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Cortisols are hormones produced by the adrenal glands to help us humans respond to stress.
Cortisols can be harmful to your child's brain. Long term stress causes cortisol so to stay around and cause sensitivity and anxiety.
If negative contact is made; being shouted at, criticism verbalised or physical punished and ignored these hormones are blocked and not released. The longer this is allowed to happen, the higher the stressed state and more the long term damage is done.
The Cortisol cycle.
Cortisols -overwhelmed -fearful -unhappy -perception of thoughts and feelings - sense of threat - adrenaline -heart goes faster -release of glucose -fat released -high energy -strong feelings -anxiety, anger, aggression. Outcome becomes negative.
Comfort through voice and touch can turn off the cortisols. When positive physical or verbal contact is given from the parent to the child the brain is flooded with oxytocins and opioids.
Opioid and Oxytocin cycle.
Cortisols -overwhelmed -positive touch -empathy -reflection - release of opioids -release of oxytocins -reduction of stress -a child who is helped.
A child that is made to feel safe and supported, calm internally, ease with themselves and responsive to those around them; the outcome are then positive.
These are import cycles of hormones in rupture and repair of the carer child relationships and attachment of the child with the primary carer, these can make a difference to the positive or negative outcome in the social environments of the child.
The cortisol cycle giving a negative outcome and the opioid and oxytocin giving a positive outcome.
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