*Becoming sane in an insane world is no small feat-it’s a monumental task. People need to understand that much of the mental instability we face isn’t just personal; it’s deeply rooted in the society we live in. Our culture is riddled with unrealistic expectations, relentless consumerism, social isolation, and a disconnection from nature and community-all of which contribute to the epidemic of depression and anxiety.* We’re often led to believe these struggles are purely individual issues, but in reality, they’re symptoms of a dysfunctional system. Recognizing this can empower us to seek change-not just within ourselves but also in the cultural norms and structures that perpetuate suffering
Well we only as women are allowed to have sex or eat for a bodies we were discouraged from dancing or doing yoga and shortly ago or wearing comfortable shoes. It is awful that you have to pay someone to be kind to you at a therapy session, or take school loans out to learn anything and be around respectful people. And you're seen as odd if you are in front of the TV all the time
Thank you! I'd like to know what you think one small do-able step might be. Recently I did a digital detox using a medical protocol to regulate my dopamine levels. I didn't realize it would reach into every part of my life and core values. I'm sustaining the changes, feeling well, and surviving some backlash.
@@MarleyLeMar I suffered from depression and anxiety since I was 14 and they used all kinds of medications on me. The best thing I ever tried is meditation or the guided frequency meditation videos on TH-cam, They are conducting medical experiments with sound and frequency and the results have been amazing!
Seriously, can give yourself cancer and all sorts of chronic illnesses and as soon as you start to undo the trauma, so does your body. Life truly is what you make it. Break the cycle folks, could save your life and immune system. You'll also like yourself way more✌🏻
Being cold enough to have goosebumps is being cold enough to process cortisol in your skin. Dipping your face in ice water is the strongest instant destresser that I know. It is unpleasant but is over in a few seconds and you feel so much better right after.
I’ve experienced weight problems all my life. I therapy my counselor made me aware that my fight flight freeze response was stuck on. I’ve working on resetting that and with it has come so weight loss finally. Thank you for sharing because the information you share has helped me make those changes.
You have a very aware, educated and patient focused clinician. I mentioned my weight gain to one seemingly very educated, highly confident, and assertive clinician a couple years back; her advice was to go to a doctor to assert if this was a medical condition or psychological. She knew I have some autoimmune issues, including a thyroid issue. I already was under a doctors care, visiting their office monthly. I actually had 2 doctors, one western medicine and one more holistically based. Never did this PhD mention the flight or fight system being set “on stuck” nor did she dig any deeper to ascertain if stress, trauma or something else happened or was currently happening, or asking questions. I feel her mind was elsewhere and/or she may not be a good or as knowledgeable as I thought or as she presents herself…maybe it’s a little of both. Thankful for this information.
That was incredibly helpful! I wasn't sure if my past experience would be considered trauma, but while watching this I realised - regardless of what you'd call it - I was in constant stress mode, which was also the time I started eating exessively and gained weight.
Love this lady she gives so much useful information that most people would charged a ton of money for . Acceptance is a huge one for me I used to think acceptance meant I had to be ok or like the situation which made it hard for me to do but now knowing that it means letting go of things I can’t control makes it easier and not fighting a battle I can’t win . And also allowing myself to be upset or sad for a little while but not staying that way
Man, I didn't know this was even a thing. I get jumped from even small creaks. Everything stresses me. I need to change something. I don't know where to start.
I've been learning about the HPA Axis and HPG Axis and this all makes so much sense- why trauma and stress leads to obesity, diabetes, as well as chronic illnesses like autoimmune conditions! It's all linked!
Yup! I can testify 🙌🏽 to this! Currently going through DBT to help cope with and thrive despite my traumas and it’s working! Hard work but worth it! 👏🏽
Hi Emma, I'm from the UK and I've watched a lot of your videos in the past. This one has been particularly helpful re diabetes and trauma. I have suffered trauma in my life and I'm now wondering if this has helped me become diabetic. Looking back I maybe wasn’t eating healthily but am now. Cake and chocolate are my 2 weaknesses which I try to limit to once a week. Thank you for all your support in your channel😊
Also -- THANK YOU Emma. It feels like the medical community doesn't know much of anything about Insulin Resistance/Metabolic Syndrome/Prediabetes (they're all the same thing) and I've been aware of it for myself since around 2012. I only learned about it at all because I couldn't produce enough breastmilk for my babies. The effects are horrible.
