Why Trauma Impacts Your Entire Life and How to Actually Heal It

April 06, 2026

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Trauma doesn't just affect one area of your life. Most people think they have a dozen different problems. Fatigue over here, relationship conflicts over there, brain fog somewhere in the middle. And they spend years and a lot of money trying to address each one separately.

But these things are not separate. They all have the same root cause: trauma.

Trauma isn't a specific event. It's not what happens to you, it’s what happens inside you when your stress response cycle gets interrupted.

When this interruption happens, the effects don't stay contained to one area. Your body holds tension because stuck energy has nowhere to go. Your mind fragments because it's working with partial information. And your relationships strain because you can't show up authentically or with accountability.

Headaches. Insomnia. Digestive issues. Anxiety. Depression. Relational conflict. These aren't random or mysterious. They’re all byproducts of the same wound.

And because of this, trauma recovery isn't about treating symptoms one by one. The solution is singular: reconnecting your body-mind-relationship system.

In this episode, Ashley breaks down why so many people never find relief because they're treating their symptoms instead of the cause, and what you can do instead.

She explores:

- Why trauma impacts your body, mind, AND relationships (not just one)

- How stuck stress creates chronic inflammation and physical symptoms

- Why your mind constructs inaccurate stories when dissociation blocks the signals from your body

- How trauma disrupts authentic connection and accountability in relationships

- Why conventional interventions often miss the root cause

- What “integration” actually means (and how to do it)

- The one thing you can do to start healing today

If you've been searching for answers and nothing seems to fully resolve, this episode might help you finally connect the dots.

