Psychology 2020A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Atypical Depression, Survivor Guilt
12 Jan 2017
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Chapter 7- growing up in an alcoholic family system. In the 80s people started to focus more on how alcohol affected the family as a whole. Some basic facts about children of alcoholics: (in text but may be outdated stats) 28 million americans are affected directly or indirectly (11% of the population) Highest risk of becoming an alcoholic or marrying one. Alcohol is a significant factor in up to 90% of child abuse cases (neglect, violence, incest) Family organizes itself around the alcoholic"s drinking and drinking related. To maintain balance, family members disconnect/repress from their own feelings and distort their perceptions (give up their own sense of self) the family members happiness is related to the feelings of the alcoholic. Similar to post traumatic stress disorder (re-experiencing the trauma, psychic numbing, hyper vigilance, survivor guilt) Illusion of normalcy- this is normal and everyone goes through it. Super achievers or perfectionists (perfectionist and anxiety go hand in hand)
