New research has found a specific change in brain chemistry due to trauma. An article on Medscape.com says:
“Lower serotonin 1B levels were also strongly associated with age at first trauma. The earlier the trauma exposure, the greater the brain alterations and the greater the severity of PTSD symptoms, and the greater the risk of developing comorbidities,” senior author Alexander Neumeister, MD, associate professor of psychiatry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, told Medscape Medical News.
“These findings establish that trauma at a young age causes long-lasting neurobiological and psychological effects in survivors with PTSD. In other words, early-life trauma can interfere with normal brain development,” he said.
The article is somewhat technical, but lay readers like us can pretty much follow what is being discussed. To read the story, you need to register for Medscape.com, which is free.
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Milo<
Yes lot's of aftershocks, but 3.3 or less, i cant feel them, news says we are having a earthquake storm. There was lot's of damage at the epicenter last nite, I am about 40 miles from that. I am used to dodging tornado's, quakes are very uncommon here, till the past few years anyway..My wiener's wont get out of bed this morning, they be skeered..
Hens ~ I can relate, we live in an area where earthquakes are very uncommon, also. The one time we had one over 5 I was running around like a chicken with my head cut off. Wow, 40 miles, you were close. Do you remember if your wieners were acting “strange” before it hit? I hear that happens frequently with animals.
they always act strange – lol – no they were as surprised as me I think – they gave me that ‘what was that ? ‘ look….
I am going to go squeese the new little hens today ttya’ll l..
Hens ~ give him an extra squeeeeese for me.
Milo,
I know that many of my symptoms appear to be typical of what people who are involved with spaths, present. I had fibro, cfs, low thyroid etc.
When I left the spath, I even thought, “wow! I’m feeling so much better. It must have been the stress of being with an evil monster.”
I would never have imagined that he poisoned me, not even then. But the asshole took all the food out of the fridge and it wasn’t even in the garbage. Even THEN it took a week for me to put the 2 things together. Then I remembered how many times he TOLD ME: “you’d be so EASY to poison, because you take so many vitamins”. But spaths never speak directly. They will tell you that they are poisoning you but misdirect you to the vitamins when in fact it’s the food that is being poisoned. It makes them feel clever.
Finally, I asked him and he admitted it. Again, he did it in a jovial way, as if he was lying. Spaths just can’t be direct. He did tell me it was strychnine and botulism toxin. They both have muscle spasms as symptoms. Particularly the neck and upper back. That’s what I had: SEVERE muscle spasms in the neck and upper back.
Sky ~
Yes, a normal person would not even consider that they were being poisoned. I can understand why your mind had a hard time accepting it.
I remember a case in my area, where a doctor had poisoned his wife and it was her vitamins he had put the poison in. She actually died in a car crash, passing out due to the poisoning. She had an idea that he may have been poisoning her and had told a friend before she died. That was the only reason he was caught. Maybe he did a “tell” to her also.
CREEPS!!!!
Milo,
what a sicko. Spaths always have layers of lies. He knew she would likely have an accident due to the poison, then nobody would question the cause of death being due to the “accident”.
My spath had a plan for me as well. He told everyone that I was taking Lunesta and was depressed and an alcoholic. Then, he was stealing small amounts of lunesta each month. (I couldn’t figure out how I was always short a pill or two each month) He was going to overdose me and then say, “see, I tried to tell everyone that she would kill herself just like Marilyn Monroe”.
The point being, that they will distract everyone from the real cause of death by creating a diversion. Classic spath behavior.
Katy,
Poor people get free or subsidized health care. Rich people don’t pay with cash, they have insurance and they write off the insurance as an expense on their corporate taxes. That means – you got it – they get subsidized health care too. And guess who is subsidizing it? Yep, the middle class gets squeezed from both sides. Why? because we are “responsible”. Once the spaths see that you are willing to take responsibility for yourself, they figure you can take responsibility for them too. Poor spaths and rich spaths both like others to be responsible for them.
Skylar
How long ago did you learn the truth and when did you remove yourself from your spath? This lunesta story is just fricking crazy. Unbelievable.
Athena
apologies. was not funny or even punny.
Athena,
it was May 2009 that I fled.
The truth was always there. Right in front of my face. But I couldn’t see the whole picture because I was looking at it the wrong way.
Once I admitted to myself that he was an evil person, then I could see that all the things about him which made him seem “clever” were in fact, diabolical. The things which were unthinkable were the absolute truth. He doesn’t hide this aspect of himself. Everyone who knows him, knows how “clever” he is and they admire him for it. He doesn’t hide – but he disguises that aspect of himself by ALSO presenting himself as a kind-hearted, animal lover who cares about right and wrong, who is fun to be with and who is your very best friend and soul mate. That’s the part that confuses you. Because it’s a lie.
Once you see that he is capable of evil and that he has no limits and no conscience, then you realize: OMG, he’s the devil. He’s not a prankster, he’s all that is evil.
I remembered all the little details of his behavior in this new light and it sickened me because I knew he had me fooled for 25 years.