097 -Understanding the Mind-Body Connection: The Interaction Between Neurotransmitters, Thoughts & Emotions

Summary: The Mind-Body Connection Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes PhD, LPC-MHSP, LMHC Executive Director, AllCEUs Host, Counselor Toolbox President, Recovery and Resilience International Counseling continuing education can be earned for this presentation at <a href="https://www.allceus.com/member/cart/index/product/id/570/c/">https://www.allceus.com/member/cart/index/product/id/570/c/</a> Objectives ~ Learn about your central control center, the brain ~ What role does it play in ~ Emotions ~ Thoughts ~ Physical Reactions/Sensations ~ How things can go wrong ~ How to fix those things The Brain ~ Your central control center ~ Takes in information ~ Compares it to what it already knows (or thinks it knows) from prior experiences ~ Makes a decision about what to do. ~ Based on that decision it activates action centers which excrete neurotransmitters in order to produce the desired reaction. Neurotransmitters and Mood Creation ~ Chemical messengers take “orders” to and from the brain through the nervous system ~ The Big 5 fall into 2 main categories ~ Excitatory: ~ Dopamine = Pleasure ~ Norepinepherine & Glutamate: Motivation and stimulation (get-up-and-go) ~ Inhibitory: ~ GABA – Relax ~ Serotonin – Calming, contentment Neurotransmitters Function ~ Emotional ~ Happiness ~ Sadness ~ Anger & Fear ~ Mental ~ Concentration ~ Learning ~ Decision Making ~ Physical ~ Sleep behavior ~ Eating behavior ~ Libido ~ Gastrointestinal Functioning/motility ~ Pain perception Think About It ~ What is your body’s response when you are ~ “Afraid” ~ “Angry” ~ “Depressed” Mood Disorders ~ An imbalance in neurotransmitters will cause emotional, mental, or physical “distress” ~ What causes imbalances ~ Reduced Flow & Insufficiency ~ Too much “stress” for too long ~ Addictive behaviors ~ Medications ~ Poor nutrition ~ Insufficient sleep Neurotransmitters, Addiction & Black Friday ~ Normal day ~ Normal store capacity is 750 people. ~ The store needs a constant 500 to stay open ~ The store has 8 doors to allows for people to easily enter and exit without getting “bunched” ~ Black Friday ~ 1500 people push through the door as soon as it opens ~ Store is destroyed ~ Staff is exhausted ~ Takes time to restock and refresh staff ~ Management closes all but two doors and adds security guards to manage flow Where Does the Information Come From ~ Your Stress Sensor: Peripheral Nervous System ~ Your nervous system continues to feed the brain information about whether the threat is: ~ Continuing and something else needs to be done ~ Subsiding and your brain can tell your body to relax. ~ How does all this happen? ~ How does the brain “know” what is threatening? Lets find out… The Brain ~ When you were born, there were very few things that were “meaningful” ~ You assigned meaning to things through observation and experience ~ When something happens you compare it to prior experiences to decide what to do The Brain ~ Unfortunately until about age 7 children’s interpretation of behavior is: ~ Centric—Based on one thing at a time ~ Concrete ~ All-or-nothing ~ Egocentric ~ Things you learned as a child may be: ~ Inaccurate ~ No longer applicable The Brain ~ Interpretations are only as good as: ~ T

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097 -Understanding the Mind-Body Connection: The Interaction Between Neurotransmitters, Thoughts & Emotions