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Episode Transcript

TRAUMA DOESN'T JUST IMPACT ONE AREA OF YOUR LIFE
IT IMPACTS ALL OF IT YOUR BODY
YOUR MIND
YOUR RELATIONSHIPS SIMULTANEOUSLY
AND MOST PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA TO WHAT EXTENT THAT IS HAPPENING
THEY THINK THEY HAVE DOZENS OF DIFFERENT PROBLEMS
SO THEY'RE MANAGING FATIGUE OVER HERE
RELATIONSHIP CONFLICTS OVER THERE
BRAIN FOG SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE
AND THEY SPEND YEARS AND A LOT OF MONEY
TRYING TO ADDRESS EACH ONE SEPARATELY
BUT THESE PROBLEMS ACTUALLY AREN'T SEPARATE
THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME ROOT CAUSE
TODAY I WANNA SHOW YOU EXACTLY
HOW TRAUMA WORKS ITS WAY THROUGH YOUR ENTIRE SYSTEM
AND WHAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO
ABOUT IT
WELCOME TO THE GRAVITY POINT PODCAST
I'M YOUR HOST DR. ASHLEY ANNE
I USED TO BE A LICENSED TRAUMA THERAPIST AND UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR
BUT EVENTUALLY
I LEFT BOTH BEHIND BECAUSE I REALIZED I DIDN'T WANT TO TREAT ILLNESS
I WANTED TO PREVENT IT
THAT'S WHAT WE'LL EXPLORE TOGETHER ON THIS PODCAST
HOW TO RESOLVE STRESS AND TRAUMA BEFORE IT MAKES YOU SICK
IF YOU WANT TO LEARN THE COMPLETE METHOD TO RESOLVE STRESS AND TRAUMA
IN ANY TRIGGERING SITUATION
CLICK THE LINK IN THE DESCRIPTION
TO DOWNLOAD THE FREE GRAVITY POINT GUIDEBOOK TODAY
TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRAUMA AND HOW IT CAN REALLY HIJACK YOUR LIFE
SO THAT MAY FEEL LIKE A LITTLE HEAVY AND A BIT OF A DOWNER
BUT I PROMISE THIS EPISODE ACTUALLY ENDS ON A HOPEFUL NOTE
TO REALLY HELP YOU UNDERSTAND
THAT THERE IS REALLY ONE THING YOU CAN DO RIGHT NOW
TO ADDRESS
EVERY EFFECT OF TRAUMA IN YOUR LIFE
THE REASON I'M TALKING ABOUT HOW TRAUMA IMPACTS YOUR LIFE
IS BECAUSE I SEE THIS ALL THE TIME
LIKE BOTH IN MY PROFESSIONAL WORK AND MY PERSONAL LIFE
LIKE FOLKS OFTEN THINK THEY HAVE A DOZEN DIFFERENT PROBLEMS
FATIGUE AND RESTLESSNESS HOPELESSNESS
SLEEPLESSNESS ALL THE LIKE LESSNESSES RIGHT
AND DON'T GET ME WRONG
THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO OUR PHYSICAL MENTAL
RELATIONAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL BEING RIGHT
LIKE IF YOU HAVE AN INFECTION OR YOU BREAK A BONE
ALL THE TRAUMA WORK IN THE WORLD ISN'T GONNA HELP YOU
YOU NEED MORE INTERVENTIONS
SO MY INTENTION HERE IS NOT TO MINIMIZE COMPLEXITY
OR DEVALUE ALL THE AMAZING
MULTISYSTEMIC INTERVENTIONS THAT ARE TRULY HELPFUL
WHEN YOU'RE HURTING
WHAT I DO WANT TO DO THOUGH
IS TO HELP YOU SEE HOW TRAUMA IS WHAT DISRUPTS WELL BEING
SO THAT WHILE YOU'RE SEEKING THOSE MULTISYSTEMIC INTERVENTIONS
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THE MOST POWERFUL THING THAT YOU CAN DO
IS TO DO YOUR TRAUMA WORK
SO THAT YOUR SYSTEM IS IN A STATE THAT CAN ACTUALLY RECEIVE THEM
BECAUSE THOSE ISSUES LIKE YOUR HEADACHES INSOMNIA
DIGESTIVE ISSUES
RELATIONAL PROBLEMS HOPELESSNESS
SCARCITY MINDSETS ANXIETY
DEPRESSION LIKE ALL OF THAT IS BYPRODUCT OF THE SAME WOUND
AND AGAIN I'LL SAY IT AGAIN
YES THERE ARE GENETIC CONDITIONS AND INJURIES INFECTION
DIETARY AND NUTRITIONAL FACTORS AND
AND OTHER FACTORS THAT CAN COME INTO PLAY
WHEN WE'RE NOT FEELING AT OUR BEST
BUT EVEN WHEN ISSUES HAVE OTHER CAUSES
LONG TERM DYSREGULATION FROM TRAUMA CAN COMPLICATE RECOVERY
IN FACT MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR CERTAIN INTERVENTIONS TO WORK
IT CAN WORSEN SOME OF YOUR EXPERIENCES AND IMPAIR YOUR ABILITY TO