Thank you so much emma❤ So much of dealing with this stuff is knowledge. It helps to gave empathy and care from trusted people to work it through, but without knowledge or context to learn skills with it, it isnt so much use. These things are overwhelming, thats what makes it truamatic. Im so glad yoive chosen to share your work for free, with so many people who really need it, and who might find it very hard to access or find out about it any other way. Bless you 🙏
"Weight is not a moral issue" thank you for that. 🙏 I have battled with obesity my entire life and had childhood trauma. Even during periods of exercise and healthy eating, it has been a struggle.
Wow, food and families are werid. I was the chubby kid. Literally since birth my mother was measuring and weighing me to make sure I was eating enough, and not to much. Dad and my sisters ate one meal and Mom and I were always on Weight Watchers throughout childhood. I feel extreme fat phobia in my family. Here I am in my 50's over 100 lbs over weight. Even when I am slimmer I feel I look this size... body dismorphia, too.
I might be in the minority but I would also love to know the mechanism behind weight *loss* due to stress. That's always been my story - when I'm in periods of stress (which has been most of my life), I have zero appetite and end up underweight.
A C E s have a profound effect on our bodies; obesity is only one of many diseases. We needed the adrenaline and cortisol as kids because that is what kept us safe, sadly that was also our normal everyday life. Counselling, positive meditations and daily movements are all extremely useful tools in the effort to reconcile our experiences. My ACE score is 8 btw.
Yet the opposite is true for others..they lose weight in periods of stress or as a result of long term trauma. People with restrictive eating disorders such as anorexia have often had childhood trauma
I’ve had the opposite problem. At one point in my life, I ended up weighing 98 lbs (I’m 5’7”). When I have relationship stress from NA, my stomach gets a “rock” init and it just hurts all the time and I completely lose my appetite.
The childhood stress + trauma in my case led to a slightly different path, a path that ended with not only celiac disease but also many IgE food allergies to common daily foods like wheat, corn, barley, mushrooms, cabbage + avacado. I am sure I am also allergic to milk too as I get even worse breathing issues from it than I do to the corn. And corn is in almost everything. And yes I react to all corn derivitives! Basically living on a grass fed meat based diet. Pasture eggs. My BMI at the PCP was 19.1 very hard to gain weight. Plus I do a lot of walking! I actually have a gene that says I am "likely to be heavier than normal" but the celiac gene over rides it. Those IgE allergies take over. Want to lose weight? Go get some IgE allergies to wheat + corn! Tons of people are allergic to corn. Its a growing allergy.
Something to keep in mind is that acute stress causes immune enhancement while chronic atress causes immune suppression. My stress not only causes central adiposity but also a condition called eosinophilia. Stress is toxic to one's health and will likely wreck your immune system and metabolism. Take care, everyone.
A dysregulated and suppressed immune system, coupled with a dysfunctional metabolism, is why we see cancer becoming so prevalent in our modern society. Modifying diet and lifestyle is the solution.
I read an excerpt from Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers by Robert Sapolsky and it talks a bit about this. he's a neuroscientist at Stanford who studies stress effects on the body as well as other things. The excerpt was fascinating, but I haven't had a chance to read the entire book. Hope this helps. I would like other book recommendations on this too. There should be more writing on this.
In light of the high incidence of type 2 diabetes and obesity among African Americans, its possible generational racial trauma plays a role in the prevalence of pervasive poor health outcomes along with limited wholistic, culturally competent mental health intervention opportunities
This is real, predator hunting and not consuming prey dynamic. Done with Intent and you're ready for market or a bunker. Look into how they make turkeys into butterballs. It's not very nice.
Craving fatty foods such as cakes, pies, donuts that contain seed oils, hydrogenated oils/vegetable oils.... healthy fats are necessary for optimal brain function and overall health.
The WHO categorized obesity as a disease back in the 1940s, but the US does consider it a moral issue. It means that health insurance rarely covers treatment for weight loss, and things that truly work like GLP-1 drugs are restricted. That's why people are going through compounding pharmacies and dying. I hate the American healthcare system. I'm paying $400 a month for Zepbound until I bump to the next titration when it will be $550, for as long as I can afford and justify the expense. I'll just have to be grateful for whatever help I get from it. It's a complete game changer.
