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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.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Flatiron Books, 2021.

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Location Call No. Status
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  616.8521 SHORS    DUE 04-04-24
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  616.85 SHORS    DUE 04-04-24
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  616.8521 SHO    DUE 04-06-24
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  616.85 SHO    DUE 04-09-24
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  616.85 SHO    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  616.85 SHORS    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Adult New Materials  616.8521 SHORS    Missing
Edition First edition.
Description x, 193 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-185) and index.
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.
Subject Psychic trauma.
Psychic trauma -- Treatment.
Post-traumatic stress disorder.
Memory.
Brain mapping.
PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience.
PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology.
Brain mapping. (OCoLC)fst00837764
Memory. (OCoLC)fst01015913
Post-traumatic stress disorder. (OCoLC)fst01072762
Psychic trauma. (OCoLC)fst01081217
Psychic trauma -- Treatment. (OCoLC)fst01081224
Added Title Remapping the brain's response to stress, anxiety, and painful memories for a better life
ISBN 9781250247001 (hardcover)
1250247004 (hardcover)
9781250247025 (ebook)
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