Traumatic stress can be associated with lasting changes in several areas in the brain. This is correlated to “increased deregulation of Cortisol systems and norepinephrine responses to subsequent stressors” (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, 2006) in which the brain undergoes stress-induced changes in structure and function. Stress results in severe and chronic changes in neurochemical systems and specific brain areas that results in long-term transformations in the brain’s “circuits involved in the stress response” (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, 2006). Memories from traumatic situations can arise unconsciously, and at the worst times. Nightmares and hallucinations can both recreate the trauma in unwanted detail for the victim. These are just a select few samples of what tortured survivors have to go through from the mental disturbance of a horrific
Traumatic stress can be associated with lasting changes in several areas in the brain. This is correlated to “increased deregulation of Cortisol systems and norepinephrine responses to subsequent stressors” (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, 2006) in which the brain undergoes stress-induced changes in structure and function. Stress results in severe and chronic changes in neurochemical systems and specific brain areas that results in long-term transformations in the brain’s “circuits involved in the stress response” (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, 2006). Memories from traumatic situations can arise unconsciously, and at the worst times. Nightmares and hallucinations can both recreate the trauma in unwanted detail for the victim. These are just a select few samples of what tortured survivors have to go through from the mental disturbance of a horrific