LIKE MAKE CHOICES THAT ARE GOING TO SUPPORT YOUR HEALING
AND SO IN THE END IT REALLY REDUCES YOUR CAPACITY TO HEAL
EVEN WHEN YOU'RE DOING ALL THE RIGHT THINGS
SO TRULY
TRAUMA REALLY IS AT THE HEART OF EVERYTHING
AND WHEN YOU HEAL IT YOU SUPPORT EVERYTHING AT THE SAME TIME
LET ME FIRST REMIND YOU OF WHAT TRAUMA IS
TRAUMA ISN'T A SPECIFIC EVENT RIGHT
IT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU
TRAUMA IS WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE OF YOU
WHEN YOUR STRESS RESPONSE CYCLE GETS INTERRUPTED
REMEMBER THE FEEL THINK
ACT FLOW
WHEN STRESS OR THE PRESSURE OF YOUR WORLD IS MANAGEABLE
YOU FEEL SENSATIONS IN YOUR BODY
THINK STORIES IN YOUR MIND
TAKE ACTIONS IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP
AND THEN THAT ACTION CREATES AN IMPACT
THAT RESOLVES THE CYCLE IN SOME WAY RIGHT
IT MIGHT NOT RESOLVE THE SITUATION
BUT IT CHANGES HOW YOU FEEL AND THINK
BUT WHEN THAT PRESSURE BECOMES OVERWHELMING AND OPPRESSIVE
SO IT'S TOO MUCH OR TOO FAST OR TOO DANGEROUS
YOUR SYSTEM INTERRUPTS THE CYCLE TO PROTECT YOU
YOUR BODY DISCONNECTS FROM YOUR MIND
SO YOUR FEELINGS DON'T INFORM YOUR THOUGHTS
AND THEN
YOUR BODY AND MIND DISCONNECT FROM YOUR RELATIONSHIPS ENTIRELY
SO YOU MIGHT FEEL AND THINK ONE THING
BUT ACT IN AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT WAY
THAT DISCONNECT IS A WOUND
AND ANOTHER NAME FOR WOUND IS TRAUMA
SO TRAUMA DOESN'T JUST IMPACT ONE PART OF YOUR SYSTEM RIGHT
THAT WOUND DOESN'T LIVE IN ONE PLACE
THAT WOUND IMPACTS ALL OF YOU
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON TODAY
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW TRAUMA IMPACTS YOUR BODY
MIND AND YOUR RELATIONSHIPS
STARTING WITH YOUR BODY
WHEN YOUR STRESS RESPONSE CYCLE GETS INTERRUPTED
THE ENERGY YOUR BODY CREATED TO RESPOND TO THE SITUATION RIGHT
LIKE THOSE SENSATIONS THAT GIVE YOU THE ENERGY TO ACT
LIKE THAT ENERGY DOESN'T DISCHARGE
IT DOESN'T COME OUT OF YOUR BODY
INSTEAD IT STAYS STUCK
AND THREE THINGS HAPPEN IN YOUR BODY TO ACTUALLY CONTAIN THAT ENERGY
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK GOING ON
SO FIRST IS DISSOCIATION
SO YOUR BODY AND MIND DISCONNECT RIGHT
CHEMICALLY AND ELECTRICALLY
LIKE DISSOCIATION DISCONNECTS THE LOWER PARTS OF YOUR BRAIN AND BODY
FROM THE PARTS OF YOUR BODY THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH AWARENESS
SO YOUR BRAIN STEM DISCONNECTS FROM YOUR PREFRONTAL CORTEX
SO YOU STOP FEELING THE SENSATIONS
THAT WOULD NORMALLY MOTIVATE YOU TO ACT
THIS IS PROTECTIVE IN THE SHORT TERM
BECAUSE IT REALLY STOPS YOU FROM DOING SOMETHING THAT MIGHT
MAKE THE TRAUMA OR THE OVERWHELMING SITUATION WORSE RIGHT
BUT IT MEANS THAT THE ENERGY THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO MOVE THROUGH YOU
REALLY HAS TO STAY PUT RIGHT
IT HAS TO STAY WHERE IT IS
SO YOUR BODY DOES MORE TO KEEP IT THERE
SO YOUR MUSCLES PHYSICALLY ACTUALLY HOLD THAT IMPULSE IN PLACE
SO FOR EXAMPLE WHEN YOU WANNA FIGHT BACK BUT YOU CAN'T
YOUR BODY ACTUALLY NEEDS TO EXPEND A LOT OF ENERGY TO HOLD YOU BACK
FROM THOSE IMPULSES
SO YOUR JAW IS GONNA CLENCH TO KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT
YOUR SHOULDERS ARE GONNA BRACE TO KEEP YOU IN ONE PLACE
YOUR HIPS LOCK SO THAT YOU DON'T GO ANYWHERE
LIKE OR WHEN YOU WANNA CRY BUT IT'S NOT SAFE
YOUR BODY IS GONNA TIGHTEN YOUR THROAT AND CONSTRICT YOUR CHEST
SO THAT YOU HOLD THOSE TEARS IN
OR WHEN YOU NEED TO RUN BUT YOU HAVE NOWHERE SAFE TO GO
