: Nancy Dawson
: Epidemics: Fear and the Dementia Connection The Neural Consequences of Emotion Constriction
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: 9781098385804
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'Epidemics: Fear and the Dementia Connection' is a unique academic look at the connection between the emotion of fear-more specifically, fear fueled by the epidemics. With more than 40 years' experience, author Nancy Holm Dawson addresses the powerful effects of fear and the evidence-based interventions that immediately reduce the neural consequences of emotion constriction;-a precursor to organic brain disease, such as dementia.

CHAPTER ONE:
OVERVIEW

Millions of people worldwide have been affected by the opiate epidemic and coronavirus pandemic. Most cases today, over 500,000 people in the United States have died from the effects of the deadly coronavirus. As the numbers of people affected by the opiate epidemic and the coronavirus pandemic continue to increase, the effects of fear for our lives or the lives of someone close to us are increasing at an alarming rate. This strong emotion is intricately connected to organic brain disease and fueled by the epidemics. This book will provide perspectives from several people, (who were interviewed, as part of my research) brought on by their perceived responses to fear.

This book will help those affected overcome fear for themselves or a loved one with biological, psychological, social, or spiritual illnesses, such as what one may experience when exposed to a life-threatening disease. Those who read this book will develop a better understanding of the ways in which they can immediately recognize and reduce symptoms that can lead to organic brain disease.

What are the warning signs of fear? Some symptoms to pay close attention to include excessive reliance on denial, constriction of emotion with or without dramatic outbursts, depression, hypervigilance, compulsions, anxiety, substance abuse, victim or recurrent physical or sexual abuse, and stress-related illnesses. Some folks may have remained in a primary relationship with an active substance abuser for at least two years without seeking help for themselves.

The World Health Organization has described those adversely affected by epidemics such as the chemical epidemic “as a relative, close friend, or colleague of an alcohol or drug-dependent person, whose actions are defined by the term as tending to perpetuate that person’s dependence and thereby stimulate the progression of organic brain disease in themselves.” This thinking, related to those exposed to their loved one’s dependence on chemicals, came about in the early 1950s initially referring to wives or close relatives of chemically addicted alcoholics. This group were women identified who care for their alcoholic husbands too much. This resulted in them becoming physically, emotionally, and cognitively affected by their loved ones’ addictions and has been attributed to a decline in their overall physical and mental health.

Several problems related to an unhealthy dependent relationship with their loved ones’ diseases