Trauma Rewired

How the Nervous system translates emotions into symptoms

Aug 4, 2025
This episode dives into how unprocessed emotions from childhood can lead to chronic physical issues. It reveals the profound effects of emotional neglect on adult emotional health and relationship dynamics. Listeners learn about the link between the nervous system and repressed feelings, and the surprising ways that emotional repression manifests in the body, such as muscle tension and fatigue. Gentle movement practices like tapping and swaying are introduced to help individuals reconnect with their feelings and improve their emotional well-being.
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INSIGHT

Emotional Repression Harms The Body

  • Emotional repression links to chronic pain and weakened immune responses over time.
  • Research connects repressed anger and sadness to conditions like fibromyalgia and tension headaches.
ANECDOTE

Personal Wake-Up: Gut Issues And MCAS

  • Jennifer Wallace describes decades of ignored gut symptoms that forced her to address gut health later in life.
  • She now identifies MCAS and links long-term emotional repression to her physical symptoms.
INSIGHT

Neglect Creates Lasting Emotional Insecurity

  • Childhood emotional neglect predicts emotional insecurity and later dysregulation in adulthood.
  • Lack of caregiver attunement teaches children to suppress feelings as a survival strategy.
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