OR LIKE MOVING MIGHT ACTUALLY BE REALLY DANGEROUS OR MAKE IT WORSE OR
YOU KNOW YOU MIGHT BE TEASED FOR IT
YOUR BODY BRACES YOUR LEGS AGAINST THE IMPULSE TO MOVE
SO YOUR MUSCLES ARE DOING REAL CONSTANT WORK NOT TO HELP YOU ACT
BUT TO STOP YOU FROM ACTING
THEY STAY IN THAT STATE OF TENSION
BECAUSE THAT ENERGY NEEDS TO STAY PUT
AND LONG TERM MUSCULAR TENSION ACTUALLY TRIGGERS INFLAMMATION
SO YOUR BODY IS GONNA INTERPRET THAT ONGOING TENSION AS DAMAGE
AS A THREAT RIGHT
LIKE YOU'RE IN DANGER SO IT'S GONNA ACTIVATE A
PROTECTIVE RESPONSE AND THAT'S INFLAMMATION
SO THINK OF IT THIS WAY WHEN YOU CUT YOUR HAND
YOUR BODY IMMEDIATELY SENDS INFLAMMATORY SIGNALS TO THE INJURY
SO BLOOD FLOW IS GONNA INCREASE
WHITE BLOOD CELLS ARRIVE AND THE AREA BECOMES SWOLLEN AND EVEN TENDER
WHILE IT HEALS LIKE THIS INFLAMMATION ISN'T DAMAGING
IT'S ACTUALLY REPARATIVE
AND LOW LEVEL INFLAMMATION IS ACTUALLY DESIGNED TO CREATE THAT REPAIR
BUT WHEN INFLAMMATION STAYS STUCK ON
IT STOPS BEING PROTECTIVE AND IT BECOMES PROBLEMATIC
AND INFLAMMATION DOESN'T JUST SHOW UP IN ONE AREA OF THE BODY
AT A TIME IT ACTUALLY TRAVELS THROUGH EVERY SYSTEM IN YOUR BODY
SO YOUR CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
YOUR DIGESTIVE SYSTEM YOUR REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM
YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM
ETCETERA ETCETERA RIGHT LIKE
WE KNOW NOW THAT CHRONIC AND ONGOING INFLAMMATION IS
PERHAPS THE MOST INFLUENTIAL MECHANISM
UNDERLYING ALL OF OUR PHYSICAL PROBLEMS
SO HEADACHES
MIGRAINES GUT DISORDERS DIGESTIVE PAIN HORMONAL DISRUPTION
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES AUTOIMMUNE CONDITIONS
FATIGUE AND MORE RIGHT LIKE
YOU CAN HAVE ALL OF THESE THINGS GOING ON AT ONCE
IN COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PARTS OF YOUR BODY
AND THEY CAN ALL BE TRACED BACK TO THIS CHRONIC LEVEL OF INFLAMMATION
THAT REALLY STARTS WITH THAT ROOT CAUSE OF TRAUMA
AND WHEN A CONDITION HAS ANOTHER TRIGGER RIGHT
LIKE MAYBE IT'S NOT FROM A SITUATION THAT OVERWHELMED YOU
BUT MAYBE IT'S FROM YOU KNOW
A GENETIC CONDITION
OR DIETARY EXPOSURE TO SOMETHING THAT YOUR BODY SHOULDN'T BE EATING
RIGHT WHEN WHEN A CONDITION HAS ANOTHER TRIGGER OR ANOTHER ROOT
CAUSE
THE INFLAMMATION FROM UNRESOLVED TRAUMA
ACTUALLY MAKES IT HARDER TO HEAL
HARDER TO RECOVER
AND HARDER FOR YOUR BODY TO DO WHAT IT'S DESIGNED TO DO
WHICH IS TO HEAL ITSELF
SO THE WOUND OF TRAUMA KEEPS THAT INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE RUNNING
AND RUNNING AND RUNNING
LONG AFTER THE ORIGINAL THREAT HAS PASSED
SO YOUR HEADACHES GUT ISSUES
PAIN ALL OF THESE THINGS
THEY'RE NOT RANDOM AND THEY'RE NOT MYSTERIOUS
THEY'RE ACTUALLY YOUR BODY
WORKING OVERTIME TO SUPPRESS ENERGY
THAT WAS NEVER ALLOWED TO COMPLETE ITS CYCLE IN THE FIRST PLACE
SO THIS IS YOUR BODY'S RESPONSE TO A TRAUMA WOUND
TRAUMA ALSO IMPACTS YOUR MIND
WHEN DISSOCIATION BLOCKS
CERTAIN FEELINGS FROM REACHING YOUR CONSCIOUS AWARENESS
LIKE YOUR MIND LOSES ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION FROM YOUR BODY
AND IT NEEDS THAT INFORMATION FROM YOUR BODY
TO CREATE ACCURATE ASSESSMENTS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE SITUATION
SO THERE'S KIND OF LIKE THIS GAP
LIKE YOUR MIND AND YOUR BODY DISCONNECT
AND YOUR MIND IS HANGING OUT BEING LIKE
WELL WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON
BUT HERE'S THE THING
YOUR MIND DOESN'T JUST GO QUIET WHEN IT'S INFORMATION
