Toys Tetris Can Heal Trauma

If you want to give the game to the victims of natural disasters to heal traumatic experiences Tetris choose a toy. This toy is more potent to overcome stress disorder due to traumatic experiences than snake ladder game.

Researchers from Oxford University, Emily Holmes proved that after conducting two experiments. The first experiment involved 60 participants while the second involved 75 participants, all were adults in good health.

In the first experiment, participants were told to watch movies featuring scenes of death and violence. After 30 minutes the movie ended, participants were divided into 3 groups with different treatments.

The first group played Tetris for 10 minutes, group 2 play games themed quizzes and final group did not do anything. Over the next few weeks, participants were asked to keep a diary about the emergence of bad memories from the movie.

The second experiment conducted in the same way, only the number of participants involved more. The difference this time participants were given a longer interval since the movie ended, ie, 2 hours.

Quoted from WebMD, Friday (12/11/2010), both of these experiments prove that the participants who play Tetris less experienced bad memories.

Researchers suspect arranging puzzle game Tetris can balance the two channels in the brain, ie, sensory canals and canal conceptual. Traumatic events usually make the activity more active sensory canals so prone to bad memories.

Look out! Can trauma to the Children, grandchildren Descending

Natural disasters and terror attacks not only causes psychological disorders, but also the biological impact. Trauma victims who felt able to trigger changes in DNA structure, so it can be passed on to offspring in the next generation.

This occurs in the offspring of survivors in the Holocaust or the massacre of Jews by the Nazis. Although no direct experience, most of whom have low cortisol levels are generally triggered by post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

In another study, Prof. Eric Richard of the University of St. Louis revealed a similar pattern to the victims of World War II. Offspring, especially the female had a 2 times higher risk for schizophrenia (crazy).

Both examples show that trauma is not just a psychological disorder. This disorder is believed to provide a biological effect, because the only factor that determines the inherited trait is the structure of DNA or deoksiribo nuleus.

Experts suspect that this phenomenon occurs because of trauma triggers changes in the structure of DNA. That change is called DNA methylation, the addition or subtraction of methyl groups one of the genes in a person who experienced trauma.

To prove these allegations, Prof. Isabel Mansuy from the University of Zurich conducted experiments with rats. Quoted from the Telegraph on Wednesday (24/11/2010), he separated pups from their mothers who experience stress, to be combined with healthy rats.

Apparently in its development, children are more prone rats stressed though not stay the same cage with its mother that it was stress. This means that children inherit the rats were more easily risk factor for stress.

Stress Can Make People Forget

When someone is very busy or the stress of work that piled up, sometimes it becomes forget certain things or can not answer questions of others. Why stress can make a person forgetful?


One fact that there is stress can inhibit the brain's ability to learn something new, or remember things that long.


When someone is trying hard to remember, the more it will not be given. So if someone sometimes felt 'blank' when under stress is something normal.


Another thing that often happens is if someone had given up thinking about it or relaxed condition, then the thing to keep in mind it could suddenly appear in the mind.


As quoted from Health.com on Thursday (12/02/2010) when someone is busy or stressed, the brain is trying hard to focus on doing those things. These conditions make access to other memory becomes obstructed, so that someone be forgotten.


During a person's stress, the body responds by releasing hormones that can trigger physical changes as well as the heart muscle to beat faster and tense. If a very depressed person sometimes can be a sweat, despite the ambient temperature is not hot.


Hormones are released into the bloodstream during stress also affects the brain and one's ability to think or remember something. These conditions make someone forget to remember things that are detailed or even simple things, like the friend's name beside it or what it will do.


Constant exposure to stress can cause damage in the hippocampus of the brain regions, whereas the hippocampus is an important brain structure associated with declarative memory and also the fact.


For that if it is feeling stressed, try to relax by doing a little stretch, walk around for a while, drinking water, or relaxation techniques such as closed eyes, breathing techniques and also sit back while leaning.


Do not be too often stressed because of the greater pelupanya.

Is there a Man ​​Have No Fear?

