Traumatic Brain Injury = brain injury as the result of destructive action from external causes, such as a blow to the head.
Chronic Brain Injury = a term I coined to reference a progressive deterioration of the brain from inflammation caused by poor diet, lack of exercise and ongoing stress. The culprit in Chronic Brain Injury is Inflammation. Inflammation is caused by:
In short bursts, the “fight or flight response” generated by the sympathetic nervous system is functional. But over a lifetime, getting stuck in this mode doesn’t permit the brain to rest. The result is chronic overdrive and deteriorated functioning of the brain. Two parts of the brain affected by stress are the hippocampus (memory) and the amygdala (emotional expression). According to researchers, with chronic toxic stress, our brains respond by discounting factual information (memory) and rely heavily on emotional experiences (amygdala). So our experience goes out the window and we react! What can we do to heal the chronic effects of inflammation?
Being human isn't easy if you hadn't noticed!
In her book "The Highly Sensitive Person," Elaine Aron shares that 10% of the population consists of HSPs. They are the insurance policy for humanity since they are careful and would rather be safe than sorry. They aren't skydiving, surfing, or dating on the internet. Medications affect them differently than the rest of us. They are considered shy, sometimes antisocial and are over-diagnosed with an array of pathological labels. They are definitely "othered." Through history various religious explanations have surfaced for what we're all doing here in our bodies. We know the state of embodiment is temporary, but there seems to be a universal belief that there is something that shows up as "us," and then seems to discard the body and "go back." I guess we could call that "disembodiment." The mystery of life and death runs through every culture. I'm wondering if the ten-percenters are reluctant to go through the bumpy road of life expressed in a body? We endure crazy opposites as the pendulum of experience swings (happiness/sadness, health/illness, love/hate, rich/poor, life/death… on and on.) The joy and bliss that highly evolved, spiritually aware people experience doesn't run them ragged between opposites. Those who are born highly sensitive have an immediate, innate understanding that the journey they're about to experience is several notches below where they originated so they are reluctantly embodied. This may sound too "out there" for some people, but probably not for the ten-percenters. If there's a ten-percenter reading this, they might be saying, "Ohhh…yesss!" Maybe everyone, looking deeper into our life's experience will say the same thing… With love, Rosanne Bostonian Many of us regard current American politics as a dumpster fire. I’m not sure if our friends in the UK have been watching because in the wings over “the pond” is a candidate for Prime Minister named Boris Johnson.
I’m fascinated with the similarities between Misters Trump and Johnson. The two of them standing next to each other would create a vortex, a black hole into which worlds may disappear. They are both stocky middle-aged men. Johnson is said to be a philanderer, a liar and corrupt to the core. Not coincidentally, his hair appears to have been “styled” with the use of a Mix Master. Sound familiar? The only solace is a homeopathic principle call a “healing crisis.” Fevers peak before true healing occurs. If this bizarre landscape is the purging of an infection, I hope what lies ahead is health and prosperity. For now, we’re running a fever and sweating under the sheets. With love, Rosanne Bostonian |
AuthorDr. Rosanne Bostonian often travels to her second home in rural Florida, where she enjoys relaxing to the sounds of nature. An avid reader, she also fosters her own spiritual growth by reading top spiritual authors, including Eckhart Tolle, Pema Chodron, and Marianne Williamson. This website uses marketing and tracking technologies. Opting out of this will opt you out of all cookies, except for those needed to run the website. Note that some products may not work as well without tracking cookies. Opt Out of CookiesArchives
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