Health Psych week 1-6

Question 1

safety vs stress

Answer 1

autonomic set point

complete natural stress cycle

Question 2

safety

Answer 2

physiologic state, perception and relational experience

not the absence of threat, it is the presence of connection

Question 3

neuroception

Answer 3

individualized, subconscious process that determines our state of activation

based on external (envo) and internal (sensations, emotions, beliefs) cues developed via life experience

inputs go into brainstem

activate HPA axis and ANS and limbic system

Question 4

degrees of stress

Answer 4

positive: brief, elevated stress hormomes

tolerable; serious but temporary

toxic; intense and prolonged, no buffering relationships

Question 5

stress slide 25 wk 1

Answer 5

stress hormones –> effects immune, metabolic, respiratory, neurologic –> changes susceptibility to illness and can lead to chronic illness

Question 6

polyval theory of safety

Answer 6

feelings of safety emerge from internal physiological states regulated by the ANS –> influence mental and physical health, social relationships, cognitive processes, behavioural repertoire, and serving as a neurophysiological susbstate

want to down regulate threat (fight, flight) and up regulate homeostasis (ventral vagal, social engage)

when feel safe can grow and restore and let others too (co regulate)

Question 7

adversity

Answer 7

causes mental and physical health consequences in the ANS, locked into states of defence

Question 8

neuroception

Answer 8

neural process to see if envo is safe or dangerous

Question 9

if in SNS and dorsal vagal

Answer 9

hard to trust, feel safe and coregulate

Question 10

social connections

Answer 10

coregulate can help down regulate threat

Question 11

stress

Answer 11

triggering a bodily state of threat and reorganizing the autonomic nervous system to promote survival

disrupts autonomic state and metabolic resources that are needed for homeostasis

Question 12

interpersonal neurobiology

Answer 12

our brains are shaped through our relationships with significant others

Question 13

Developmental trayma

Answer 13

not what happens to you, but what happens within

wounded without immediate capacity to heal the wound

young kids traumatized when attuned attention and responsive interaction with parent is unmet

we are born connected to gut feelings, trauma leads to self protection and disconnecting from out feelingsc

Question 14

cant seperate biological from emotional and social

Answer 14

emotions are inseparable from nervous system, gut, immune and hormones

Question 15

neurologic response of stress

Answer 15

dysregulated SAM and HPA axes; autonomic imbalances

Question 16

immunologic/inflammatory response to stress

Answer 16

increase Th2, inhibit anti-ifnlmmatory, gut dysbiosis, increase risk of infection, autoimmune, cancers, cardiometabolic disroders

Question 17

endocrine response to stress

Answer 17

change growth hormone, thyroid hormone, pubertal hormonal axes

Question 18

epigenetic response to stress

Answer 18

change DNA transcription; telomere erosion – increase risk for disease, cancer, mortality

Question 19

ACEs are associated w 9/10 leading causes of death

Answer 19

heart disease, cancer, stroke, dementia, diabetes, sucidie, …

Question 20

3 realms of ACEs

Answer 20

1. household
2. environments
3. community

Question 21

3 core human needs

Answer 21

safety
belonging
matter

safety within oneself, with others, in the world, within community, within environment

belonging; being connected, being included etc

mattering; being cared for, heard, seen, affirmed, valued

Question 22

attachment

Answer 22

meeting discomfort and distress with reliable, loving care so as to soothe the baby/young child and establish CNS patterns of trust, security, and comfort. It’s not about just one behaviour (eg: responding in 1 second when a baby cries) but about providing consistent and kind response that regulates and entrains emotional health and a healthy stress system.

Question 23

attachment styles

Answer 23

1. secure (ventral vagal)

3 insecure styles::

2. anxious (high dependecen, low avoidance) (sympathetic)
3. avoidant (low dependence, high avoidance) (dorsal vagal)
4. disorganized (high dependcen, high avoidance) (freeze)

Question 24

what causes an insecure attachment style

Answer 24

shame–> a belief that I am flawed; there is something inherently wrong with me that is not fixable; if others knew the real me they would reject me

Question 25

attending

Answer 25

Tracking autonomic states

Noticing and being able to describe the physical/sensory experience of different states- both large shifts and subtle changes

Question 26

authenticity vs attachment

Answer 26

if need to fit in to get needs met will suppress emotions to keep connections

Question 27

what does OARS stand for

Answer 27

Open-ended questions

Affirmation and acknowledgement

Reflection of content + emotion + meaning

Summaries – smiles - silence