Posted by KaylaBear on January 16, 2010, at 15:30:59
In reply to Re: clarification » KaylaBear, posted by bleauberry on January 16, 2010, at 5:05:42
Nice to see you posting, Bleauberry. That author explains the concept of self abandonment as well, which I can really relate to. I've read the earlier the trauma, the more difficult our prognosis. C-PTSD can also result from repeated neglect, an emotionally distant parent (who may have not been technically abusive), and repeated verbal abuse.
One of his concepts really stands out to me - that the mental effects do not ever disappear entirely for those who have this condition, insecure attachment (or whatever you want to call it). I think that's very relevant-and where psychotherapy is a necessity with medications.
Thanks for pointing out the analogy of the eye allergy. It is my hope that some who have had long term mental health problems recognize the source so that they may better manage their condition.
Do medications or are there any that interact with oxytocin? I came across this article about possible biochemical reactions from harm induced by relationships. Maybe I'll start a new thread about it when I'm up to it.
http://psychcentral.com/news/2008/05/23/biochemical-effects-of-betrayal/2347.html
"In the study, scientists were able to prove the hormone oxytocin plays a vital role toward the sentiment of trust, even after a betrayal.
The ability of human beings to live in societies is based on trust. Whether in love or politics, in family or business life, trust always plays an important role. The interest was correspondingly high when researchers at the University of Zurich discovered three years ago that oxytocin promotes a feeling of trust.
However, the neurophysiological basis of that effect and why oxytocin increases trust remained unknown.
Another unanswered question was whether oxytocin can influence the behaviour of trust, even after one persons faith in another has been betrayed.
A research team at the University of Zurich with the neuroscientist Thomas Baumgartner, the neuroeconomist Ernst Fehr and the psychologist Markus Heinrichs has now determined that oxytocin exerts an influence on how human beings deal with a breach of trust.
Test subjects who received a placebo reacted to a betrayal of trust by a reduction in their level of trust. On the other hand, people who received oxytocin by means of a nasal spray did not change their trusting behaviour.
This differing reaction to a breach of trust is associated with a very specific activation pattern in the brain. Test subjects who received oxytocin demonstrated a lower activation in the amygdala, in regions of the midbrain and in the dorsal nucleus of the caudatus.
This pattern indicates that oxytocin reduces the activation in those structures of the brain which are involved not only in dealing with fear but also in the adaptation of behaviour following a negative experience such as a betrayal of trust."
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