By Sahil Kapoor
The limbic system behind the game
They say it’s all in the brain,
The amygdala that is not the same,
Smaller than all, experiencing more pain!
Emotional that all arise, to understand you have to be more wise!
Hippocampus- hyperaroused always
Misinterpreting threats, uncoordinated and dysfunctional ways!
Away from reality it stays, information to amygdala it relays!
The HPA axis stays active throughout,
Cortisol that always overwhelms them out!
Prefrontal cortex inefficient, at rest,
Impulsivity at the highest!
Assailed by emotions, stress always in the frame,
Post-traumatic stress disorder is the name!!
Sahil Kapoor is a first-year resident in the Baptist Health-UAMS Psychiatry program.