Neurodivergence, Early Childhood Trauma, and Brain Development

神经分歧、儿童早期创伤和大脑发育

Trauma Rewired

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2024-11-18

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In this episode of Trauma Rewired, hosts Elisabeth Kristof, Jennifer Wallace, and Matt Bush delve into the intricate relations between complex trauma, neurodivergence, and brain function dysregulation. The conversation highlights how gradual exposure to non-threatening stimuli can help manage threat responses, and the importance of achieving balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems for resilience. They discuss neurological pathways affected by trauma and neurodivergence, focusing on the interplay between creativity, logical processing, and emotional regulation. The hosts emphasize understanding oneself deeply, revealing personal strengths, and valuing unique sensitivities to foster self-compassion and improve coping mechanisms. Elisabeth Kristof underscores the vital role of play in activating joy and the significance of building a nurturing internal environment. She explains that while it's impossible to fully "rewire" oneself, there is potential for experiencing new ways of thriving through the nervous system. The episode also explores vertical integration, encompassing the brainstem, limbic system, and prefrontal cortex, discussing how disruptions lead to chronic stress and emotional reactivity. The hosts examine societal expectations and their impact on neurodivergent individuals, advocating for a shift towards recognizing and celebrating unique neurological differences.   Topics Discussed: Gradual exposure to non-threatening stimuli for managing threat responses. Dysregulation in brain function and its impact on behavior and diagnosis. Role of play in activating joy and fostering emotional health. Vertical integration and its necessity for maintaining presence and connection. Impact of early childhood trauma on nervous system programming. Relationship between complex trauma, neurodivergence, and sensory processing. Societal pressures and their traumatic impact on neurodivergent individuals. Unconscious patterning influencing brain development and trauma responses.   Learn more about the Neuro-Somatic Intelligence Coaching program and sign up for the fall cohort now! https://www.neurosomaticintelligence.com   Book your NSI Discovery Call here:  https://calendly.com/traumarewired/nsi-discovery-call-with-jennifer       Get started training your nervous system with our FREE 2-week offer on the Brain Based Membership site: https://www.rewiretrial.com   Connect with us on social media: @trauma.rewired   Join the Trauma Rewired Facebook Group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/761101225132846   FREE 1 Year Supply of Vitamin D + 5 Travel Packs from Athletic Greens when you use my exclusive offer: https://www.drinkag1.com/rewired   This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique https://www.podcastboutique.com Trauma Rewired podcast  is intended to educate and inform but does not constitute medical, psychological or other professional advice or services. Always consult a qualified medical professional about your specific circumstances before making any decisions based on what you hear.  We share our experiences, explore trauma, physical reactions, mental health and disease. If you become distressed by our content, please stop listening and seek professional support when needed. Do not continue to listen if the conversations are having a negative impact on your health and well-being.  If you or someone you know is struggling with their mental health, or in mental health crisis and you are in the United States you can 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.  If someone’s life is in danger, immediately call 911.  We do our best to stay current in research, but older episodes are always available.  We don’t warrant or guarantee that this podcast contains complete, accurate or up-to-date information. It’s very important to talk to a medical professional about your individual needs, as we aren’t responsible for any actions you take based on

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  • It's a really different way of looking at all of this and I'd like for us to just start out with defining some of this stuff from a neurosomatic perspective, complex trauma and neurodivergence, so that we can really look at where these identities and these experiences overlap more broadly.

  • Welcome to Trauma Rewired, the podcast that teaches you about your nervous system, how trauma lives in the body, and what.

  • You can do to heal.

  • I'm Elizabeth Christoph, founder of Brainbase.com, an online community where we use applied neuroscience and somatics to increase resilience, repattern stress response and really create meaningful change.

  • And I'm also the founder of the Neurosomatic Intelligence Coaching Certification course, which is an ICF accredited course with therapists and coaches that teaches you to bridge the gap between cognitive frameworks and somatics by working with the nervous system.

  • And I'm your co host, Jennifer Wallace.

  • I'm a neurosomatic psychedelic preparation and integration guide and I work through NSI and psychedelic healing to help people integrate their messages and bring those messages into the body safely to rewire for new pathways and really a new life.

  • And in our episode on Complex Trauma Impacts Brain development, we defined complex trauma as when a series of events leaves the brain and the nervous system with an inability to regulate and integrate into the present moment.

  • And we talked about it as the water that we swim in, either during development or maybe during a period of prolonged stress, especially in the context of relationships.

  • And how this begins to shape our nervous system, how we take in information about the world around us and the world inside of us, and then how that in turn influences how our brain interprets that information and integrates it.

  • And then that drives our outputs that we experience in our life.

  • Our bodies become more sensitive to perceiving threat that can lead to more chronic stress and long term outputs like dissociation or freeze or chronic pain and eventually big health issues like autoimmune.

  • And all of that really stems from living in that constant state of dysregulation and prolonged stress.

  • And as we've been recently looking at neurodivergence, we see that whether this is caused by developmental experiences or it's just a reflection of natural biodiversity, there are a lot of overlaps.

  • That neurodivergence involves how our nervous system processes the sensory inputs that are coming in all of the time about the world around us, and then how our brain interprets those inputs.

  • And conditions like sensory processing disorder or ADHD often result in having that Hypersensitivity, that sense of threat and stress, and then living in that state can be traumatic because trauma is something that overwhelms the nervous system beyond its ability to positively adapt to stress.

  • And so when we have sensory processing issues or neurodivergent ways of interpreting and integrating information, navigating the neurotypical world isn't always optimal for our healthiest expression of living a life that is really in alignment with health and regulation.

  • And so there's also just this idea of having that experience and it being a little bit traumatic.

  • Because if we think of trauma as when the intensity of stimulus is such that it overwhelms our nervous system so that our brain and our body can't adapt to that stressor in a healthy way and in an integrated way, then that means if you're just even born with a brain and a nervous system that process information differently, but you're living in this neurotypical world that is often overwhelming your nervous system, there's a chronic stress load with that.

  • And so a lot of the outputs can be the same mental and physical health outputs as living in a state of chronic stress during development or in your life.