LIKE IT'S MISSING INFORMATION FROM YOUR BODY
IT ACTUALLY FILLS IN THE GAPS
SO IT CONSTRUCTS A STORY TO MAKE SENSE OF WHAT IT CAN'T FEEL RIGHT
SO IF IT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE BODY IS FEELING
IT WILL JUST FILL IN THE GAPS WITH WHATEVER MAKES THE MOST SENSE
AND OVER TIME THOSE NARRATIVES
WHICH ARE BUILT ON PARTIAL DATA BECOME REALLY DISCONNECTED
FROM REALITY AS YOUR BODY IS EXPERIENCING IT
SO WHAT STARTED OUT AS A STORY IN YOUR MIND THAT
YOU KNOW YOU KIND OF TOLD YOURSELF TO SURVIVE
IT EVENTUALLY SOLIDIFIES INTO SOMETHING THAT FEELS LIKE
YOU KNOW CAPITAL T TRUTH
SO INSTEAD OF I FEEL SCARED AND COULDN'T SPEAK UP
WHICH IS WHAT YOUR BODY MIGHT BE COMMUNICATING
THE STORY MIGHT BECOME I'M WEAK AND I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING
OR INSTEAD OF THAT SITUATION WAS DANGEROUS
WHICH IS WHAT YOUR BODY WOULD BE SAYING
THE MIND MIGHT CREATE A STORY SAYING
THIS WORLD ISN'T SAFE I SHOULDN'T PARTICIPATE IN IT
OR INSTEAD OF I MADE A MISTAKE AND I NEED TO CORRECT IT
IT BECOMES EVERYONE IS EVIL
IT'S EVERYBODY'S FAULT EVERYBODY IS BAD
RIGHT SO THERE ARE DISTORTIONS THAT HAPPEN
AND ONCE THESE DISTORTED STORIES SORT OF CALCIFIED RIGHT
LIKE AFTER YOU THINK ABOUT THEM A LOT
A LOT A LOT
ALL YOUR THINKING AND LIKE
YOUR WORLD VIEW AND HOW YOU EXPERIENCE THE WORLD
CAN GET FILTERED THROUGH THESE STORIES
SO YOU'RE GONNA RUMINATE AND CATASTROPHIZE
YOU MIGHT STRUGGLE TO MAKE DECISIONS BECAUSE YOU'RE STUCK IN
LIKE LOOPS OF OVERTHINKING
OR YOU BLAME AND SHAME OTHERS
BECAUSE YOUR MIND IS WORKING WITH A MAP
THAT NO LONGER MATCHES WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED
SO YOUR THINKING CAN BECOME REALLY RIGID
BECAUSE WITHOUT ACCESS TO THE NUANCE OF YOUR ACTUAL FEELINGS
YOUR MIND CAN'T HOLD ON TO COMPLEXITY
IT DEFAULTS TO SORT OF BINARY THINKING
THINGS ARE GOOD OR BAD SAFE OR DANGEROUS
WORTHY OR WORTHLESS
AND THE FULL RANGE OF WHAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE
WHICH IS WHAT YOUR BODY IS DESIGNED TO DO
ACTUALLY BECOMES REALLY INACCESSIBLE TO YOU
PART OF YOU IS STILL BACK WITH YOUR BODY
WHICH IS TRYING TO PROCESS THE FEELINGS THAT GOT STUCK RIGHT
LIKE YOUR UNCONSCIOUS MIND
BUT
MOST OF YOU IS GONNA STAY WITH YOUR CONSCIOUS MIND
AND EXPERIENCE THE WORLD THROUGH THAT
AND UNTIL THE WOUND OF TRAUMA GETS RESOLVED
YOUR MIND IS GONNA KEEP RUNNING ON THAT INCOMPLETE SIGNAL
AND YOU'RE GONNA BELIEVE IT
SO THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
TRAUMA INTERRUPTS YOUR MIND'S CONNECTION TO YOUR BODY
AND THERE'S A WOUND THERE
TRAUMA ALSO IMPACTS YOUR RELATIONSHIPS
WHEN YOU CAN'T ACCESS YOUR AUTHENTIC FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS
YOU CAN'T SHOW UP GENUINELY IN RELATIONSHIPS
SO YOU MIGHT SAY I'M FINE WHEN YOU'RE HURT
YOU MIGHT AGREE WHEN YOU ACTUALLY DISAGREE
OR YOU SMILE THROUGH SITUATIONS THAT VIOLATE YOUR BOUNDARIES
AND ESSENTIALLY YOU LIKE PERFORM INSTEAD OF EXPERIENCING YOUR LIFE
OR YOU MIGHT DO THE TOTAL OPPOSITE
YOU MIGHT LASH OUT IN WAYS THAT DON'T MATCH THE SITUATION
OR YOU OVERACT OR YOU WITHDRAW
OR YOU PUSH PEOPLE AROUND OR PUSH PEOPLE AWAY WITHOUT MEANING TO
FOR MANY OF US TRAUMA KEEPS US SMALL AND SILENT
BUT TRAUMA DOESN'T JUST MAKE US DISAPPEAR
RIGHT IT ALSO CAN INTERRUPT OUR ABILITY TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE
SO WHEN DISSOCIATION BLOCKS ACCESS TO YOUR AUTHENTIC FEELINGS
YOU CAN'T CREATE THAT STORY RIGHT
SO YOUR BODY IS DISCONNECTED FROM YOUR MIND
