{"id":1401,"date":"2022-02-23T23:19:52","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T23:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.evolveandtransform.me\/?p=1401"},"modified":"2022-02-23T23:19:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T23:19:53","slug":"do-you-know-the-origin-of-your-autoimmune-disease-how-has-your-body-kept-the-score-for-your-trauma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.evolveandtransform.me\/do-you-know-the-origin-of-your-autoimmune-disease-how-has-your-body-kept-the-score-for-your-trauma","title":{"rendered":"Do you know the origin of your autoimmune disease? How has your body kept the score for your trauma?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dr. Bessel van der Kolk writes in his 2014 book \u201cThe Body Keeps the Score\u201d, he explains how trauma is relived in the body long after the traumatic event is experienced. His research shows how these bodily symptoms show up in the way a person sits or breaths, the way they hold themselves, their sleep patterns, and their overall digestion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his work \u201cThe body keeps the score,\u201d van der Kolk focuses on traumatic stress as the root of neuroscience. Traumatic stress changes the functional, chemical, and emotional function of the brain, specifically the limbic area and brain stem. The hyperactive status of the amygdala triggers the release of stress hormones<\/a> and hinders the hippocampus function, causing traumatic memories to remain vivid. When the prefrontal lob function is deactivated due to stress, there is a decline in the ability to balance the stress hormone, which causes panic, agitation, and hypervigilant responses. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk explains, \u201cIf a child grows up having to deal with the rage of their parents, they will learn to stifle their own anger and desire to retaliate against those that have hurt them. While for survival, they get good at monitoring the moods of others, they also become very still and quiet so as not to open themselves up to the anger or retaliation of their parents. How might trauma show up in the bodies of these children? Traumatized people tend to have bodies that are hyper-alert, responding to breath and touch by flinching and bristling at contact, they might also shut down and become numb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What happens to the physiology of the brain when trauma is experienced?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you heard the term fight or flight? As humans, we are equipped with automatic responses that help us survive. When a person feels stressed or experiences a traumatic event, the body discharges chemicals called cortisol<\/a> and adrenaline to help the body have what it needs to either fight or flee. This is the body\u2019s automatic reaction to stress and trauma, and it is beyond our control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Changes the body may go through when stress and trauma are present:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Feeling dead inside or lacking interest in things you once loved.<\/li>
  2. Feeling the need to fight against the perpetrators of the traumatic event.<\/li>
  3. Fleeing from the situation that causes stress or the traumatic event.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Dr. van der kolk goes on to say that bodily and brain changes from emotional and physical trauma can be present long after the event(s) and can influence one\u2019s psyche and body, including thoughts, and feelings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Common symptoms of trauma might include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n