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Trigger Warning: This podcast is a memoir of child abuse and neuroscience. It is fully sound produced and experiential. The content may be triggering to some individuals. Episode 2 is another audio book format memoir about my parents. It is a continuation of Episode 1 and sets the stage for a background on my parents' mental illness. In this episode I explore the origins of their behaviors including both of them undergoing brain surgery. I also explore how I made sense of the child abuse and what I understand about the ways abuse affects a child's brain. I reference books and studies on interpersonal neurobiology: Van der Kolk, Bessel A. The Body Keeps the Score : Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma : Key Takeaways, Analysis & Review. Instaread, 2015. Siegel, Daniel J. Pocket Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology : an Integrative Handbook of the Mind. 1st ed., W.W. Norton, 2012. For more information on brain science and effects of abuse on young children visit The Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University: https://developingchild.harvard.edu/ (https://developingchild.harvard.edu/) For supplementary photographs, documents, and blog posts visit The House of Games Blog: https://www.illuminusproductions.com/house-of-games/ (https://www.illuminusproductions.com/house-of-games/) Outro Music "Lie to Me" by Raf Green https://open.spotify.com/artist/2gPagjf5oAnieCbalgmNTo (https://open.spotify.com/artist/2gPagjf5oAnieCbalgmNTo) Written and read by Donna Barrow-Green (c) 2020