1月10 创伤与健康
创伤到底是什么意思，因为它关系到你的健康? At a previous employer where I wanted to begin a trauma program, the board of directors thought I meant something like what happens in an emergency room. 哈哈! 我显然不是这个意思. What I meant by trauma is “a deeply distressing or disturbing experience”. 另一种定义是“身体伤害” 牛津大学 定义它. Clearly a physical injury can be a very traumatic and distressing emotional experience that can lead to such things as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). And traumatic emotional experiences can subsequently cause a physical impact. 想想言语虐待. It doesn’t overtly cause a physical injury but what we know is that any kind of extended trauma, 包括语言虐待, 会引起身体症状并影响你的健康吗. 你可能会问，这是怎么发生的?
When your body becomes stressed you produce more adrenaline. 肾上腺素 is a hormone and neurotransmitter that is basically your “fight or flight” response. 肾上腺素 causes your heart to race and prepares you to react to whatever stimulus is causing you anxiety (stress). 虽然这在某些情况下很有帮助, 比如一只愤怒的狗在追你, 如果它在很长一段时间内反复发生, 你更有可能有更强的肾上腺素激增. Eventually your body will wear down due to the ongoing stress. 这可能会导致自身免疫问题, 心血管疾病, 或者其他一些慢性疾病 条件.
While it may be typical for most of us to think that we can just get over stressful events in our life, 通常情况并非如此. Our bodies and our personalities have their own way of dealing with trauma and stress.
We also now know that experiencing stressful events as children will have impacts later in life. These are often referred to as adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs. In the mid to late 90’s, the CDC and Kaiser Permanente conducted one of the largest 研究 on how traumatic events experienced in childhood impact later health and wellbeing. The study showed that these events can impact many areas of one’s life as an adult. This includes employment, education, drug/alcohol abuse, cancer, diabetes and more. And the more adverse experiences one has, the more significant they become later in life.
While it may be typical for most of us to think that we can just get over stressful events in our life, 通常情况并非如此. Our bodies and our personalities have their own way of dealing with trauma and stress. They can be internalized (holding our feelings in or repressing them) or externalized (expressing our feelings). 这两种情况都会引起问题. We all know the person who tends to blow up and act out…which would be externalizing their feelings in a negative way. And we likely know people who internalize their feelings and keep them bottled up. Either way, stress and trauma eventually appear in one form or another.
作为雇主，我们在工作场所看到了这种情况. Having a basic understanding of stress and trauma and the impact it can have may help us with tolerance and understanding for those who (unbeknownst to us) may have experienced significant trauma. If you think you may have someone dealing with this or any other mental health issue, the first thing you can do is contact your employee assistance program (EAP). They will consult with you and can offer support to your employee. I have found EAP’s to be very helpful and can offer expertise to deal with whatever the behavior or situation may be. 在之前的一篇博文中，我们研究了 power of mindfulness in reducing stress, anxiety, and depression. If you need more information on this topic, don’t hesitate to contact 马特, Dr. 摩尔, or 我自己 在新澳门葡京赌场app工作.
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