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Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the
renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is
—his good, pleasing and perfect will.- Romans 12:2
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world…
Conform: su-schē-ma-tí-zō
Refers to the act of an individual assuming an outward expression that does not come from within him, nor is it representative
of his inner heart life.
“the impact of external forces that [render] the young person
temporarily helpless and [break] past ordinary coping and defensive operation. . . . [This includes] not only those conditions marked by intense surprise but also those
marked by prolonged and sickening anticipation.”
Terr, L.C. (1991). “Childhood Traumas: An Outline and Overview.” American Journal of Psychiatry, 148(1): p.11.
80% of young adults who have survived abuse suffer from at least one mental
health problem, including clinical depression, anxiety or eating disorders, or post traumatic stress disorder. Childhelp,
“national child abuse statistics,” 2006, www.Childhelp.org/resources/learning-center/statistics
Our brains are sculpted by our early experiences. Maltreatment is a chisel that shapes the brain to
contend with anticipated strife, but at the cost of deep, enduring
wounds.”
Dr. Martin Teicher; 2005; Keynote Address; Family Policy Council Partners’ Summit
“A single traumatic experience can alter an adult's brain: A horrifying battle, for instance, may induce the flashbacks,
depression and hair-trigger response of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
And researchers are finding that abuse and neglect EARLY IN LIFE can have
even MORE DEVISTATING consequences, tangling both the
chemistry and the architecture of children's brains and leaving them at risk
for drug abuse, teen pregnancy and psychiatric problems later in life.”
"The biology of soul murder: Fear can harm a child's brain. Is it reversible?” U.S. News & World Report; Nov. 11, 1996
(emphasis added).
“The brain's exquisite sensitivity to experience in early childhood allows
traumatic experiences during infancy and childhood to impact all future emotional, behavioral,
cognitive, social and physiological functioning.”
Perry, B.D., & Pollard, R. (1998). Homeostasis, stress, trauma, and adaptation: A neurodevelopmental view of
childhood trauma. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 7, 33-51.
“The brain's exquisite sensitivity to experience in early childhood allows
traumatic experiences during infancy and childhood to impact all future emotional, behavioral,
cognitive, social and physiological functioning.”
Perry, B.D., & Pollard, R. (1998). Homeostasis, stress, trauma, and adaptation: A neurodevelopmental view of
childhood trauma. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 7, 33-51.
“The brain's exquisite sensitivity to experience in early childhood allows
traumatic experiences during infancy and childhood to impact all future emotional, behavioral,
cognitive, social and physiological functioning.”
Perry, B.D., & Pollard, R. (1998). Homeostasis, stress, trauma, and adaptation: A neurodevelopmental view of
childhood trauma. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 7, 33-51.
“The brain's exquisite sensitivity to experience in early childhood allows
traumatic experiences during infancy and childhood to impact all future emotional, behavioral,
cognitive, social and physiological functioning.”
Perry, B.D., & Pollard, R. (1998). Homeostasis, stress, trauma, and adaptation: A neurodevelopmental view of
childhood trauma. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 7, 33-51.
“The brain's exquisite sensitivity to experience in early childhood allows
traumatic experiences during infancy and childhood to impact all future emotional, behavioral,
cognitive, social and physiological functioning.”
Perry, B.D., & Pollard, R. (1998). Homeostasis, stress, trauma, and adaptation: A neurodevelopmental view of
childhood trauma. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 7, 33-51.
“The brain's exquisite sensitivity to experience in early childhood allows
traumatic experiences during infancy and childhood to impact all future emotional, behavioral,
cognitive, social and physiological functioning.”
Perry, B.D., & Pollard, R. (1998). Homeostasis, stress, trauma, and adaptation: A neurodevelopmental view of
childhood trauma. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 7, 33-51.
“The brain's exquisite sensitivity to experience in early childhood allows
traumatic experiences during infancy and childhood to impact all future emotional, behavioral,
cognitive, social and physiological functioning.”
Perry, B.D., & Pollard, R. (1998). Homeostasis, stress, trauma, and adaptation: A neurodevelopmental view of childhood trauma.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 7, 33-51.
BRAIN STRUCTURE: The brain will cut off neurons that are learning to trust and bond because trying to trust and bond results in pain,
fear, and stress.
BRAIN STRUCTURE: The brain can actually cut off neurons that are learning to trust and bond
because trying to trust and bond results in pain, fear, and stress.
NEUROCHEMISTRY: The brain “medicates itself” by pushing you to engage in behaviors that alter
your neurochemistry (emotions), driving unwanted thoughts, unwanted
feelings, and unwanted memories temporarily out of your conscious
awareness.
“Brain dysfunction is the number one reason why people fall victim to addiction, why they can't break the chains of addiction, and why they
relapse” Daniel G. Amen and David E. Smith; Unchain Your Brain, 2010, pp.17-
18
“If it is an addiction, there’s no choice.
The limbic system is driving it.…The brain focuses on the things the
neurochemical system needs. Dr. Doris Vincent; certified sex-addiction therapist and registered
psychologist
“You can have the greatest treatment plan available or enter the most well
respected treatment center, but if you have underlying brain dysfunction, chances are you won't be able to
follow through with the program. For lasting success, the brain
problems must be treated in addition to the addiction.”
Daniel G. Amen and David E. Smith; Unchain Your Brain, 2010, p. 56
“We are making unprecedented advances in understanding the biology of addiction, and that is finally starting to push the thinking from moral failing
to legitimate illness.” Jeneen Interlandi, “What addicts need,” Newsweek, 3 March 2008
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of your mind.
- Romans 12:2
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of your mind.
- Romans 12:2
Renewing: an·ak·ah·ee·no·sis
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of your mind.
