![]() Many therapists won’t diagnose you with PTSD, as the ‘clinical diagnosis’ for PTSD is supposed to be from just one trauma, but other therapists and psychologists argue that really it’s the same. If there was any trauma in your childhood you thought was ‘behind you’, it could be the case. It starts as the symptoms of emotional shock ( ) but just doesn’t stop. And the result can be suddenly living as if you have a kind of long-term PTSD. The thing we are wondering is, given the not wanting to be touched/lost memories you mention… have you looked into PTSD? Sometimes, if we had childhood trauma that has been suppressed, a new traumatic event or series of emotional shocks can be like a trigger to all the long hidden stuff. She lives with c-PTSD and ADHD herself, so knows a thing or two about brain fog! Find her on Instagram of all, good for you for having good self-care skills and ruling out physical sides first. Darcy is a health and wellbeing writer as well as mentor who often writes about trauma, relationships, and ADHD. Not in the UK? Consider Skype Therapy.Īndrea M. Harley Therapy puts you in touch with some of London’s best psychotherapists and counselling psychologists. If it’s ongoing stress behind your foggy head, anxiety that won’t stop, you are also experiencing low moods, or if you suspect your brain fog is connected to adult ADHD or past trauma, it’s highly advisable to seek support.Ī professional counsellor or therapist can help you quickly ascertain what is driving your brain into a fog, as well at what steps you can now take to regain clarity of thought. Mindfulness has also been shown in clinical studies to help stress. Things like self-care and exercise are useful. This lowers your body’s ‘fight or flight’ mode, meaning you are less stimulated and your clear thoughts have a better chance of returning. Learning how to manage stress and anxiety is a good idea. And fatigue then adds to your inability to think straight. For example, the high levels of cortisol leave you buzzy but eventually lead to a crash. It’s an invigorating cocktail to provide enough energy to handle things, but it sends the brain into a spin that is ultimately exhausting. Then there are the hormones released when we feel stressed. ![]() And with ongoing anxiety, your brain can be in this ‘red alert’ state constantly. This is not only a switch in your regular brain functioning, it doesn’t seem to leave much of your brain space for other things. So you become less able to be rational and sort information and instead become hyper-vigilant. The amygdala (reaction to danger), however, is turned up. When your brain experiences a situation that causes stress or anxiety, the cortex (rationalisation) is turned down, along with the hippocampus (learning and memory). Why do things like stress and anxiety leave me with a foggy brain? Adult ADHDĪdult ADHD could cause something similar to brain fog, in that the mind is so active it can feel overloaded, and there can be moments of what can feel like ‘thought fatigue’ after hyperactive highs. bipolar disorderĪ large-scale study at the University of Michigan on 612 women who had bipolar disorder or depression found via brain scanning that they actually had different brain activity to the control group, helping explain their claim of having ‘fuzzy thinking’. depressionĭepression can leave sufferers feeling as if their mind is shut down or half asleep all the time (fatigue is also a symptom). Past trauma also causes dissociation, meaning you have a feeling you have left your body when stress hits, adding to your sense you can’t think straight. It also includes childhood abuse, which some feel leads to a sort of long-term PTSD. This can include things like a past bereavement or broken home. Single again, Tala flies back to London-but it will take more than just a date set up by Ali and Leyla's sister Zara to win Leyla back.By: DFID – UK Department for International Development ![]() Meanwhile heartbroken Leyla relishes her newly found sense of identity and self-respect and moves on with her new life-much to the shock of her tradition-loving Indian parents. As family members descend and the wedding day approaches, simmering family tensions come to boiling point and the pressure mounts for Tala to be true to herself. But Tala is not ready to accept the implications of the choice her heart has made and escapes back to Jordan where her chain-smoking high-brow mother finishes preparations for an ostentatious wedding. Tala's feisty nature provokes Leyla out of her shell and soon both women reveal their feelings for each other. Spirited Christian Tala and shy Muslim Leyla could not be more different from each other but the attraction is immediate. Tala, a London-based Jordanian of Palestinian origin prepares for an elaborate wedding with her Jordanian fiancé, when she encounters Leyla, a young British Indian woman who is dating her best friend Ali.
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