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PTSD Episode 2. A Brain Under Threat
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A child flinches at a loud sound before they can even think. A ten-year-old who survived a car crash scans every passing vehicle months later and can’t stop the nightmares. These aren’t quirks or “overreactions” they’re clues. When a young person lives through overwhelming danger, the brain can reorganize around survival, and the nervous system can stay on standby as if the threat might return at any moment.
We unpack the core neuroscience of childhood trauma and PTSD in a way that’s clear and grounded: how the amygdala works like an internal alarm, why fight flight freeze…
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