“Family and neighborhood violence, emotional abuse, being in foster care, and feeling discriminated against can all be sources of trauma. ”
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Half or more people experience at least some trauma in their lives and about 6% of adults will have post traumatic stress disorder at some point, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. That’s when people find it hard to engage in normal activities for months on end as a consequence of that trauma, the department says.
Fradkin explained that structures at the front and top of the brain control things like thinking and planning, while the structures at the inside and the base handle more instinctive functions. And he explained how trauma affects those structures’ interactions with each other. If enough of those experiences accumulate, they can disrupt neurological, emotional, and cognitive development and have been associated with greater rates of addiction, depression, criminal conduct, and early death, Fradkin said.
In prison, Van Hook amassed scores of disciplinary violations, including stabbing a fellow death-row inmate in the face. But in the minutes after his execution, Joe D’Ambrosio, who served 22 years on death row with Van Hook, said he was a damaged person who didn’t get the help that he needed.
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