The brain of adult survivors of abuse is like a laptop that's been dropped on the floor.

The brain of adult survivors of abuse is like a laptop that's been dropped on the floor. Their internal wiring is all over the place. Chemical messengers aren't produced in sufficient numbers or they produce too many, they aren't connecting properly, and they miscommunicate. Abused children grow into adults who have neurotransmitters that have gone haywire and results in a variety of uncomfortable, sometimes crippling physiological and psychological symptoms. They attempt to balance out, calm down or rev up the neurochemicals in the brain with drugs and alcohol.