Tag: trauma
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CAN SLEEP DISTURBANCE WORSEN THE COURSE OF PTSD?
Research indicates among all the anxiety disorders, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) has the highest comorbidity rate with insomnia (i.e., they occur together). Studies with post- traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), on the other hand, reveal a different pattern. SLEEP DISTURBANCES AND PTSD Notably, there is growing evidence that sleep difficulties may contribute to the development of…
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HEALING WRITING
Writing about emotionally upsetting events has been shown to produce salubrious effects, including reduced health problems, enhanced self-regulation, and better adjustment after a trauma. Emotional catharsis (i.e., expressing pent-up emotions) was first suggested as a crucial factor in the health benefits of disclosive writing, however later studies indicate that the writing style is what most…
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IS A CHILD’S SILENCE DURING SOCIAL SITUATIONS A SIGN OF SOCIAL ANXIETY?
Selective mutism (SM) refers to the child’s and/or adolescents’ persistent inability to speak in certain social situations, even though they are perfectly able to speak and understand language. SM has been linked to an extreme form of social anxiety, and thus it is proposed that anxiety could be a contributing factor in the etiology (i.e.,…
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IS THE QUALITY OF REM SLEEP DIFFERENT IN POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD) AND MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER (MDD)?
PTSD patients tend to have reduced REM sleep, while MDD patients spend too much time in REM sleep.
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IS SLEEP IMPORTANT FOR EMOTION REGULATION?
Sleep helps optimize emotion regulation for both positive and negative emotions. When sleep is disturbed or lost, emotional volatility and potential psychopathologies occur.
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FEAR MEMORIES ARE CONSOLIDATED DURING SLEEP
Fear memory is consolidated during sleep through a neural mechanism that if disrupted leads to dysregulated fear as happens in anxiety disorders.
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SMOKING WORSENS ANXIETY, SO WHY IS IT PERCEIVED AS HELPFUL WITH SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS ?
While nicotine worsens anxiety symptoms, it also appears to help some of the symptoms.
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DOES ANXIETY HAVE AN EFFECT ON PAIN?
The effects of anxiety vs fear on pain perception.
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SHARING TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES TO RELIEVE THE EFFECTS OF TRAUMA
Openly sharing one’s trauma helps relieve its negative effects, even if it is just to oneself.