Sooo trauma stress doesn't trigger weight gain but increases appetite, right? I see these two being interchanged freely but if I am to take theory into practice and try to improve something, this is very important distinction.
thanks - the body keeps the score. you can run yourself to pieces in the gym, if youre constantly traumalooping in your brain, your body is in panic mode and says "OMG NO MUST STORE ENERGY", the cortisol helps greatly with that....then again, muscle growth isnt affected. so by getting ripped, you eventually WILL lose fat. but few trauma survivors say "oh guess what i start pro bodybuilding now!", the lot of people just wanna get dat summer body. also, especially childhood trauma will completely derail your discipline and persistence. WELL! IT IS WHAT IT IS!
@@kunserndsittizen2655probably referring to the scapegoated child in a dysfunctional family. The one who is blamed for all the problems instead of the abuser.
*Becoming sane in an insane world is no small feat-it’s a monumental task. People need to understand that much of the mental instability we face isn’t just personal; it’s deeply rooted in the society we live in. Our culture is riddled with unrealistic expectations, relentless consumerism, social isolation, and a disconnection from nature and community-all of which contribute to the epidemic of depression and anxiety.*
We’re often led to believe these struggles are purely individual issues, but in reality, they’re symptoms of a dysfunctional system. Recognizing this can empower us to seek change-not just within ourselves but also in the cultural norms and structures that perpetuate suffering
Well we only as women are allowed to have sex or eat for a bodies we were discouraged from dancing or doing yoga and shortly ago or wearing comfortable shoes. It is awful that you have to pay someone to be kind to you at a therapy session, or take school loans out to learn anything and be around respectful people. And you're seen as odd if you are in front of the TV all the time
Well said @drjerry
This is so true.
Thank you! I'd like to know what you think one small do-able step might be. Recently I did a digital detox using a medical protocol to regulate my dopamine levels. I didn't realize it would reach into every part of my life and core values. I'm sustaining the changes, feeling well, and surviving some backlash.
@@MarleyLeMar I suffered from depression and anxiety since I was 14 and they used all kinds of medications on me. The best thing I ever tried is meditation or the guided frequency meditation videos on TH-cam,
They are conducting medical experiments with sound and frequency and the results have been amazing!
Seriously, can give yourself cancer and all sorts of chronic illnesses and as soon as you start to undo the trauma, so does your body. Life truly is what you make it. Break the cycle folks, could save your life and immune system. You'll also like yourself way more✌🏻
That's not the science behind trauma tho. It's about the neurological and brain wiring starting in childhood.
its like constantly dousing a fire with gasoline, more and more. inflammation, LITERALLY.
Being cold enough to have goosebumps is being cold enough to process cortisol in your skin. Dipping your face in ice water is the strongest instant destresser that I know. It is unpleasant but is over in a few seconds and you feel so much better right after.
That's so interesting, thanks for sharing!
I’m going to try this tomorrow morning.
I wonder if that is going on with me??
I wear shorts all year, unless it's like below zero,lol. I'm comfortable
I’ve experienced weight problems all my life. I therapy my counselor made me aware that my fight flight freeze response was stuck on. I’ve working on resetting that and with it has come so weight loss finally. Thank you for sharing because the information you share has helped me make those changes.
You have a very aware, educated and patient focused clinician. I mentioned my weight gain to one seemingly very educated, highly confident, and assertive clinician a couple years back; her advice was to go to a doctor to assert if this was a medical condition or psychological. She knew I have some autoimmune issues, including a thyroid issue. I already was under a doctors care, visiting their office monthly. I actually had 2 doctors, one western medicine and one more holistically based. Never did this PhD mention the flight or fight system being set “on stuck” nor did she dig any deeper to ascertain if stress, trauma or something else happened or was currently happening, or asking questions. I feel her mind was elsewhere and/or she may not be a good or as knowledgeable as I thought or as she presents herself…maybe it’s a little of both. Thankful for this information.
😊
My therapist suspects the same. She says you're breathing in a traumatic way.
That was incredibly helpful!
I wasn't sure if my past experience would be considered trauma, but while watching this I realised - regardless of what you'd call it - I was in constant stress mode, which was also the time I started eating exessively and gained weight.
I’ve been eating my feelings…..needed this 😮❤
Love this lady she gives so much useful information that most people would charged a ton of money for . Acceptance is a huge one for me I used to think acceptance meant I had to be ok or like the situation which made it hard for me to do but now knowing that it means letting go of things I can’t control makes it easier and not fighting a battle I can’t win . And also allowing myself to be upset or sad for a little while but not staying that way
I can relate so much to this, stuck in FFF since childhood. Very hard to relax, always feeling unsafe.