- Romans 12:2
Renewing: an·ak·ah·ee·no·sis
A renewing or a renovation which makes a person different than in the past.
A complete change for the better.
January 29, 2007Find this article at:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1580438,00.html
“For decades, the prevailing theory in neuroscience was that the adult human brain is essentially hardwired, fixed in form and function, so that by the time we reach adulthood we are pretty much
stuck with what we have.”
“But RESEARCH IN THE PAST FEW YEARS has overthrown that dogma. In its place has come the realization that the adult
brain retains impressive powers of "neuroplasticity"--the ability to change its structure and function in response
to experience. These aren't minor tweaks either…
the brain can be REWIRED.”TIME magazine Friday, Jan. 19, 2007 Find this article at:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1580438,00.html
“What I mean by ‘neuroplasticity’ is the fact that the brain is the
one organ that is built to change in response to
experience. More than your heart, your kidney, your liver, the
brain is built to change in response to experience and in
response to training.”Richard Davidson, “Shaping your child's brain,” talk given at Appleton
East high school (Appleton, Wisconsin) 13 May 2008
A discipline is an activity in our power that we engage in, in order to become able to do what we cannot do at the moment by direct effort.
Recovery disciplines are activities in our power that we engage in, in order to achieve a level of moral integrity that we cannot achieve at
the moment through our direct efforts.
Recovery disciplines are activities in our power that we engage in, in order to achieve a level of moral integrity that we cannot achieve at
the moment through our direct efforts.
L.I.F.E. group meetingsCounseling Phone calls Journaling Self care Prayer Meditation
The RESULT of engaging in RECOVERY disciplines:
the re-conditioning of our mind’s automatic responses to triggering
events (stress/shame)
The conditioning of the body’s automatic responses…
The RESULT of engaging in RECOVERY disciplines:
the re-conditioning of our mind’s automatic responses to triggering
events (stress/shame)
The conditioning of the body’s automatic responses…
“The very structure of our brain--the relative size of different
regions, the strength of connections between them, even
their functions--reflects the lives we have led. Like sand on a
beach, the brain bears the footprints of the decisions we have made, the skills we have learned, the actions we have
taken.” TIME magazine Friday, Jan. 19, 2007 Find this article at:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1580438,00.html
“The powerful shaping experiences of childhood can be modified through subsequent
personal relationships, psychotherapy, and self-
awareness.”
Siegel, D.J & Hartzel, M (2003) parenting from the inside and out: how a deeper self understanding can help you
raise children who thrive. New York: Tarcher/Putnam
“So much of my childhood between the ages of four and nine is blank....It's almost as if my life was smashed into little pieces . . . The trouble is, when I try to remember, I come up with so little.
This ability to forget was probably my way of surviving emotionally as a child…”
“I'm still afraid of being hungry. . .I never leave my house without some food....
Again, I don't remember being hungry. I asked my sister and she saidthat we were hungry. So I must have been! I just don't remember.”
“I'm still afraid of being hungry. . .I never leave my house without some food....
Again, I don't remember being hungry. I asked my sister and she saidthat we were hungry. So I must have been! I just don't remember.”
Ava Landy, Holocaust survivor. Marks, J. (1995). The hidden children: The secret survivors of the Holocaust. Toronto : Bantam Books, p.188.
You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which
is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of
your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness
and holiness. - Ephesians 4:22-24
Exercise daily in God—no spiritual flabbiness, please! Workouts in the
gymnasium are useful, but a disciplined life in God is far more so, making you fit both today and forever.
- 1 Timothy 4:7-8 (The Message)
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the
renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will
is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.- Romans 12:2
The PLEASURE CENTERWithin a portion of the limbic system we find the brain’s pleasure center and reward circuit - a number of brain
structures that control and regulate our ability to feel pleasure.
This part of the limbic system is activated by anything that gives us pleasure
We only have one pleasure center and ALL PLEASURES have to pass through this
center.
The brain’s process for getting pleasure is the same for healthy fun activities as it is for cocaine or other destructive activities
The PLEASURE CENTERWithin a portion of the limbic system we find the brain’s pleasure center and reward circuit - a number of brain
structures that control and regulate our ability to feel pleasure.
This part of the limbic system is activated by anything that gives us pleasure
We only have one pleasure center and ALL PLEASURES have to pass through this
center.
The brain’s process for getting pleasure is the same for healthy fun activities as it is for cocaine or other destructive activities
The PLEASURE CENTERWithin a portion of the limbic system we find the brain’s pleasure center and reward circuit - a number of brain
structures that control and regulate our ability to feel pleasure.
This part of the limbic system is activated by anything that gives us pleasure
We only have one pleasure center and ALL PLEASURES have to pass through this
center.
The brain’s process for getting pleasure is the same for healthy fun activities as it is for cocaine or other destructive activities
The PLEASURE CENTERWithin a portion of the limbic system we find the brain’s pleasure center and reward circuit - a number of brain
structures that control and regulate our ability to feel pleasure.
This part of the limbic system is activated by anything that gives us pleasure
We only have one pleasure center and ALL PLEASURES have to pass through this
center.
The brain’s process for getting pleasure is the same for healthy fun activities as it
is for cocaine or other destructive activities
The PLEASURE CENTER
When you do something that makes you feel better the pleasure center is activated
The PLEASURE CENTER
When you do something that makes you feel better the pleasure center is activated
When this takes place within the context of a traumatic environment, the limbic
system associates the pleasurable activity with SURVIVAL
The PLEASURE CENTERWhen you do something that makes you
feel better the pleasure center is activated
When this takes place within the context of a traumatic environment, the limbic
system associates the pleasurable activity with SURVIVAL
Reward chemicals (neurotransmitters) are released in your brain, producing
even more good feelings for the behavior because the behavior has increase your
chances for “survival.”