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The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study showed that for 17,337 patients, childhood trauma correlated to serious adult medical conditions. “Contrary to conventional belief," says co-Director Vincent Felitti, MD, "time does not heal all wounds, since humans convert traumatic emotional experiences in childhood into organic disease later in life.”FEATURED BOOKS – QUOTES
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Category Archives: Brain Science
Perry: Rhythm Regulates the Brain
Dr. Bruce Perry, MD is taking his healing for trauma to Washington in a May 4 program for the National Council for Behavioral Health. And the doc’s got rhythm. In fact, he and other trauma experts are reporting revolutionary success … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Attachment Theory, brain science, Brain stem, Bruce Perry, Developmental Trauma, explicit memory, Frontal Cortex, implicit memory, National Council, Rhythmic Regulation
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Bruce Perry: Attachment and Developmental Trauma
Dr. Bruce Perry, MD (left) documents the brain science of how attachment problems can cause developmental trauma to a fetus, infant, or child – just when the brain is developing. And he’s taking his “attachment first” approach to Washington. In … Continue reading →
Posted in Attachment, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Stress chemicals
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Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Adverse Childhood Experiences, Attachment Theory, brain science, Brain stem, Bruce Perry, Daniel Siegel, Developmental Trauma, Frontal Cortex, National Council
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Developmental Trauma: What You Can’t See…
CLICK to BUY: “Don’t Try This Alone” Developmental Trauma: What you can’t see, can hurt you. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, MD (left) and leaders in brain science and attachment are calling for a hard look at developmental trauma. Developmental … Continue reading →
Posted in Attachment, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Trauma
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Tagged ACE Study, Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Allan Schore, Attachment Theory, Bessel van der Kolk, brain science, Brain stem, Daniel Siegel, Developmental Trauma, Developmental Trauma Disorder, DSM-5, Frontal Cortex
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The Adult Attachment Interview (AAI): Mary Main in a Strange Situation
CLICK to BUY : “Don’t Try This Alone” The Adult Attachment Interview : (Updated 4-12-17) Only 55% of us had “secure attachment” as infants, according to research on 6,282 infant-parent pairs during 1977-1999. This would worry us all if we … Continue reading →
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Tagged ACE Study, Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Adverse Childhood Experiences, brain science, Daniel Siegel, Earned Secure Attachment, Erik Hesse, Mary Main, Secure Attachment, Stephen Porges
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From Grassroots to Hollywood
Dr. Vincent Felitti, MD again joined our SoCal (Southern California) ACEs Group March 7 for our alternate-month San Diego meeting. He’s shown with author-activist Morgan Rose (details below). I felt so grateful. Earlier March 7 we began with the alternate-month … Continue reading →
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Tagged ACE Study, Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Adverse Childhood Experiences, Bessel vanderKolk, brain science, Bruce Perry, Daniel Siegel, Developmental Trauma, Disney Frozen, Trauma-Informed, Vincent Felitti
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The Hole in Half of Us
The Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) study since 1994 shows that 50% of Americans have some degree of failed attachment in childhood. These are rigorous psychiatric studies of the general public which have nothing to do with “addicts.” It’s not just … Continue reading →
Posted in Attachment, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Emotional pain, Stress chemicals
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Tagged ACE Study, Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Adverse Childhood Experiences, brain science, Brain stem, Bruce Perry, Emotional pain, Limbic brain, Reptilian Brain, Stress chemicals, Vincent Felitti
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Limbic Resonance
My Feb. 7 post “Love Theory” introduced “General Theory of Love” (GTL), the best book I’ve seen on the three-part or “triune” brain and human emotions. Basic survival instincts are in the reptilian brain, mammalian emotions are in the limbic … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, brain science, Ed Tronick, Harry Harlow, Limbic brain, Limbic Resonance, Reptilian Brain, Richard Lannon, Still Face Experiment, Thomas Lewis, Triune Brain
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The Hole in Me
“Philip Seymour Hoffman is another victim of extremely stupid drug laws,” writes Russell Brand in The Guardian on Feb. 6 at www.theguardian.com/ commentisfree/2014/feb/06/russell-brand-philip-seymour-hoffman-drug-laws I posted this Feb. 7 in the comments of his article: What causes that “pain” which … Continue reading →
Posted in Attachment, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Emotional pain
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Tagged Addiction, Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Alcoholics Anonymous, brain science, Brain stem, Dissociation, Emotional pain, Limbic Resonance, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Russell Brand, therapy
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Love Theory
CLICK to BUY “Don’t Try This Alone” “A General Theory of Love,” after Einstein’s “General Theory of Relativity,” is by Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, and Richard Lannon, three MDs and professors of psychiatry. They’re men on a mission to break … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, brain science, Brain stem, Emotional pain, Fari Amini, Limbic brain, Reptilian Brain, Richard Lannon, Stress chemicals, Thomas Lewis
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Dr. Perry: Music Makes Your Case
In last week’s blog, I was surprised by sudden overwhelming feelings of being loved which could only be described as physical. I’ve had these odd explosive physical experiences before. I had one with music so striking at the end of … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, brain science, Brain stem, Bruce Perry, Developmental Trauma, Gelsey Kirkland, Limbic brain, Nate Ruess, P!nk, Rhythmic Regulation
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