Why Traumas Can Haunt and Sabotage Your Health for Years

re: Why Traumas Can Haunt and Sabotage Your Health for Years

Runeweaver666 — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:21:13 GMT

EFT does work you just have to stick with it. Reiki also helps you heal. Sending Reiki to the lady with the small children involved in auto accident - 1,3,4,5.

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re: Why Traumas Can Haunt and Sabotage Your Health for Years

hydrangea — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:46:33 GMT

The most creative power given to the human spirit is the power to

heal the wounds of a past it cannot change.

We do our forgiving alone inside our hearts and minds; what happens

to the people we forgive depends on them.

The first person to benefit from forgiveness is the one who forgives.

Forgiveness happens in three stages: we rediscover the humanity of the person who wronged us; we surrender our right to get even; and we wish that person well.

Forgiveness is a journey; the deeper the wound, the longer the

journey.

Forgiveness does not require us to reunite with the person who broke our trust.

We do not forgive because we are supposed to; we forgive when we are ready to be healed.

Waiting for someone to repent before we forgive is to surrender our future to the person who wronged us.

Forgiveness is not a way to avoid pain but to heal the pain.

Forgiveness is the only way to be fair to ourselves.

Forgivers are not doormats; to forgive a person is not a signal that

we are willing to put up with what he does.

Forgiveness is essential; talking about it is optional.

When we forgive, we set a prisoner free and discover that the

prisoner we set free is us.

When we forgive we walk in stride with the forgiving God.

re: Why Traumas Can Haunt and Sabotage Your Health for Years

ffcdr — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:04:27 GMT

For a full understanding of how this mechanism work, read L. Ron Hubbards, "Dianetics: The Original Thesis," his, "Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science," and, "Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health." Link to purchase: www.bridgepub.com/.../beginningBooks.html

re: Why Traumas Can Haunt and Sabotage Your Health for Years

Debra B — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:23:02 GMT

I'm assuming this article is referring to the ACE study from Kaiser Permanente. A big part of how these traumas affect you is not the "facts" of the experience, but the "associations" to it. Several members of the same family may experience the same traumatic event, yet each person will have a unique interpretation that gets locked into their biology. That interpretation then launches elaborate, highly creative, strategies of protection and avoidance of further fear and pain. The response to the trauma (the enacted interpretation) affects proteins that affect gene expression. The uniqueness of these interpretations is what can make them difficult to "decode." In addition to EFT, Energy Kinesiology (energy-k.org is a good place to explore) can provide tools and skills for dismantling the impact on past traumas. For accessible, simple energy routines try Donna Eden's book Energy Medicine.

re: Why Traumas Can Haunt and Sabotage Your Health for Years

Halvey — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:00:37 GMT

This is in response to gramasonshine post may 27 about the neurological stuff going on. It sounds like you need detoxification and deep tissue regeneration. What I would do is Eliminate all animal products from your diet and focus on raw-living goods(organic only). Eat your food the way God created them...Raw, Living, and uncooked!! Also, invest in a juicer and start juicing your veggies and fruits. What this does is creates an alkaline environment which is a natural detox. Also, I would ween of ALL chemical medications. Our bodies are able to HEAL THEMSELVES if we give them what they need....pure, organic, raw, living foods, pure water, pure sun, pure air, plenty of rest, living in the moment and lots of love and laughter. There is also a good website where you can purchase tissue-specific herbs that are very high-frequency and organic that can help you with detoxification.....they're awesome...go to www. Godsherbs.com Be love!!!

re: Why Traumas Can Haunt and Sabotage Your Health for Years

Islander — Wed, 28 May 2008 02:17:51 GMT

Unless I'm missing something, I don't understand how you can "replace" memories. You can re-evaluate or reinterpret them, devalue them, come to terms with them...but they are there to stay. Some people stuff them in a closet until the closet is so full they they leak out... others drag them around like scuffed old baggage - a comfortable excuse for all their flaws and faults.

A healthy approach confronts negative memories and then moves on. You can't change history but you can make your peace with it. Can I get an "Amen"?

re: Why Traumas Can Haunt and Sabotage Your Health for Years

WritingSpirit — Wed, 28 May 2008 00:18:06 GMT

I've been sick for most of the last six months, catching every bug that even thought about coming near me: cold, flu, bronchitis, ear infection with vertigo. It hit so hard, at first, that I went to an MD who threw heavy drugs at me, and I was happy to have them. They didn't do much, however. The last few months have been lighter, so I've been able to get more involved with holistic remedies.

