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Author:

Shors, Tracey, author.

Title:

Everyday trauma : remapping the brain's response to stress, anxiety, and painful memories for a better life / Tracey Shors, Ph.D.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Flatiron Books,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

x, 193 pages ; 25 cm

Subject:

Psychic trauma.
Psychic trauma--Treatment.
Post-traumatic stress disorder.
Memory.
Brain mapping.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-185).

Contents:

Life's traumas--both large and small -- How stress and trauma change our lives -- The two forms of everyday trauma -- Ruminations: thoughts that get stuck in our brains -- The brain is always learning -- Women and their changing brains -- Everyday neurons for everyday life -- Therapies for stress and trauma -- MAP train my brain: a "mental and physical" training program -- Why we should train our brains -- Living with traumas: past, present, and future.

Summary:

"A neuroscientist explores how trauma impacts the brain, especially for women-and how we can learn to heal ourselves Everyone experiences trauma. Whether a specific harrowing event or a series of stressful moments that culminate over time, trauma can echo and etch itself into our brain as we remember it again and again throughout our lives. In Everyday Trauma, neuroscientist Dr. Tracey Shors examines trauma with a focus on its pervasive nature-how it can happen at any time, through big or small events, and how it often reappears in the form of encoded memory. Her research reveals that when we are reminded of our trauma, reliving that tragic moment copies yet another memory of it in our brain, making it that much more difficult to forget. Dr. Shors also explores the neuroscience behind why women in particular are more vulnerable to stress and traumatic events, setting them up to be three times more likely than men to suffer PTSD. With potential long-term consequences such as addiction, anxiety, depression, and PTSD, trauma can have a lasting impact on both the brain and body. Dr. Shors illuminates the effective tools that can reduce the repetitive thoughts that reinforce our traumas, including cognitive-based therapies and trauma-informed care such as her own groundbreaking program, a combination of mental and physical training called MAP Training. By understanding how our brain responds to trauma and practicing proven techniques that can train our brains and help us let go of our tragic memories-whatever they may be-we are better equipped to leave our traumatic pasts behind and live in a brighter present"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1250247004
9781250247001

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1244275796

LCCN:

2021026489

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

FPPC224 -- Murphy Helwig Library (Monona)

ENPC715 -- Sanborn Public Library (Sanborn)