, often known as the " Fight or flight" reaction, helps to deaden the senses and dull pain. People with P TSD have found to continue to produce high amounts of "fight or flight" harmones, even when there's no danger. It's thought this may be responsible for the number emotions and hyperarousal experienced by some people with P TSD.