August 20th, 2019

More on ACEs

“The main issue is that when the stress response is activated too frequently or if the stressor is too intense, the body can lose the ability to shut down the HPA and SAM axes. The term for this is disruption of feedback inhibition, which is a science-y way of saying that the body’s stress thermostat is broken. Instead of shutting off the supply of “heat” when a certain point is reached, it just keeps on blasting cortisol through your system. This is exactly what Fisher and Bruce were seeing in the foster kids.”  From The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity by Nadine Burke Harris

Nadine Burke Harris introduces ACEs and explains how ACEs affect our nervous system, immune system and overall health in this TED talk at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95ovIJ3dsNk (με Ελληνικούς υπότιτλους)