Comments on: How Trauma Changes the Brain

By: Terri

Terri — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 06:58:58 +0000

In reply to Denise Gonzales-Simon. Everyone can be helped. And can become functioning members of society. Therapy. Counseling. Putting the work in, instead of playing the victim, you would be amazed. I am a living and walking result of putting the work in to deal with my past trauma. I did not know how to get out of that rut. Drugs and alcohol were killing me. There is a solution.

By: Doris Louwerse

Doris Louwerse — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 10:48:47 +0000

I cannot imagine what you went through als a child and now as an adult woman.
Ik work with youg mothers with traumitic pasts, they are now mums themslves and. lots of them have never dealt with there past. It is difficault to be a mom and having your past hunt you.
I think the study will real help People worldwide.

By: Emilia

Emilia — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 08:33:44 +0000

In reply to Heidi Kordosky. I go to a Catholic church every Sunday and it helps me, we are not alone in our trouble. Jesus is our savior. Best wishes for you Heidi .

By: Henry E Leech Iv

Henry E Leech Iv — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 16:47:39 +0000

Yea I’ve been through more than I care to share. Stop being pussies and live your life. It’s over, move on, nobody cares what we’ve been through…. my wife says I have ptsd,I think she just had it to easy growing up.

By: Franki

Franki — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 14:38:21 +0000

To the Ph.D’s in the study. Would it be possible for you all to possibly squeeze in how Trauma and traumatic experiences affect the brain of a person with Neurofibromatosis? Who’s also had a severe concussion. It was just one concussion but being hit by a Metro bus swelled my head up into a ‘Conehead’. If I can talk with anyone in this about trauma and the brain that would be wonderful. Contact me.

By: Golden_Bouncing_Bunny

Golden_Bouncing_Bunny — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 14:31:59 +0000

In reply to Heidi Kordosky. I'm reading your comment, 9:29am, I'm also 31. I'm sending a little loving energy your way with some extra healing cherries on top Heidi. You've made it this far, look up. We gotta long way to go from here at least it's up.

By: Denise Gonzales-Simon

Denise Gonzales-Simon — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 07:14:18 +0000

I am damaged beyond repair.. says my narcissistic controlling mother.. that has dismissed my very young childhood sexual abuse from both sides of my parents family, alcoholic, angry father that abused my mother. She, guns, shootings, fathers suicide attempts, police, constant fear, that I subconsciously must of hid until I was 38 years old married. 2 children later..Pregnant with my 3rd when Daddy was diagnosed with Lung & bone cancer.. He was dieing in front of me the whole time I was pregnant, as my husband got in an accident at work, my husband lost his job, daddy was dieing..we lost pur home.. I was so devastated.. did all I could, was strong, through it all.. Then daddy died.. I was hysterical.. Then my daughter born 2 months later.. I was numb in happiness and grief..
Drank a little here and there with different frightening dreams of all my childhood sexual abuse arose in different ways, of screaming in my sleep, to triggers of different peoples actions near me.. people would say I had different personalities etc.. I would graciously be a willing participant in your studies to truly help your research and my sanity..

Thank you

By: Janice

Janice — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 12:51:47 +0000

I was sexually abused when I was child,never go to school. Now my ex is physically abused me I defect my brain

By: Jessica singleton

Jessica singleton — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 10:12:27 +0000

My wife would be a great candidate for this study, something changed her and we don’t know what and she has been exposed to a lot of trauma

By: Heidi Kordosky

Heidi Kordosky — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 09:10:34 +0000

Please see my cry for Help I’m 43 years old I am on one last CRY FOR HELP please I been thru alot and I cannot beg enough !!!!!!!!!1982 I was a victim of satanic ritual abuse, The one time event left life long mental scars,the baby sitter beat & chewed on my body and when taken to hospital I had been sodomized. I was 2 & 1/2 years old.This was first trama I suffered and in those days parents were not told to seek counseling for abused child so to date I am left with the untreated imparements this type of abuse creates a vast amount of physical and mental disibilitys that without the right treatment will continue to have a strong hold on my quality of life experience.

When I was 4 years old my mom shot a man
Who taught my dad how to grow pot and my parents owed this man $ ,the man showed up to collect his money while my dad was at work we lived on a family members property in a cabin and the man demanded sex from my mom as my parents had no cash to pay the drug debt so the man picked me up and started to take me to his car and told my mom I could be picked up once they payed there drug debt my mom in a panic shot the man in leg with a rifle while I was in his arms another of a long strong of tramatic events in my childhood.

My parents grew pot to make $ and I was groomed from day 1the day I was born to keep there secret as growing pot was highly illigle and they always said if the police found out they were growing pot that mommy and daddy would be taken forever I remember my parents driving me to chicken cheese when I was 6 for my birthday party and I was stressed whole way to party my dad had been pulled over not long before and the stress of cop smelling the MJ smoke was fresh in my mind so I was stressed my parents were smoking a joint in front the the old Plymouth on way to my b-day party I can vividly remember watching the review mirror and headliner of car as to warn my parents if I saw red and blue lights i didn’t want to miss my party cause of there drug use and I could not see out windows yet as I was too short still so only way I could sketch was watch for the red and blue on headliner luckily we made it but this is one example of the type of trama having this type upbringing subjected me to.

When I was 13 my parents were in a brutal divorse my dad chased me with shot gun and fired in air for attempting to protect my mom from his abuse ..
I was consiquently taken by csd and placed in foster care this to was tramatic

Then once my parents got me back I was introduced to crack cocaine by my mom and I got addicted very fast I was now 15 years old and 6 months later my parents left me in a parking lot and I have been on my own ever since .

Now I’m 43 and still suffering the echoes these tramitic events still haunt me .

By: Bonnie Peterson

Bonnie Peterson — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 02:52:23 +0000

I believe this study is: important, accurate and needed.
2 weeks ago I suddenly came awoken by a loud POP. it was 3 am. It scared me because I never heard a sound like it before. I laid in my bed an thought what the heck. Did something explode in my freezer. Then awake I heard POP POP. I jumped out of bed to see if something exploded in my house. I looked out the back yard nothing, I looked out the front yard nothing, I looked everywhere in my house nothing.
I went back to bed and thought was that a gun? I do not own a gun nor have I ever heard a gunshot except in a movie or a tv show I got back up and looked outside again nothing. I went back to sleep. I woke up again about 2 hours later to the noise of ambulance and sirens.
My next door neighbor had committed suicide in his driveway.
I will never get over that sound. I had migraines for two weeks and I continue to wake up at3 am for no reason. My heart is broken for his survivors.
I can not even begin to imagine how children and adults go on after being close to a school shooting of mass murder Irgun violence or war.
Honestly they have to be affected in ways no one can predict for the future.
My brain instinctively knew it was an unrecognized noise for me. I woke up from the first pop and will never be the same

By: Tina Stewart

Tina Stewart — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 22:31:39 +0000

I was in a bad accident when I was 19, I was in a coma for 2 month’s. So I wonder if I have brain damage. Was hit head on by a semi trailer, during a bad storm.