AND NOW
YOUR MIND IS JUST KIND OF TRYING TO MAKE UP A STORY THAT MAKES SENSE
EVENTUALLY
THAT SORT OF ROBS YOU OF THE ABILITY TO SHOW UP IN RELATIONSHIPS
BOTH WITH AUTHENTICITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
SO ON THE FORMER RIGHT
WITH A LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY
IT'S NOT THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO CAUSE HARM BECAUSE YOU DON'T CARE
IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE THE INFORMATION
THAT WOULD TELL YOU THAT YOU'RE AT FAULT
ISN'T ACTUALLY GETTING THROUGH
SO YOU CAN'T APOLOGIZE AUTHENTICALLY
YOU CAN'T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR IMPACT
AND MAYBE THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU MIGHT EXPERIENCE YOU AS INDIFFERENT OR
OR WORSE CRUEL RIGHT
BOTH OF THESE PATTERNS RIGHT
THE DISAPPEARING INTO OURSELVES WITHDRAWING
MAKING OURSELVES SMALL AND THE DEFLECTING RIGHT
ACCUSING AND BLAMING AND SHAMING
BOTH OF THOSE THINGS PREVENT GENUINE CONNECTION
AND OVER TIME YOUR RELATIONSHIPS
LIKE I SAID
THEY'RE GONNA BE BUILT MORE ON PERFORMANCE
RATHER THAN PRESENCE OR RESENTMENT VERSUS REAL CONNECTION
AND THAT REALLY JUST SPREADS
RIGHT CAUSE
WHAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT HERE IS BIGGER THAN JUST YOUR PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
THESE TRAUMA PATTERNS SCALE
DISSOCIATED AND WOUNDED INDIVIDUALS
CREATE DISSOCIATED AND WOUNDED FAMILIES RIGHT
DISSOCIATED FAMILIES CREATE DISSOCIATED COMMUNITIES
WOUNDED COMMUNITIES CREATE WOUNDED SYSTEMS
SO WORKPLACES INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENTS
AND THEN THOSE SYSTEMS KIND OF NORMALIZE A TRAUMA STATE
THEY NORMALIZE DISCONNECTION
AND THEY SUPPRESS AUTHENTICITY AND SIDE STEP ACCOUNTABILITY
SO
COLLECTIVE DISREGULATION IS JUST INDIVIDUAL DISREGULATION MULTIPLIED
AND THIS MEANS OF COURSE
WHAT WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT HERE
IS THAT YOUR OWN TRAUMA ISN'T ONLY ABOUT YOUR OWN WELL BEING
IT'S PART OF SOMETHING MUCH LARGER
SO LET'S PUT THIS ALL TOGETHER
SO TRAUMA REALLY DOES IMPACT EVERY SINGLE AREA OF YOUR LIFE
IT HAS REAL EFFECTS ON YOUR BODY
IT CAN REALLY HIJACK YOUR MIND AND IT CAN DISRUPT YOUR RELATIONSHIP
SO IT SHOWS UP AS PHYSICAL PAIN
MENTAL PITFALLS AND RELATIONAL PROBLEMS
SO THE EFFECTS OF IT CAN REALLY FEEL ENDLESS
SO YOU'RE DEALING WITH HEADACHES AND INSOMNIA AND BRAIN FOG
AND RUMINATION AND SELF DOUBT AND RELATIONSHIP CONFLICTS
AND CLIMATE CHANGE AND POVERTY AND SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION
AND YOU HAVE VERY LITTLE ENERGY TO DEAL WITH ANYTHING ABOUT ANY OF IT
AND IT CAN FEEL REALLY HOPELESS
LIKE BEING CRUSHED BY ALL OF THESE MULTI
SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS THAT ARE SEEPING INTO EVERY ASPECT OF YOUR LIFE
AND I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN THERE
I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE WHEN THERE'S TOO MUCH TO FIX
AND TOO MANY PROBLEMS TO SOLVE
AND NO APPARENT SOLUTIONS
SO I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO SKIP FROM ONE DOCTOR TO THE NEXT
TRYING TO PULL THE PIECES TOGETHER OF WHAT'S GOING ON
BECAUSE EVERY PART OF YOUR LIFE IS SORT OF
FEELING LIKE IT'S IN CRISIS
AND I KNOW I KEEP SAYING THIS
BUT I'M GONNA SAY IT AGAIN
CAUSE I'M NOT TRYING TO MINIMIZE THE COMPLICATIONS
SOMETIMES IT IS COMPLICATED
PROBLEMS ARE SYSTEMIC
AND THEY INVOLVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT INTERVENTIONS
