Is Childhood Trauma Causing Immune Dysfunction? + Meditation
Send us a textIn this powerful episode of Heal Within, Dr. Evette Rose explores how unresolved childhood attachment trauma doesnāt just affect your emotionsāit imprints deep into your nervous and immune systems, shaping the way your body responds to life. Discover the neuroscience behind why early emotional wounds create lifelong patterns of inflammation, fatigue, anxiety, and disconnectionāand how you can begin to reverse these effects through trauma-aware healing.Youāll learn:How attachment trauma primes your brain and immune systemWhy microglia (the brainās immune cells) become hyper-reactiveThe link between chronic stress, inflammation, and burnoutSigns your nervous system is stuck in survival modeHow to begin rewiring your system for safety and connectionš The episode closes with a deeply healing Guided Meditation: Reuniting with the Divine Mother & Divine Father for Attachment Healing, helping you reconnect with a felt sense of love, safety, and inner wholeness.šæ Affirmation of the Day: āI release the past and receive new nurturing now.āWith loveDr. Evette RoseWebsite: www.metaphysicalanatomy.comEvents: https://metaphysicalanatomy.com/event_s/Books: https://metaphysicalanatomy.com/books-by-evette-rose/Book a Session: https://metaphysicalanatomy.com/session/ReferencesAinsworth, M. D. S., & Bowlby, J. (1991). An ethological approach to personality development. American Psychologist, 46(4), 333ā341. https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.46.4.333Bremner, J. D., & Vermetten, E. (2001). Stress and development: Behavioral and biological consequences. Development and Psychopathology, 13(3), 473ā489. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579401003042Danese, A., & Lewis, S. J. (2017). Psychoneuroimmunology of early-life stress: The hidden wounds of childhood trauma? Neuropsychopharmacology, 42(1), 99ā114. https://doi.org/10.1038/npp.2016.198Fields, R. D. (2006). The other half of the brain. Scientific American, 295(3), 54ā61. https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0906-54Gunnar, M. R., & Quevedo, K. (2007). The neurobiology of stress and development. Annual Review of Psychology, 58, 145ā173. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.psych.58.110405.085605Hennessy, M. B., Deak, T., & Schiml, P. A. (2014). Sociality and sickness: Have cytokines evolved to serve social functions beyond times of pathogen exposure? Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 37, 15ā20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2013.10.021Hutchinson, M. R., & Watkins, L. R. (2014). Why is neuroimmunopharmacology crucial for the future of addiction research? Neuropharmacology, 76, 218ā227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2013.04.008Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K., McGuire, L., Robles, T. F., & Glaser, R. (2002). Emotions, morbidity, and mortality: New perspectives from psychoneuroimmunology. Annual Review of Psychology, 53, 83ā107. Support the show