Fear is something inherent in humans that is more psychological. But there are peoplewho live without fear is not because he was smart to overcome fear, but because of his anatomy like that. Who is he?


A mother in the United States suffered from a rare disease that made him have no fear of any threat. This condition attracted the attention of researchers to develop therapiesfor patients with post-traumatic stress.


BC Women's initials are believed to suffer from a disease that cost him part of the braincalled the amygdala. The part that is said to have almond-like structure is a centralarrangement of fear.


The disease makes the 44-year-old woman who has had 3 children have no fear at all.Snakes, scorpions and even death threats did not make him shudder with fear.


SM acknowledges children, his mother was strange because usually rounded up the serpent in the garden. BC reportedly ignored death threats when one day he was confronted by robbers, until finally the robber who actually lose your nerve.

"At that time I was 30 years, there are drunken man pointing a knife at me. I said if you want to kill me, skip the angels of God are watching over me. Then the man instead of fear," said BC is in his daily life was very religious and devout worship.


Dr. Justin Feinstein, researchers from the University of Iowa said the condition of SMhas been observed in the last 20 years. An observation that women are not even able to recognize fear in facial expressions of others.


In a research report published in the journal Current Biology, issue of December 16, 2010, Dr. Feinstein said the condition could inspire BC therapy for patients with post-traumatic stress disorder

Cause of Women Fear of Horror Films Found

Movies that show scenes of scary or horror is generally preferred by men and women be avoided. Now the reason why women are afraid to horror movies found.


A study found that women were more likely to anticipate the scary scene that appears in front of it, these conditions make women more fearful than men when watching a horror movie.


When watching a horror movie, women are always guessing the more negative the next scene as a form of anticipation, while men just enjoy the spectacle before him.


Researchers know this because when given a warning about the extreme violence orhorror the woman's brain will immediately respond by doing an act, while the male brainto stay calm until the incident occurred or revealed.


The results of these studies have shown that the anticipation of something bad hascaused quite a reaction in the female brain, but not for men, as quoted by Medindia on Tuesday (09/06/2011).

Also when women are faced with something that is negative then it would be faster to respond emotionally as a result of activity in the brain that affects memory. If precautionis done while watching a horror movie great, the more it will remember the scene.


Anticipating an unpleasant events can help prepare the body's reaction to a threatening situation. But if anticipation is done is excessive it can cause psychiatric disorders such as anxiety and depression.


The study was conducted by researchers from University College London who studieshow gender anticipation of unpleasant events. A total of 30 participants measured brainactivity while viewing positive scenery (landscapes peace) and negative views (extreme violence).

Rare illness, Skin Blisters When Touched

Hollie Shaw, 7, are always screaming in pain, each time changing clothes. A little touchon his body have made her skin abrasions and blisters. In fact, often peeling.


"I held her hand when she learned rollerblades, and occurring skin peeled off and stuckhis hand in the palm of my hand," said his mother, Leah Taylor, as quoted by the DailyMail.


Hollie had a rare genetic disorder that makes the skin lose adhesion so that so easilyscratched and peeling. I was so fragile, people often called a butterfly wing skin. While the medical world called epidermolysis bullosa (EB).


The little girl from Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, was living with torture wounds on his body, especially the back area and legs. He even had to eat with a hose because his throat hurt too easily when rubbed food.


The majority of patients with EB can not live over 30 years. In addition to woundvulnerable to infection due to growing all the time, patients are also at high risk ofdeveloping cancer.


Demi prevent infection, Leah always treat wounds all over his body of his daughter everyday. He also bathe and change clothes every three days. In addition to putting onprotective shirts to hand and fingers her daughter, Leah also provides wheelchairs foractivities in the house.

"In school, her friends all know and always be careful when you are around him, but thatbecomes a problem when Hollie was in the midst of strangers," he said. "I wish he couldenjoy a normal childhood, but I should be very careful."


Living in the torture did not make the Hollie glum. "When dressed he was always cryingand screaming in pain, but after he went cheerfully back and play like other children, he was always smiling, he was extraordinary great," said Leah.