The Body Keeps The Score Flashcards

Questions and Answers

What does the Brain Disease Model suggest about our capacity to heal?

It is weaker than our capacity to destroy.

It is unrelated to our capacity to destroy.

It matches our capacity to destroy. (correct)

It is irrelevant to language.

What do we depend on the amygdala for?

To warn us of danger and activate stress response.

What characterizes the Right Brain?

Intuitive and emotional.

What characterizes the Left Brain?

Rational, logical, facts, statistics, vocabulary. Signup and view all the answers

In a trauma patient, which side of the brain is deactivated?

Left side. Signup and view all the answers

What is Top Down Regulation?

Strengthening capacity to monitor body's sensations. Signup and view all the answers

What is Bottom Up Regulation?

Recalibrating autonomic nervous system. Signup and view all the answers

What is a key characteristic of Depersonalization?

Feeling outside of yourself. Signup and view all the answers

What does CBT stand for?

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Signup and view all the answers

What is Paradoxical Inhibition?

Weak stimuli produce extreme responses. Signup and view all the answers

What does HRV stand for?

Heart Rate Variability. Signup and view all the answers

What is Neuroception?

Capacity to evaluate relative danger and safety in the environment. Signup and view all the answers

What are the 3 Levels of Safety?

Social engagement, fight or flight, and freeze/collapse. Signup and view all the answers

What is Alexithymia?

Not having words for feelings. Signup and view all the answers

What is the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)?

A projective test to discover how people's inner reality shapes their world view. Signup and view all the answers

What is the Dance of Attunement?

It starts at subtle physical levels of interaction. Signup and view all the answers

What are Mirror Neurons responsible for?

Giving us the capacity for empathy. Signup and view all the answers

What happens to children who lack attunement?

They become vulnerable to shutting down direct feedback from their bodies. Signup and view all the answers

What does the Strange Situation measure?

How infants react to temporary separation from their mother. Signup and view all the answers

What characterizes Avoidant Attachment?

The child doesn't cry and remains in a constant hyper-arousal state. Signup and view all the answers

What characterizes Anxious/Ambivalent Attachment?

Seeks attention through crying and screaming. Signup and view all the answers

What is Dissociation?

Learned early and manifests in feeling lost, overwhelmed, abandoned, and disconnected from the world. Signup and view all the answers

What is a Conversion Reaction?

Patients express their conflicts by losing function in some parts of their body. Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Brain Disease Model

Healing parallels destruction; both capacities exist within us.
Language empowers transformation for ourselves and others.
Individuals can regulate their physiological responses.
Social conditions can be modified to enhance feelings of safety.

Amygdala Function

Crucial for warning against potential dangers.
Activates the body's stress response system.
Prepares for fight-or-flight situations.
Releases stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline.

Right Brain Characteristics

Functions on an intuitive and emotional level.

Left Brain Characteristics

Operates through rational and logical processes.
Focuses on facts, statistics, and language skills.

Trauma Impact on Brain

Trauma patients experience deactivation of the left side of the brain.

Top Down Regulation

Enhances the ability to monitor and interpret bodily sensations.

Bottom Up Regulation

Involves recalibrating the autonomic nervous system.

Depersonalization

Involves feelings of disconnection from oneself.
Illustrated through examples like Ute's brain scan.
Conventional talk therapy proves ineffective for sufferers.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Involves repeated exposure to signals that trigger memories of past trauma.

Paradoxical Inhibition

Weak stimuli can lead to unexpected, extreme reactions (e.g., soft noise triggering panic).

Heart Rate Variability (HRV)

Measures the flexibility and balance of autonomic functioning.

Neuroception

Refers to the automatic evaluation of danger and safety in one’s environment.

Levels of Safety

Comprises three tiers: social engagement, fight-or-flight, and freeze/collapse.

Alexithymia

Describes the inability to articulate or recognize emotions accurately.

Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

A projective psychological test utilizing cards to explore individuals' inner realities.
Participants interpret ambiguous images, revealing personal narratives.

Dance of Attunement

Initiates at subtle physical interaction levels.
Brain promotes rhythmic movements that align with a caregiver’s, fostering stability in heart rate and breathing during synchronization.

Mirror Neurons

Enable empathy by reflecting the emotions of others.

Consequences of Lack of Attunement in Children

Children who miss attunement are prone to suppress feedback from their bodies.

Strange Situation Experiment

Evaluates infant behavior in response to temporary separation from the mother.

Attachment Styles

Avoidant Attachment: Characterized by a child not crying while remaining in a constant hyper-arousal state.
Anxious/Ambivalent Attachment: Demonstrated through excessive crying and screaming to gain attention.

Dissociation

An early learned response that contributes to feelings of being lost, overwhelmed, abandoned, and disconnected from reality.

Conversion Reaction

A psychological response wherein patients exhibit loss of function in certain body parts, reflecting inner conflicts.

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Explore key concepts from 'The Body Keeps The Score' by Bessel van der Kolk with these flashcards. Dive into terminology like the Brain Disease Model and the functions of the amygdala regarding danger and stress response. Perfect for anyone studying trauma and mental health.