Fight, Flight or Freeze without Cortisol
Posted: January 2nd, 2016, 2:22 pm
I was born with a condition where my body doesn't produce cortisol properly - Congential Adrenal Hyperplasia. I take medication to regulate things to a normal baseline. But, to my understanding, my cortisol doesn't fire in times of "need". What does that mean for how that might affect how I process trauma differently? I don't know enough about brain chemistry to ask a specific question about it, but I feel like I'm onto something with this connection to my cortisol. Thanks!