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if the soil of the "ugh field" is stress, which produces the classic (and sometimes irrational) neuroendrocrine cascade within seconds, then this lecture may prove helpful ~ 'Stress, Neurodegeneration and Individual Differences' by Robert Sapolsky http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1877467554618436978#

from the The Grass Traveling Scientist Program ~ Dr. Robert M. Sapolsky, Stanford University's Dept. of Biological Sciences in a seminar sponsored by the Dept. of VCAPP and the Northern Rocky Mtn. Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience.

hi ~ 61 yo here

amateur interest in neuroscience, nature of consciousness, & the irrational thought processing/response involved in PTSD (the flashback, “a past incident recurring vividly in the mind,” is driven initially by epinephrine, followed by glucocorticoids, most notably cortisol. This happens with lightening speed deep in the limbic system where ‘triggers’ or stressor patterns of association have formed around the traumatic memories. Recognizing and defusing or reducing this neuroendocrine bath, when it is an inappropriate response from the past, is an important key in unlocking the complexity of the PTSD)