Brain Fog and Complex Trauma

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How does complex trauma contribute to brain fog?

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[mellisugahelenae]

I was about 8 years old when my mother woke me up one evening because she couldn't find the key to the large iron gate in the garden. She was anxiously awaiting the late return of my father, who was an alcoholic. She accused me of having left the key somewhere. I remember being terribly afraid of what my father would do to my mother, because domestic violence was commonplace. My mother was beside herself with fear and was running around like a crazy chicken. I remember how all her fear was transferred to me and took hold of me. Suddenly I lost the ability to speak. She found the key in time and all I remember is that they took me to the hospital and I couldn't answer any questions.
I have never heard of the connection between trauma and loss of speech before and now, at 63, I am very grateful for your talk. From🇨🇭

[Muck-qyoo]

That's why I have dropped out of school so many times. Some teachers told me they don't understand why I can be so smart one time and so offline other times.

[kagame]

I am so cooked. Getting stuck in a cycle of pressure, leading to mistakes, to poor sleep, more mistakes, more pressure to overcome, poorer sleep. It’s both work and personal life stress, it’s hard to escape

[heatherpeci]

I've seen someone lose the ability to have any type of personal conversation other than work related. or focus long enough to listen at all in day to day conversation. Everyone around them
Thought they were just being rude. If someone close to you displays major changes in personality and shuts down don't internalize it. Give them love, don't assume it's YOU. They need someone more then they even know.

[texasred]

All these comments convince me the modern world is unnatural and this is our reaction to it.

[rachellafotanoa]

At the height of my stressful marriage I was looking at a picture of me holding a baby that I didn't recognize. My mother told me it was my second oldest child, he was about 4 months old in the photo. It shocked me to see just how much stress I had been under from all the gas lighting from my ex husband.

[Raven_]

After i lost my little boy unexpectedly a year and 10 months ago this is exactly what happened to me. Affected my speech, ability to read and comprehend. Could not solve simple math or even simple instructions. Got into trouble at work because i was getting things wrong, Could not remember the smallest things As soon as i get over stimulated i go back to that severe brain fog. It's actually embarrassing at time, but i have sort of learnt now that my brain can only handle so much at a time so i try to take little breaks. Its a little better which i am grateful for and i am now able to read and understand what i am reading retaining information is still a struggle but small blessings it is improving

[sipincutanjingbali]

cpts caused by my parents and brainfog made me choose to be a shopkeeper at 43 years. Cleaning, selling someone else's artwork. No thinking, no planning. That's all that I can do for now. Simple tasks. Cannot bear stress of complexe task. All the years when I was a book translator, a teacher, a web articles writer, I did not realized how much brainfog and chronique fatigue was not my fault. I hated me because all my brilliant talents could not last long and today I feel shitty to sweep and mop the floor at the shop. My parents deserve to be punished for their cruelty and neglect. The rage is real. Thank you for this video 🌻

[yellowball]

I've had this for well over a decade. The past five years it's mimicked dementia. I get lost in the tiny town I I've spent 90% of my life in.

[mistsister]

My husband's trauma has just broken through for the very first time in 46 years and and he has no choice but to process it. He is autistic with alexithymia, and has zero idea about psychology, but i was raised on it. We are poor, can't afford doctors, and he can't conceive of talking to a stranger about the horrors he suffered. So i am listening, quietly, anytime something bubbles up. This will help immensely because his brain fog is so bad that he needs simple explanations with words to read along with your voice, so he can stop and read when he gets confused. Thank you.

[JosephJanitorius-pv]

Your video helped me understand my behavior over the past 70 years.

[nurfuis]

Thanks for sharing. I have been telling people this for years. "I know what the problem is. It is too much stress. I am working to reduce the stress. More resources (i.e. money) would help me manage that stress."

And look at the jobs available today. Even in the least stressful jobs I have had someone above me has found a way to make it more stressful than it needs to be. And I am an outstanding worker, so stressful.... lol.

Thanks again, felt like this one was made just for me.

[tiffanybluetarot]

I’ve had a mild version of this for years…but more recently, after going through a traumatic or high stress situation, I literally feel brain damaged. I even have to tell people, “Sorry, please bear with me, I’m having one of those episodes…” This video has helped me make some sense of the stuff I go through…now, if only I could find the fix!

[gutterpeach]

Experienced significant and repeated trauma within a short period of time due to a natural disaster. Life and death decisions. One after another after another. No time to think. No time to explain. My “support system” was a lie and I experienced what felt like the ultimate betrayal.

No time to think. No time to explain. No time to be angry. Get my family to a safe place. Get to a safe place. Get to a safe place. Hyper-vigilance and no sleep for two years afterwards. It’s been ~10 years and I’ve never been the same.

I felt concussed and, frankly, I believe I experienced a TBI. I’m confident this complex and cumulative trauma caused physical damage to my brain. I’ve asked several doctors if such trauma can cause brain injury but they are unable to answer.

This is interesting information. Thank you for sharing.

[Archisphera]

This is me. It makes my work as an architectural designer much more difficult. Sometimes, I just can’t.

[samanthafoster]

This explains my life and my children’s. Abuse ruins lives from one generation to the next.

[emr]

I was assaulted at work. I've been in and out of therapy for 8 years. 😢 I've been reclusive since. What you are explaining I've suffered since then. I've also realised I can't remember what I've just heard, read, watched or learnt.😢 For me, the assault triggered all the abuse I suffered. Physical, emotional, mental, sexual and spiritual. I avoid interaction with humans. 😢

[LarsPop-Tartus]

Woke up 6 years later in Florida feeling better luckily I got by for two years until social security kicked in. Before that tried working but kept quitting small jobs. I would up driving Uber burned through half of my savings but am now recovered. The fog lifted. Living a quiet modest life.

[kingsagenda]

I was in the store checkout last week and tried to pay for my food without scanning, tried to pay after I already paid and left without bagging my items. Two strangers had to help me figure things out. That has never happened to me before. I felt like a confused elderly person - I'm 43! It was very embarrassing and scary.