Childhood Disrupted by Nakazawa, Donna Jackson -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Dedication Introduction Take the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Survey Part I: How It Is We Become Who We Are

Chapter One: Every Adult Was Once a Child

The Philosophical Physicians Time Does Not Heal All Wounds The Body Remembers—and Will Tell Its Tale The New Theory of Everything Even “Mild” Childhood Adversity Matters

Chapter Two: Different Adversities Lead to Similar Health Problems

How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology Why Stress Is More Damaging to a Child Medical Adverse Experience Flipping Crucial Genetic Switches The Ever-Alert Child The Rattled Cage The Difficulty of Not Knowing The Sadness Seed How Early Adversity Changes the Shape and Size of the Brain The Inflamed Brain A Perfect Storm: Childhood Stress, Brain Pruning, and Adolescence The Walking Wounded The Really Good News

Chapter Three: Why Do Some Suffer More than Others?

The Theory of Good Wobble The Heavy Price We Pay for Secrets The Power of Having Just One Reliable Adult The Sensitivity Gene The Perception Puzzle Rashomon Revisited—or How We Remember

Chapter Five: The Good Enough Family

When You Hope to Be a Better Parent than Your Parents Were The Reactive Parent It’s Hard to Give What Your Brain Never Received How Children Absorb Their Parents’ Stress Parental Stress Translates into a Child’s Pain Nonparental Stressors: School and Friends Early Biology Affects Later Relationships The Neurobiology of Love Attachment to Others Is a Biological Process

Chapter Six: Beginning Your Healing Journey

1. Take the ACE Survey 2. Find Out Your Resilience Score 3. Write to Heal 4. Draw It 5. Mindfulness Meditation—the Best Method for Repairing the Brain 6. Tai Chi and Qigong 7. Mindsight 8. Loving-kindness 9. Forgiveness 10. Mending the Body, Moving the Body 11. Managing the Mind Through the Gut 12. Only Connect

Chapter Seven: Seeking Professional Help to Heal from Post Childhood Adversity Syndrome

1. Therapy Matters 2. Somatic Experiencing 3. Guided Imagery, Creative Visualization, and Hypnosis 4. Neurofeedback 5. EMDR and Desensitizing Memory

1. Manage Your Own “Baggage” 2. Don’t Confuse Chronic Unpredictable Toxic Stress with Childhood Challenges that Foster Resilience 3. Instill the Four S’s in Your Children 4. Look into Your Child’s Eyes 5. If You Lose It, Apologize—Right Away 6. Validate and Normalize All of Your Child’s Emotions 7. Amplify the Good Feelings 8. Stop, Look, Go 9. Give a Name to Difficult Emotions 10. The Incredible Power of the Twenty-Second Hug 11. Make “What’s Happening” a Safe and Open Conversation 12. Reframe Stories of Intergenerational Trauma 13. A Child Needs a Reliable Adult or Mentor 14. Bring Mindfulness into Schools

In Conclusion

New Medical Horizons Hopeful Frontiers in Pediatric Medicine

Let’s Continue the Conversation about Adverse Childhood Experiences Acknowledgments About Donna Jackson Nakazawa Notes Resources and Further Reading Index Copyright