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Prologue

Fern Falls, Sonoma County, CA ©Darien A. Simon 2025

PART 1: With Sanctuaries (and Friends) Like These…

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Part 2: Healing and the Inner Parts Wars

FO:P 6: How CPTSD Develops

FO:P 6 Dysregulation

Jorina Elbers, Safwan Jaradeh, Ann Ming Yeh, Brenda Golianu, Wired for Threat: Clinical Features of Nervous System Dysregulation in 80 Children, Pediatric Neurology, Volume 89, 2018, Pages 39-48. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0887899418302716

FO:P 6: Structural Dissociation

Structural dissociation images from:
https://www.nicabm.com/working-with-structural-dissociation

FO:P 7 Inner Child

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FO:P 7 Neural Activity

Meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging studies in PTSD. Across various task designs, the amygdala and mid-ACC are hyperactive in PTSD whereas the lateral and medial prefrontal cortex are hypoactive for negative emotional stimuli vs. neutral and positive stimuli. Areas of hyperactivation in PTSD (PTSD > Control) are shown in yellow and areas of hypoactivation in PTSD (Control > PTSD) are shown in blue. AMY = amygdala, IFG = inferior frontal gyrus, L = left, mid-ACC =mid anterior cingulate cortex, R = right, vmPFC = ventromedial prefrontal cortex. Hayes JP, Vanelzakker MB, Shin LM. Emotion and cognition interactions in PTSD: a review of neurocognitive and neuroimaging studies. Front Integr Neurosci. 2012 Oct 9;6:89. doi: 10.3389/fnint.2012.00089. PMID: 23087624; PMCID: PMC3466464

FO:P 7 Memory

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FO:P 7 Cognition & Perception

Diffusion MRI of the human brain. Image courtesy of the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (www.ini.usc.edu).

FO:P 8 Emotional Dysregulation

©Darien A. Simon, 2025

FO:P 8 Attachment

https://www.themindsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Understanding-Attachment-Styles-For-Building-Better-2.jpg

FO:P 8 Self

https://www.beyondpsychub.com/what-is-self-concept-in-psychology/

PART 3: Commsfusions – the monologue wars

Image: Gerome Viavant; Sculpture by Callanander Milov. Milov’s sculpture, Love, appeared in the 2015 Burning Man festival, image from
https://drkaylenehenderson.com/understanding-the-impact-of-childhood-trauma/

FO:P 13 PTSD v. Autism

Image courtesy of Dr. Megan Anna Neff at Neurodivergent Insights https://neurodivergentinsights.com/ptsd-and-autism/

PART 4: Duelling Neurodivergences

https://swordis.com/blog/zweihander-sword/

FO:P 25 Stages of Grief

https://speakinggrief.org/get-better-at-grief/understanding-grief/no-step-by-step-process WPSU Penn State with Philanthropic Support from The New York Life Foundation, #wpsugrief and #nylfoundation

PART 5: Grieving the Tragedies of Loss

Albert György, Bronze Statue located at Lake Geneva, Switzerland, WPSU Penn State with Philanthropic Support from The New York Life Foundation, #wpsugrief and #nylfoundation

PART 6: Making peace with the unresolvable

Shutterstock image 463156046. by
Roman Mikhailiuk

ODII 6 Baba Yaga

FIN