Today was a nice session with my psych. We talked about the physical stuff that happens with my body when I go into total-panic mode, like when I'm at Centrelink. Since I'm prone to forgetting things like this, I thought I'd write it down.
I don't remember the names of the places, but in the brain, different parts control different things. There's a part in the centre of the brain that process emotion, I'll call it the Walnut, and then it moves onto logical thought. But when people are in panic-mode not much makes it past the Walnut, because it just can't process that much, which is why traumatising things often come off as a blur when trying to remember them. This is what happens to me when I'm in Centrelink.
I totally flip my shit, get extremely over-stimulated, shut down and go into auto-pilot.
This makes me feel a lot more comfortable, knowing this. There's a physical thing behind this. You know why else it makes me comfortable? It's common. It's measurable. It's tangible. It's... real.
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