The Enchanted Loom Teasing sturdy threads from

neuroscience masterworks

Teasing 10 threads

from

Robert Scaer’s…

Thread 1:

The cumulative experiences of life’s ‘little

traumas’ shape every aspect of our existence.

(pg. ix)

Thread 2:

The accumulation of neg-

ative life experiences

molds one’s personality,

choices of mate, profes-

sion, clothes, appetite,

pet peeves, posture,

and our state of

physical and

mental health

and disease.

(pg. x)

Thread 3:

Around age 62 I be-

came fascinated with

the field of traumatic

stress, and I realized

that, in my marriage

I had begun to

“leave the scene”

and clearly dissociate

during episodes

of stress.

(pg. xv)

Thread 4:

Life threatening experiences may be traumatic

if they occur in a state of helplessness.

(pg. 12)

Thread 5:

Banishing

helplessness

is a core goal

in overcoming

trauma.

(pg. 91)

Thread 6:

One function of

dreaming seems

to be the integra-

tion of threat-

based content into

survival-based

procedural memory,

enhancing survival

skills in the face of

future threats.

(pg. 66)

Thread 7:

One of the symptoms

of PTSD is the sense of

a foreshortened future.

It is almost as if victims

cannot perceive of a

future when they will

not be continuously

preoccupied by

a battle with

their demons.

(pg. 70)

Thread 8:

Genes do more

than carry

information;

they respond

to experience.

(pg. 87)

Thread 9:

A progressive sensi-

tivity to even minor

life stressors as a

result of sequential

life trauma often

results in the

medical profession

labeling such victims

as “hypochondriacs.”

(pg. 64)

Thread 10:

Societal impairment of bonding due to early

maternal/infant (rupture) logically leads to

maladaptive feeding behaviors in adults as a

means of com-

pensating for the

maternal attach-

ment they never

adequately

experienced.

(pg. 93)

Image Credits:

Title Page: http://www.rappler.com/science-nature/23193-personality-traits-brain-scans

Slide 3 - http://bit.ly/2tzIkyK

Slide 12 - http://russiananorexic.blogspot.com/

Slide 2 - http://www.eft-and-pranic-healing.com/Trauma.html

Slide 6 - http://bit.ly/2uudRoA

Slide 5 - http://alchetron.com/Drag-Me-to-Hell-17867-W

Slide 11 - http://theunboundedspirit.com/learned-helplessness/

Slide 10 - https://als.lbl.gov/mapping-migration-genetic-material/

Slide 14 - http://www.rappler.com/science-nature/23193-personality-traits-brain-scans

Slide 9 - https:// www.deviantart.com/art/Dissociative-Identity-Disorder-684930553

Slide 8 - http://abcn.ws/2uE9bN1

Slide 7 - http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/a-hypochondriac-55462

Slide 4 - https://www.bodyzone.com/posture-exercise-and-healthspan/

Mark Brady, PhD TheEnchantedLoom@gmail.com

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