PSYD33H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Cortisol, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Prefrontal Cortex
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Week 11 lecture #9: monday march 13, 2017. Experience of symptoms after a traumatic experience. E. g. , after a death of a love one, natural disaster. Video: pstd neuroplasticity: the nature of things of changing your mind. Can be triggered by sounds (dogs, kids screaming) Mental illness that occur after exposure to traumatic event. Symptoms are normal, but when recovery is halted that"s when ptsd kicks in. Didn"t serve in army dismissed pstd b/c thought he was lying. Feels alone and unwanted; leads to anger. Avoidance from talking about it (impact on family and spouses) 800k ppl slaughtered in a period of 100 days in 1994. No medication, submit so you"re just stable enough to work w/ a therapist. Finally crashed 4 years after the event; had no more self-discipline. Not sleeping, eating junk food, attention span gone, couldn"t read. Body wasn"t able to resilient, emotionally lots of crying. Cloudy days: move to a spiral where everything"s wrong.