It's been suggested that I'm suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. About a year before this all began, I was in an abusive relationship that really shattered me. When it was over, I went to therapy, rested, gained 50 pounds, and went on with my life. Or so I thought.

Now, I live a day-to-day existence. Will it be a good day or a bad day? I never know. The vertigo's gotten better since I started using apple cider vinegar with agave and a few drops of lemon essential oil every morning. I use Young Living essential oils, and other holistic remedies to strengthen and heal my immune system. At the same time, I'm using emotional release work (www.heartwisdomseminars.com) to face my feelings about what happened and let them go, as well as to release any feelings that have been stirred up--whether from something recent or the distant past.

It certainly stirs up some anger and frustration that I have to go through all this over something that ended almost two years ago, but it's happening so I have a choice: Would I rather be angry, or would I rather let it go and be happy in the moment. As long as I'm going through this, I figure I might as well use this time to heal as many emotional wounds (old & new) as possible. I not only want to get healthy again, I want to be vibrantly healthy & emotionally whole.

So I try to keep my days balanced between working on my new info-product for writers (www.unleashyourwritinggenius.com), resting and doing everything I can to build up my health, and addressing my emotional life as directly and fearlessly as I can. Julie

re: Why Traumas Can Haunt and Sabotage Your Health for Years

gramasonshine — Tue, 27 May 2008 23:57:39 GMT

Does anyone know about a neurological condition caused by severe trauma like this? My neurologist says that I am

actually having trouble with my brain waves not traveling properly from the front of my brain to the back of my brain. He

also says that there are areas that are hyperexcited while the amygdala (emotion center) of my brain is non-functioning.

He says this is caused by some severe trauma occuring in my childhood, one that I may have no knowledge of. He wants to put me to sleep and get me to tell him what my trauma is. I told him no thanks.

I have been avoiding the excitotoxins as per Dr. Russell Blaylock. This has helped some. I also added Carlson's Cod

Liver Oil which helps with a good bit of my "alzheimer" symptoms. I have also been trying to follow Dr. Natasha

Campbell-McBride's advice on avoiding gluten and supplementing with Primal Defense (12 per day). This has me at

least "functioning" to the extent that I can do some things around my home. My symptoms are manifest in a way that it

appears at times to be Cerebral Palsy, Parkinsons, Alzheimers, Stroke, and Retardation. My speech is regularly effected. My adult daughter has the same condition. Mine began while taking a medication called neurontin. My daughter's began after taking another seisure medication for panic attacks. We went to a naturopath who said we both had lyme disease in our brains. We went to him for a year and tried everything he threw at us. After our bank accounts were completely emptied, we started self treating. I picked up "The Maker's Diet" which lead me to this site and

Doctors Blaylock and McBride. Our family did have severe and prolonged trauma prior to all of this but have since

"moved on" and have grateful hearts and feel truely blessed. Any thoughts are appreciated.

re: Why Traumas Can Haunt and Sabotage Your Health for Years

SharonB_203 — Tue, 27 May 2008 22:37:55 GMT

I experienced major traumas growing up. Along with the "usual" physical and sexual abuse, I was also sold out for drug money and forced to torture and kill kittens. There was some permanent physical damage done, and I can't have kids.

I have spent most of my life trying to undo the effects of my early years. I am grateful that I have learned so much about how to heal myself.--I do have several health issues at the moment, but I am confident that I can heal these too. After a lot of hard work, I am now finally creating a life that belongs to me instead of the memories.

I would be lying if I said the road has been easy; but the gains have been worth the work.

re: Why Traumas Can Haunt and Sabotage Your Health for Years

The Big Ragu — Tue, 27 May 2008 20:23:57 GMT

Now this is an article I can really relate to. I have had many severe traumas in my life, starting with childhood sexual abuse to extreme acts of violence committed on / to me. For many years I could barely function with no connection to my emotional state. It was safer to live in my head, seperate from my body. Even now that I have gone through many years of therapy (with and without drugs), much of my life (in the past) is a vague memory, if I can remember specific situations at all. Since seeing an EFT practitioner and learning how to use EFT myself, I have been able to deal with and function normally for the first time in many years. All the fears and phobias are slowly disappearing as we work through each remembered (and unremembered situation) with EFT. I never in my life thought I could be so together, so functioning, so strong, so integrated: mind, body & soul and so free. I only wish loving healing to all of you who are suffering with this cellular memory of your personal traumas. Get youselves to an experienced practitioner or learn about EFT. It is a Godsend.