BUT SOMETIMES IF YOU'RE ANYTHING
LIKE ME YOU'LL GET A COLONOSCOPY
ENDOSCOPY CT SCANS
X RAYS BLOOD TESTS
HEART SCANS EKGS
EEGS AND MRIS
AND STILL
NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO FIND SOMETHING WRONG ENOUGH
IN ORDER TO HELP YOU
THAT'S WHERE I WAS AND WHAT I DISCOVERED THROUGH MY OWN EXPERIENCE
IS THAT THIS IS BECAUSE TRAUMA IS A ROOT CAUSE
THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY SHOW UP ON ANY SINGULAR TEST
SO CONTINUAL DISCONNECTION IN YOUR BODY MIND
RELATIONSHIP SYSTEM LIKE IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO CAUSE COMPLICATIONS
BUT THOSE DISCONNECTIONS ARE INVISIBLE TO MOST TESTS
LIKE IF YOU'RE NOT LOOKING FOR THEM
YOU'RE NOT GONNA FIND THEM
BUT YOU'RE HERE AND YOU'RE LISTENING
SO I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THEM
AND I WANT YOU TO HEAR ME SAY
I FULLY SUPPORT YOUR SEARCH FOR THE CORRECT DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
FOR WHATEVER YOU MIGHT BE STRUGGLING WITH
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT CANNOT BE SOLVED
SIMPLY BY CHANGING THE WAY YOU FEEL
THINK AND ACT SOMETIMES YOU NEED AN INTERVENTION
YOU NEED TO ADDRESS AN INFECTION RIGHT
SO GET YOUR ANNUAL EXAM AND THE RECOMMENDED TEST
TALK TO YOUR THERAPIST AND TAKE MEDICATION WHEN IT'S HELPFUL
SEEK SUPPORT FOR YOUR RELATIONSHIPS WHEN YOU NEED IT
GET ENERGY WORK DO THE MASSAGE THERAPY
KEEP DOING YOGA AND MEDITATION
AND IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE A CHRONIC CONDITION
PLEASE DON'T STOP FIGHTING UNTIL YOU FIND IT
GRAVITY POINT
WAS NEVER DESIGNED TO BE A SUBSTITUTE FOR ANY OF THE AMAZING
SUPPORT WE GET FROM CONVENTIONAL
AND HOLISTIC CARE
BUT WHAT IT CAN HELP YOU DO
IS ADDRESS THE UNDERLYING DISCONNECTION AND TRAUMA PATTERNS
THAT MAY NOT SHOW UP TO THOSE
SORT OF TESTS
TO HELP YOU FIGURE OUT HOW TO NOT ONLY RESOLVE IN THE MOMENT
STRESS AND PREVENT FUTURE TRAUMA
BUT TO HEAL PAST TRAUMA AT THE VERY SAME TIME
SO THAT YOU ARE DOING TWO THINGS RIGHT
YOU ARE ONE PREVENTING MORE PROBLEMS BECAUSE WHENEVER YOU CAN
YOU ARE INTEGRATING YOUR SYSTEM AND THEN 2
YOU ARE PUTTING YOURSELF
IN A STATE WHERE YOUR PROBLEMS WILL ACTUALLY HEAL
INTEGRATION NATURALLY AS A STATE FOSTERS HEALING
OKAY SO THAT MAY SOUND COMPLICATED ON THE SURFACE
BUT THE STRATEGY IS ACTUALLY PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD
BECAUSE IT ALL COMES DOWN TO WHAT I JUST SAID
YOU NEED TO RECONNECT YOUR BODY MIND RELATIONSHIP SYSTEM
YOU NEED TO HEAL DISSOCIATION
TO RESTORE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN YOUR BODY
MIND AND RELATIONSHIPS
AND TO INTEGRATE INTERRUPTIONS IN YOUR STRESS RESPONSE CYCLE
NOW YOU CAN DO THIS IN MANY MANY WAYS ACTUALLY
THERE'S A SOLID ARGUMENT THAT SAYS ANYTIME ANY INTERVENTION WORKS
IT'S ACTUALLY BECAUSE IT CREATES INTEGRATION RIGHT
AND IT IT IS ACTUALLY FACILITATING SOME KIND OF REPAIR AND AGAIN
YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY
CONTINUE TO SEEK THOSE INTERVENTIONS FROM PRACTITIONERS WHO CAN HELP
BUT TO SUPPORT ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU DO THE INNER WORK YOURSELF TOO
AND THAT YOU ACTUALLY LEARN HOW TO LIVE IN A WAY THAT KEEPS YOU WHOLE
AND HERE'S HOW YOU DO THAT
EVERY TIME YOU ENCOUNTER A STRESSFUL SITUATION AND YOU GET TRIGGERED
BIG OR SMALL
YOU MUST INTEGRATE ALL YOUR STRESS RESPONSES ACROSS YOUR BODY
MIND RELATIONSHIP SYSTEM
PRACTICALLY
