Stress On the Brain 05/13/18
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Summary: Chronic stress, or long-lasting stress, can make you feel isolated, overwhelmed and make you have sudden changes in mood. An example of chronic stress is getting overworked on a regular basis. When you are overworked and you are stressed about what you have to complete the size, function, and structure of your brain are affected. After a natural disaster, people are overcome with feeling shock, but that eventually morphs into guilt, depression, and anxiety. People who are suffering from the loss of a loved one, can feel helpless and powerless. The traumatic effects of natural disasters, no matter the natural disaster, show that victims suffer from PTSD and guilt of surviving. This is because, although not all disasters are the same, the survivors all endured a catastrophic, life-changing event, in which they experienced loss. However, the traumatic effects of a natural disaster are different on the brain, depending on the disaster, because survivors experience different lengths of PTSD or trauma after the event. Also, specific traits to the person who lived through it can add more stress. For example, if someone who lived through a hurricane lost their job, they will have more stress than someone who didn't.
S&EP-Communicating Information: A critical part of science is communicating your findings, and my group and I did so, by creating a flyer to help people who have survived a natural disaster care for their mental health through this devastating time. Some advice we gave was to volunteer your time connect with others who have survived the same disasters as you. This way, you can establish a friendship that will help you feel less isolated and give you a sense of purpose. Additionally, people who are stressed can practice yoga and meditation to put their mind at ease. Lastly, we said that writing down your thoughts can give you a chance to release and frustrations, which will relieve you of stress. All in all, the information we compiled to communicate with others would help people stay healthy after dealing with a traumatic, life-altering disaster.
XCC-Cause and Effect: While creating a flyer to help survivors of a natural disaster care for their mental health, I discovered cause and effect relationships. For instance, when you begin to experience chronic stress your mental health worsens until you can't remember or learn new information. This is because when placed in a stressful situation, your HPA axis begins to work and release cortisol. Cortisol helps you make choices and react quickly. Although being occasionally stressed isn't bad for your health, overexposure to cortisol deteriorates your brain, more specifically the hippocampus which controls memory, learning, and stress control. Another cause and effect relationship would be that meditation and exercise can replenish your mental health. This is due to the fact that both activities involve deep breaths and give you time to focus on your surroundings. Also, it enlarges your hippocampus, partially reversing the effects of too much cortisol on the brain. Additionally, survivors of a natural disaster can experience different stress levels and reaction depending on the disaster they lived through. An example of this would be that, how much harm the specific disaster caused and how long the disaster lasted. Overall, there are many cause and effect relationships between stress, your mental health, and natural disasters.
Multiplier: This week I was a mutant, to be more specific an initiator because I offered to share fun facts about stress to help my group complete the flyer.
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Summary: Chronic stress, or long-lasting stress, can make you feel isolated, overwhelmed and make you have sudden changes in mood. An example of chronic stress is getting overworked on a regular basis. When you are overworked and you are stressed about what you have to complete the size, function, and structure of your brain are affected. After a natural disaster, people are overcome with feeling shock, but that eventually morphs into guilt, depression, and anxiety. People who are suffering from the loss of a loved one, can feel helpless and powerless. The traumatic effects of natural disasters, no matter the natural disaster, show that victims suffer from PTSD and guilt of surviving. This is because, although not all disasters are the same, the survivors all endured a catastrophic, life-changing event, in which they experienced loss. However, the traumatic effects of a natural disaster are different on the brain, depending on the disaster, because survivors experience different lengths of PTSD or trauma after the event. Also, specific traits to the person who lived through it can add more stress. For example, if someone who lived through a hurricane lost their job, they will have more stress than someone who didn't.
S&EP-Communicating Information: A critical part of science is communicating your findings, and my group and I did so, by creating a flyer to help people who have survived a natural disaster care for their mental health through this devastating time. Some advice we gave was to volunteer your time connect with others who have survived the same disasters as you. This way, you can establish a friendship that will help you feel less isolated and give you a sense of purpose. Additionally, people who are stressed can practice yoga and meditation to put their mind at ease. Lastly, we said that writing down your thoughts can give you a chance to release and frustrations, which will relieve you of stress. All in all, the information we compiled to communicate with others would help people stay healthy after dealing with a traumatic, life-altering disaster.
XCC-Cause and Effect: While creating a flyer to help survivors of a natural disaster care for their mental health, I discovered cause and effect relationships. For instance, when you begin to experience chronic stress your mental health worsens until you can't remember or learn new information. This is because when placed in a stressful situation, your HPA axis begins to work and release cortisol. Cortisol helps you make choices and react quickly. Although being occasionally stressed isn't bad for your health, overexposure to cortisol deteriorates your brain, more specifically the hippocampus which controls memory, learning, and stress control. Another cause and effect relationship would be that meditation and exercise can replenish your mental health. This is due to the fact that both activities involve deep breaths and give you time to focus on your surroundings. Also, it enlarges your hippocampus, partially reversing the effects of too much cortisol on the brain. Additionally, survivors of a natural disaster can experience different stress levels and reaction depending on the disaster they lived through. An example of this would be that, how much harm the specific disaster caused and how long the disaster lasted. Overall, there are many cause and effect relationships between stress, your mental health, and natural disasters.
Multiplier: This week I was a mutant, to be more specific an initiator because I offered to share fun facts about stress to help my group complete the flyer.
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