Namaste,

the Big Ragu

re: Why Traumas Can Haunt and Sabotage Your Health for Years

Texanna — Tue, 27 May 2008 19:22:44 GMT

I suffered sexual abuse in my childhood, and an extremely traumatic domestic violence episode as an adult. For nine years, I was a mess. I was prescribed every antidepressant from a-z, saw numerous psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors, etc. I was told I would never work again, that I would never be well and would have to take medication the rest of my life. Then, I began my spiritual walk, and I was healed. I have no flashbacks, no panic attacks, no depression. I have stayed in the same job for 5 years, and have lived in the same home for 6 years. God gave me my life back. Sometimes, my body will remember what happened to me, and my mind remembers, but my spirit does not.

re: Why Traumas Can Haunt and Sabotage Your Health for Years

earthangel_203 — Tue, 27 May 2008 16:17:46 GMT

Healing emotional scars has been a lifetime practice from childhood abuse. Then came the diagnose of Fibromyalgia/Chronic Fatigue as a grown woman and mother. Up till then, how I addressed lifes' conflicts was pretty much through survival instincts. The life journey was always about healing myself. Challenges of understanding the relentlessness of pain my body was experienceing (not by the hands of others) brought me to a space where I couldn't do anything else but dig deeper to become whole. The past 10 years has been a constant search for relief so I could live a life of quality.

I've been trained and tried countless healing modalities (including EFT), downed countless medications, focused on turning my diet around, and spent countless hours on a Spritual Journey (including forgiveness of self).

Two years ago, I was in a car accident where the car was totaled (I"M ALIVE to talk about it).Then on Christmas day the year after I was assaulted.

I am sharing these personal 'TRAUMAS' for a reason:

I find that to this very moment that the most integral part of shifting (healing) those memories in the brain is:::

1.Stay in the present moment at all times

2.Love yourself at ALL times (without judgement)

3.Accept the cards that life has offered for your individual learning

4.Walk the talk that you are "TO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED"

5.LIVE LIFE...LOVE LIFE (it' so precious)

I hope in some way my sharing will help somone out there to never say 'never' and to live life to the fullest with all its' complexites. Look for the silver lineing in all adversities, and remember to "SMILE and BREATH".

re: Why Traumas Can Haunt and Sabotage Your Health for Years

USMom68 — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:34:09 GMT

I think research and studies thus far have definately indicated that traumatic events effect a person's overall health. It can happen so insideously, that in many cases the person doesn't even think the two are related in any way.

To this day, on occasion, I still can have a traumatic memory recreate itself in my head to the point that my system immediately goes into "stress" and stops producing enzymes, which effects my digestive prossesses in record time. If I wasn't aware of what was happening (and there was I time that I didn't), it ultimately leads to my body "shutting down". Luckily for me, I have enough tools in my arsenal to acknowledge what is happening and to pull myself out of the imbalance before it leads to days and days of discomfort and depression.

Even though I had every bit of nutritional knowledge to assist the challenge nutritionally and naturally, it wasn't until I actually dealt with the traumatic event stuck inside, that my body was finally able to begin healing in order for me to "maintain" a state of balance, so that I can finally live a somewhat normal existence.

This personal experience and journey lead me into healing modalities that normally I would never have considered before. Thanks to my therapist, naturopath and mother.

re: Why Traumas Can Haunt and Sabotage Your Health for Years

springolife — Tue, 27 May 2008 13:30:06 GMT

I found this interesting, particularly since we were in a traumatic car accident a week ago and I'm having flashbacks (cellular memory?) as though it is happening over and over. My girls (ages 1,3,4,5) are terribly traumatized. The baby seems the least affected but at night she keeps waking up screaming so I have no doubt she's dreaming about it.

re: Why Traumas Can Haunt and Sabotage Your Health for Years

david — Tue, 27 May 2008 08:57:09 GMT

Please can sombody explain how it is that your hair can completely fall out, say six months after a shock.....and never grow back?

Presumably the sudden rush of particular hoprmones/enzymes etc. cause this unpleasant effect...but why not in more people, more of the time?