I think Alzheimer’s and dementia is a stress response and it’s neurotoxicity. I think it can be one or the other or both for any individual. I’m glad this was mentioned. That’s good to hear others, especially professionals who are thinking along the same lines as I am.
Many people suffer GREATLY without meds I believe I'm one of them If you wean off your meds, what is going to stop your underlying condition from surfacing? Why is this never discussed?
@@bobtaylor170 The trauma can be constant verbal emotional & psychological abuse & neglect. We can only focus on that which helps us. Every person on earth experiences trauma. Writing has been shown to help people handle emotional distress better than talking. Or pills. Write a list. Your favourite words. Anything. Get your feelings out on the page or screen. You're not mentally ill. You're a human being having an understandable reaction to circumstance. At the rate we're going, we're all going to be in the laughing academy, drugged up to the eyeballs. Life is suffering. The Buddhists say it. The Christians say it. Give yourself your dignity back & say : Hey - i'm human. Respect your limits. Respect the fact you survived. Acknowledge your strength ! Get writing...you'll get in contact with the one you really need - you !
@@kimlec3592 , of course, trauma doesn't have to be physical. And no one should take a pill or a treatment he can do without. But for some of us, trauma is extremely physical as well as emotional. I'm a mass murder survivor with two physical disabilities which will be with me for the rest of my life. No writing one's way out of that! A mistake people of all kinds who are ill make frequently is to presume that other people's illnesses might be helped by whatever helps theirs.
I applauded when I learned that CA was paying doctors for ACE's administration. Forgetting labels, identifying persons (expectant parents, for example) who have high ACE scores is merely identifying persons likely to be in need of support services, which might then, in an ideal world, be provided. This is a long-range goal, therefore difficult, but the costs down the road for mental health services, healthcare costs, addiction treatment, corrections, etc. AND suffering and loss of life require what would be a large investment. More cost effective to medicate symptoms and provide CBT and expect intergenerational trauma to be "cured." Ludicrous, it is.
