06/02/2025
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🧠 TRAUMA AND THE BRAIN – A VISUAL GUIDE
Ever wondered why trauma responses can feel so overwhelming? This graphic explains how trauma reshapes the brain and how you can understand and therapists, can offer better support.
1️⃣ Trauma and the Brain: Trauma changes both mind and body—understanding this is key to trauma-informed care.
2️⃣ Amygdala: The alarm system that becomes overactive, causing anxiety and hypervigilance.
3️⃣ Hippocampus: When memories get stuck, making the past feel like the present.
4️⃣ Prefrontal Cortex: Reasoning goes offline, making clients feel unsafe even when they’re not.
5️⃣ Chronic Trauma: The nervous system gets dysregulated—swinging between panic and numbness.
6️⃣ Neuroplasticity: The brain can heal! Through therapy and safety, rewiring their systems toward healing.
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