THIS MEANS YOU NEED TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH YOUR NATURAL FEEL
THINK ACT FLOW
AND THAT MEANS GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH ALL OF YOUR FEELINGS
NOT JUST THE FEELINGS YOU THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE
NOT JUST THE ONES THAT ARE SAFE TO EXPRESS
BUT ALL OF THEM EVEN IF THEY'RE MESSY
EVEN IF THEY'RE UNCOMFORTABLE
YOU HAVE TO LET YOUR SYSTEM FEEL
THINK AND ACT UPON THE FULL RANGE ANGER
APPREHENSION AND DISAPPOINTMENT
BUT ALSO THE HOPE EMPOWERMENT AND DETERMINATION
AND YOU NEED TO TAKE THOSE FEELINGS
AND ALLOW THEM TO INFORM YOUR THOUGHTS
AND ULTIMATELY YOUR ACTIONS
AND ON TOP OF IT
YOU NEED TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT KEEPS YOUR SYSTEM FEELING SAFE
RIGHT SO IN THE CONTEXT OF THE WORLD AS IT IS
YOU CAN'T JUST FEEL THINK AND ACT EVERYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO
SOMETIMES IT'S REALLY DANGEROUS
ESPECIALLY FOR FOLKS IN MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES
IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE RIGHT
BUT YOU NEED SOMETHING TO BE ABLE TO TITRATE YOUR FEELINGS
THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS RIGHT
TO BE ABLE TO PROCESS THEM NO MATTER WHAT THE EXTERNAL RESTRAINTS ARE
NOW THAT MIGHT STILL SOUND VAGUE AND COMPLICATED
BUT HOPEFULLY IF YOU'VE BEEN LISTENING TO THE PODCAST
YOU KNOW BY NOW I HAVE CREATED A STEP BY STEP PROCESS YOU CAN FOLLOW
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THE TRIAL AND ERROR ANYMORE
AND YOU CAN PROCESS YOUR FEELINGS IN THIS VERY COMPLICATED WORLD
THAT IS CREATING A LOT OF EXPERIENCES THAT MAKE OUR FEEL
THINK ACT
FLOW REALLY DIFFICULT
SO THAT STEP BY STEP PROCESS
FOR STRESS AND TRAUMA RESOLUTION IS IN VOLUME 1
OF THE GRAVITY POINT ANTHOLOGY
AND THE WHOLE THING THE WHOLE METHOD
EVERY STEP NOT JUST PART OF IT
IT'S AVAILABLE IN THE FREE GUIDEBOOK IN THE DESCRIPTION
IT'S A STEP BY STEP PROCESS THAT WALKS YOU THROUGH
INTEGRATING ALL 20 STRESS RESPONSES
IN ANY TRIGGERING SITUATION
20 RESPONSES NOT JUST THREE
ALL WITH THEIR OWN SET OF FEELINGS
THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS
SO LET ME BRING US BACK TO WHERE WE STARTED
TRAUMA IMPACTS YOUR ENTIRE LIFE
YOUR BODY YOUR MIND
YOUR RELATIONSHIPS AND WHEN YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT
WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH ALL OF THE ISSUES
ALL OF THE COMPLICATIONS ALL THE PROBLEMS
IT CAN FEEL REALLY OVERWHELMING AND HOPELESS
BUT HERE'S WHAT I HOPE YOU HEAR TODAY
EVEN THOUGH TRAUMA IMPACTS EVERYTHING
THE SOLUTION IS ACTUALLY SINGULAR
AND THAT IS TO RESTORE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN YOUR BODY
MIND AND RELATIONSHIPS
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT ON YOUR OWN
THE METHOD IS THERE THE GUIDEBOOK IS FREE AND THE STEPS ARE VERY CLEAR
TRAUMA IS ABSOLUTELY OVERWHELMING
I MEAN BY DEFINITION THAT'S WHAT IT IS
BUT HEALING IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE
THANK YOU FOR LEARNING ABOUT TRAUMA TODAY WITH ME
WHEN WE HEAL TRAUMA WE
REALLY DO LEARN HOW TO HEAL OUR WHOLE WORLD
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SO WE CAN REACH MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE OVERWHELMED BY TRAUMA
AND DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START
UNTIL NEXT TIME TAKE CARE OF YOU
LIKE I MENTIONED
IF YOU WANT TO START RESOLVING STRESS AND TRAUMA RIGHT NOW
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