Change Your Brain Every Day Quieting the Suffering Pathways in Your Brain & Impact of Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) Scores
Dec 8, 2025
Explore the surprising link between childhood trauma and chronic pain. Discover how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) scores can illuminate personal struggles. Learn how EMDR therapy effectively alleviates emotional trauma and physical pain. Hear insights on customized medication based on brain scans for pain management. Plus, get valuable tips on natural supplements and dietary changes that can enhance recovery and improve mood. This journey dives deep into healing both mind and body.
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Niece's Recovery From Debilitating CRPS
- Amelie's childhood trauma and injury progressed into severe complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) that made touch excruciating and disrupted her life.
- With EMDR, Cymbalta, targeted physical therapy, family support, and perseverance she recovered and later ran five miles and thrived socially.
Trauma Creates A Self-Reinforcing Pain Loop
- Emotional trauma creates a feedback loop: injury increases pain, documentaries and hopelessness magnify it, leading to isolation and muscle tension that worsen pain.
- Addressing the loop psychologically and physically can break the cycle and reduce suffering.
ACE Scores Activate The Brain's Suffering Circuit
- High ACE scores light up the brain's medial suffering pathway, increasing inflammation, illness, anxiety, PTSD risk, and chronic pain vulnerability.
- Daniel G Amen links early trauma neurobiology to later physical and emotional disease, including a 12-fold rise in suicide attempts.
