10/26/2025
Trauma will literally change the structure of your brain 🧠 ❤️🩹 That's why symptoms like flashbacks, nightmares, and triggers from certain places, sounds or smells are real neurological responses - not signs of weakness or "overreacting." Here's what's happening inside your brain after trauma.
1. The Hippocampus - your memory center.
When it shrinks after trauma, it struggles to tell the difference between past danger and present safety. That's why flashbacks feel like they're happening right now.
2. The Amygdala - your internal alarm system.
If a traumatic memory is stored incorrectly, the amygdala stays on high alert, sending fight-or-flight signals even when there's no real threat.
3. The Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex - your emotional regulator.
When this area goes offline, it becomes harder to manage big emotions — which is why you might "overreact" to something small.
🚨 Your brain isn't broken; it's protecting you.
The good news? The brain can heal. ❤️🩹
Through therapies like EMDR and ketamine therapy your brain can reprocess traumatic memories correctly - helping these structures return to healthy functioning and bringing your nervous system back into balance.
You're not broken.
Your brain has just been doing its best to keep you safe.
Let us help you.
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