In a healthy individual, the limbic system functions to discern the level of threat in the environment and to mobilize a proportional response. When the limbic system becomes damaged, it ...

The theory is, however, that “bilateral eye movements that activate both sides of the brain, limbic system and the prefrontal cortex activate the adaptive information processing of the brain ...

When answers to triggering questions about trauma or abuse come from the limbic system, they’re not coming from the reasoning or analytical part of the brain. The limbic system is never capable ...

Dr. Darrel Ray is the founder of Recovering from Religion, a non-profit working with people experiencing religious trauma, and the Secular Therapy Project, which helps clients find therapists offering ...

Memories of traumatic events often become stuck in the brain’s limbic system, where the fight, flight and freeze response resides. This is not the place where memories are intended to be stored.

The pandemic has boosted interest in trauma books full of advice that isn’t particularly relevant to what most Americans are going through.

Trauma significantly alters brain structure, leading to PTSD symptoms like hypervigilance, intrusive thoughts, and memory issues, but targeted therapies can help survivors heal and regain control.

This signals that the limbic system is taking over, reducing one’s brain to a “fight, flight or freeze” response that originates in the brain stem. Or, as CLEAR instructors refer to it ...

Trauma can alter the function of the brain's limbic system, particularly the amygdala (responsible for processing emotions such as fear and anxiety), making it more sensitive to stress and leading ...