Anxiety Forum

duddits · the one Joined: 13 Jun 2005 Posts: 149 Location: Alabama

People with a thicker ventromedial prefrontal cortex were better able to cope with stressful experiences.

A study conducted by the Masschusetts General Hospital suggests that people with a thicker ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) were better able to cope with stressful experiences. The researchers findings maybe help explain why some people develope PTSD while others bounce back from traumatic events.

In the future, it maybe possible to measure a person's vmPFC to predict who more predisposed towards anxiety disorders.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4671483.stm
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SuGaR!* · Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 3 Location: uk

i had a tramatic experiance about 8 years ago an i coped really well with that , my aniexty started i think bk about 4 or 5 yrs ago but i had nothing stressful going on so i dunno were it came from i remeber the day i just went all misreble tho i was always happy then one day i just didnt feel like spking then i became all self consous and shy.

Robbed · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:52 am Post subject:

Winterbreeze · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 13

What about the Amygdala? I heard it causes most Anxiety problems and should have an easy treatment?

DCPsychotherapist · Joined: 08 Sep 2008 Posts: 11

I think the studies that keep coming out are amazing...really helpful to address the inner critic that can start to burden a person with criticism about why they have symptoms, when in fact the body is doing what it is designed to do. Of course, the body can get stuck in negative feedback loops that make it too sensitive (ptsd and other anxiety symptoms) or too depressed.

culljosh · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 4:05 am Post subject:

Almost 2,000 views here but yet little replys
I find that odd.
I do understand the course of negative feedback loops with
a person with depression.

It seems once i get on that pattern that is it.
Its basically like my own body saying "its this way we
are going, and i dont care if your tired"\

Those loops seem like they can drag you on and on.

culljosh · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 4:05 am Post subject:

Almost 2,000 views here but yet little replys
I find that odd.
I do understand the course of negative feedback loops with
a person with depression.

It seems once i get on that pattern that is it.
Its basically like my own body saying "its this way we
are going, and i dont care if your tired"\

Those loops seem like they can drag you on and on.

FunPie · apprentice poster Joined: 02 Jan 2009 Posts: 32

While it is a fascinating discovery, my problem with this study, like many studies interpreted by journalists, is that they don't give much quantifiable data. How many people have this thicker ventromedial prefrontal cortex? If only 1% of the population fits the profile than it doesn't really do the rest of the world much good does it?