Childhood Trauma Associated With Smaller Hippocampal Volume in Women With Major

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Allow me to join this string of self proclamation of being intelligent.I was among top few in class in pre and 1st year in school. At the end of the 1st year, I was terrified after going on stage to receive a prize for being 3rd in class.So, one can imagine how sick this child was: honour experienced as intense shame. That led the 8 yo me to make the most regrettable decision of making sure I don't end up on stage again by going easy on my studies. Passing exams was easy.I then turned completely delinquent at 14, totally neglected studies and school, showing up late everyday, joined a gang, violence.., parties.., drugs... yet, I passed the GCE 'O' level school leaving exams with 3 weeks of self revision on 2 years of studies.With that, I was convinced that I was smart. Later, naturally, diploma school environment stressed me out and quitted in 1st year.As psychological health continued to decline, when I keep failing in work, relationships, finance and life, I started to seriously doubt my intelligence.Luckily, with ACT, I don't have to struggle now, just flow and wait for the brain to heal.Lyrics of Chapman's "All that you have is your soul": I was a pretty young girl once, I had dreams, I had high hopes...I was quite a head turner when youthfully tall and athletic, but when positive situations happened, instead of basking in contentment I sulked, thinking: don't admire me, I'm miserable to the core.I now hope ACT can help me find love which will cure(Kv's post) my depression.TC > > > > > ** > > > > > > > > > Not only has stress done much damage to my hippocampus in later life but > > > it is highly probable that my hippocampus was damaged by early childhood > > > trauma too, or rather, in my case, by chronic childhood unhappiness. This > > > led to learning difficulties at school where I used to get F's in > > > everything, but then one day, I read Alice In Wonderland and I then after > > > that I got a B in my English exam. I was always useless at maths, > > > though, but when I was 26 I went back to college to study an ONC and then > > > an HNC is electronics and computer science and got nearly 100% in > > > everything. I couldn't believe the advanced maths I was doing and I ended > > > up getting awards for my achievements. > > > > > > A healthy hippocampus is not also very important for combatting depression > > > and anxiety, it is also very important for learning and memory. One day, > > > when I am better, I might do a maths degree. > > > Childhood Trauma Associated With Smaller Hippocampal Volume in Women With > > > Major Depression > > > > > > The depressed subjects with childhood abuse had an 18% smaller mean left > > > hippocampal volume than the nonabused depressed subjects and a 15% smaller > > > mean left hippocampal volume than the healthy subjects. Right hippocampal > > > volume was similar across the three groups. The right and left hippocampal > > > volumes in the depressed women without abuse were similar to those in the > > > healthy subjects. > > > > > > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3230324/ > > > Hippocampal volume deficits associated with exposure to psychological > > > trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder in adults: a meta-analysis. > > > > > > Trauma exposure itself in the absence of posttraumatic stress disorder > > > (PTSD) may be associated with hippocampal volume deficits. We > > > meta-analytically compared hippocampal volumes in PTSD subjects, in > > > trauma-exposed subjects without PTSD, and in trauma-unexposed subjects. > > > Using the words and phrases PTSD, neuroimaging, hippocampus, brain, > > > violence, trauma, abuse, rape, war, combat, accident, and disaster, we > > > searched major computerized databases to obtain candidate studies through > > > 2008 for inclusion. We identified 39 hippocampal volumetric studies in > > > adults with PTSD compared to control groups consisting of either > > > trauma-exposed controls without PTSD or trauma-unexposed controls, or both. > > > We meta-analytically compared left, right, and total hippocampal volumes > > > between 1) PTSD subjects and a trauma-unexposed group, 2) PTSD subjects and > > > a trauma-exposed group without PTSD, and 3) a trauma-unexposed group and a > > > trauma-exposed group without PTSD. Hippocampal volumes were smaller in the > > > PTSD group and trauma-exposed group without PTSD compared to the > > > trauma-unexposed group. Further, the right hippocampus was smaller in the > > > PTSD group compared to the trauma-exposed group without PTSD. Additionally, > > > the right hippocampus was larger than the left in the PTSD and > > > trauma-unexposed groups but not in the trauma-exposed group without PTSD. > > > Hippocampal volume reduction is associated with trauma exposure independent > > > of PTSD diagnosis, albeit additional hippocampal reduction was found in > > > PTSD compared to the trauma-exposed group without PTSD. > > > > > > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20600466 > > > > > > Kv > > > > > > > > > > >>

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Absolutely. Emotions demand nothing less. Lean into them and fully feel their traces in the body. If you try disengaged and clinical they'll work all the harder for your attention. Jim

Feel the love?:)D

Hey D, let me rehearse:-Breathe-Mindful

-Acknowledge negative thoughts-Feel sensations on body

-Compassion towards subtle auto-judgements-Awareness of space between observing-self and functioning-self

-allow external or/and self love to enter space-Thank the mind within and without.

TC

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> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > Not only has stress done much damage to my hippocampus in later life> > but> > > > > it is highly probable that my hippocampus was damaged by early

> > childhood> > > > > trauma too, or rather, in my case, by chronic childhood unhappiness.> > This> > > > > led to learning difficulties at school where I used to get F's in

> > > > > everything, but then one day, I read Alice In Wonderland and I then> > after> > > > > that I got a B in my English exam. I was always useless at maths,> > > > > though, but when I was 26 I went back to college to study an ONC and

> > then> > > > > an HNC is electronics and computer science and got nearly 100% in> > > > > everything. I couldn't believe the advanced maths I was doing and I> > ended

> > > > > up getting awards for my achievements.> > > > >> > > > > A healthy hippocampus is not also very important for combatting> > depression> > > > > and anxiety, it is also very important for learning and memory. One

> > day,> > > > > when I am better, I might do a maths degree.> > > > > Childhood Trauma Associated With Smaller Hippocampal Volume in Women> > With> > > > > Major Depression

> > > > >> > > > > The depressed subjects with childhood abuse had an 18% smaller mean> > left> > > > > hippocampal volume than the nonabused depressed subjects and a 15%

> > smaller> > > > > mean left hippocampal volume than the healthy subjects. Right> > hippocampal> > > > > volume was similar across the three groups. The right and left

> > hippocampal> > > > > volumes in the depressed women without abuse were similar to those> > in the> > > > > healthy subjects.> > > > >> > > > > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3230324/

> > > > > Hippocampal volume deficits associated with exposure to> > psychological> > > > > trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder in adults: a meta-analysis.> > > > >

> > > > > Trauma exposure itself in the absence of posttraumatic stress> > disorder> > > > > (PTSD) may be associated with hippocampal volume deficits. We> > > > > meta-analytically compared hippocampal volumes in PTSD subjects, in

> > > > > trauma-exposed subjects without PTSD, and in trauma-unexposed> > subjects.> > > > > Using the words and phrases PTSD, neuroimaging, hippocampus, brain,> > > > > violence, trauma, abuse, rape, war, c> --

> Darrell G King, RN, CASAC-T> Rochester, NY, US> http://darrellking.com> DarrellGKing@...>

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