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Window of Tolerance: An Important Framework for Trauma-Informed Care
Have you felt like there’s an invisible line you can function within, and that you’d snap if pushed across it? And this line might be changing. Sometimes, you can manage to function under pressure, yet when chronic stress accumulates over a period of time, you become hypervigilant, and even small setbacks can feel overwhelming. You…
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Everyday Performance for Good Impression Is Not That Helpful
Impression management is a normal part of social life. But it is not that important when it comes to overall competence. Particularly, if it becomes excessive, impression management can turn into mental health issues. Different Stages of Performance Much like a theater, how we present ourselves has metaphorically different stages. Social psychologist and sociologist Erving…
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Why Are Memories under Trauma Often Fragmented?
Trauma can shape not only what we remember, but also how we remember it. Unlike ordinary memories, which are usually stored as coherent narratives, traumatic memories often surface as fragmented, brief flashes of images, sounds, smells, or bodily sensations. Trauma Can Alter Brain Structure Sometimes, sudden flashes of fragmented memories can disrupt our ability to…
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Our Memories of Surprises are Better than the Expected
Most of our lives are recorded in “Standard Definition.” We remember the gist of our commute, the general flavor of our lunch, and the basic outline of our workday. To save energy, the brain operates as a prediction machine; it guesses what will happen next based on what happened yesterday. When those predictions are right,…
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The Way You Describe Something Can Surprisingly Shape the Memory
Did you know that our memory is more constructive than a perfect playback of a recording? Rather than remembering the past as neutral information, every time we recall an event, the brain reconstructs the story from bits and pieces. That is the nature of memory. But what if the memory is influenced, for example, by…
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