How does trauma change the brain and how it functions?

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Trauma meaning any kind; I was thinking mostly abuse.

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On short, it does what it can to survive.

The brain is also made from parts and portions, also called zones, each with its own functions and as they overlap, injury or any sort of birth defect can make the person susceptible to change. The brain has a sort of defense mechanism called neuroplasticity. However, the brain is not perfect and it can over-do it.

A shock or stroke is a physiologic analog to this, when it, too, overdoes it in order to compensate for injury. It simply does it too much and the patient can die from a cascading series of primitive reactions of too much entirely.

When we’re talking about emotional trauma, one needs to comprehend that it’s a balance of resilience and intensity. One person’s easily tolerated insult is another person’s life-changing moment.

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