The Biology of Trauma® With Dr. Aimie How Does Trauma Manifest in the Body with Gabor Mate
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Sep 8, 2023 
Dr. Gabor Mate, a leader in seeing the body express stress and trauma, discusses how unresolved trauma manifests physically in our bodies. Topics include the role of dysregulation and genetics in diseases, stress on a cellular level, the interplay of copper excess and relational trauma in postpartum depression, repairing the disconnect caused by trauma, illness as an attempt to wake you up to your needs, the role of community in healing, and somatics addressing unresolved trauma.
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Trauma Underlies Chronic Illness
- Virtually every chronic condition has a traumatic template behind it.
- Trauma-related mind-body unity is well supported by science but ignored in medical training.
Adopting A Traumatized Child Shifted Her Career
- Dr. Amy adopted a severely traumatized four-year-old which reshaped her medical focus.
- Her experience with extreme behaviors pushed her toward trauma-informed and functional medicine work.
Dysregulation, Not Destiny
- Many family health patterns are driven by nervous system dysregulation, not fixed genetics.
- Trauma can be transmitted across generations through learned nervous system responses.