Raised By Abuse
Dr. Gary Bell's Absurd Psychology
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The Effects of Verbal Abuse on the Brain
The hippocampus, which regulates emotion and the prefrontal cortex, which is what makes us human, that they all are impacted by a hostile situation. The circuitry for physical and emotional pain are one and the same. And so social rejection hurts literally. Gaslighting means you're told that you're crazy, but you know you're not.
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