Man, I didn't know this was even a thing. I get jumped from even small creaks. Everything stresses me. I need to change something. I don't know where to start.
I've been learning about the HPA Axis and HPG Axis and this all makes so much sense- why trauma and stress leads to obesity, diabetes, as well as chronic illnesses like autoimmune conditions!
It's all linked!
Yup! I can testify 🙌🏽 to this! Currently going through DBT to help cope with and thrive despite my traumas and it’s working! Hard work but worth it! 👏🏽
Thanks!
Hi Emma, I'm from the UK and I've watched a lot of your videos in the past. This one has been particularly helpful re diabetes and trauma. I have suffered trauma in my life and I'm now wondering if this has helped me become diabetic. Looking back I maybe wasn’t eating healthily but am now. Cake and chocolate are my 2 weaknesses which I try to limit to once a week.
Thank you for all your support in your channel😊
Also -- THANK YOU Emma. It feels like the medical community doesn't know much of anything about Insulin Resistance/Metabolic Syndrome/Prediabetes (they're all the same thing) and I've been aware of it for myself since around 2012. I only learned about it at all because I couldn't produce enough breastmilk for my babies. The effects are horrible.
I have PCOS and that makes the lactation consultants shrug and say, "well, I don't know how else to help, PCOS is tough"
Thank you so much emma❤
So much of dealing with this stuff is knowledge.
It helps to gave empathy and care from trusted people to work it through, but without knowledge or context to learn skills with it, it isnt so much use.
These things are overwhelming, thats what makes it truamatic.
Im so glad yoive chosen to share your work for free, with so many people who really need it, and who might find it very hard to access or find out about it any other way. Bless you 🙏
"Weight is not a moral issue" thank you for that. 🙏 I have battled with obesity my entire life and had childhood trauma. Even during periods of exercise and healthy eating, it has been a struggle.
Thank you very much for this video. It gave me answer to 45 years old question.
my abusive family had an obsession w food and anything i ate was announced . it was psycho .
Wow, food and families are werid. I was the chubby kid. Literally since birth my mother was measuring and weighing me to make sure I was eating enough, and not to much. Dad and my sisters ate one meal and Mom and I were always on Weight Watchers throughout childhood. I feel extreme fat phobia in my family. Here I am in my 50's over 100 lbs over weight. Even when I am slimmer I feel I look this size... body dismorphia, too.
I might be in the minority but I would also love to know the mechanism behind weight *loss* due to stress. That's always been my story - when I'm in periods of stress (which has been most of my life), I have zero appetite and end up underweight.
THANK 💜😘YOU! EVERYTHING BEGINS IN THE 🧠 BRAIN. THERAPY HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND THIS.❤
Love your content and your delivery - calm and relatable. Thanks so much. Happy holidays ☺️
Thank you SO much for this. Cant thank you enough
Thank you Emma😁 I really like listening to your podcasts🖐️
Glad to see you pop up in my feed. TH-cam hasn’t been surfacing your videos.
Thank you so much for another helpful, free video.
Wow!thank you for sharing. I've gained tremendous insights 🙌
I always enjoy your videos, but this was very helpful. Thanks for all you do
A C E s have a profound effect on our bodies; obesity is only one of many diseases. We needed the adrenaline and cortisol as kids because that is what kept us safe, sadly that was also our normal everyday life. Counselling, positive meditations and daily movements are all extremely useful tools in the effort to reconcile our experiences. My ACE score is 8 btw.
Really helpful - thank you ❤
the bodys systems all unravel when severe stress is a part of everyday life
Thank you Emma for your work and sharing so many really helpful free resources ❤
Merry Christmas/ appropriate seasonal greetings
Mental health is just as important as physical health because they are related. Hopefully the many medical systems catch up.
Yet the opposite is true for others..they lose weight in periods of stress or as a result of long term trauma. People with restrictive eating disorders such as anorexia have often had childhood trauma
Thank you
I’ve had the opposite problem. At one point in my life, I ended up weighing 98 lbs (I’m 5’7”). When I have relationship stress from NA, my stomach gets a “rock” init and it just hurts all the time and I completely lose my appetite.
Great video! I am having such trouble with managing stress and gaining weight this year 😫
Very interesting information
Thank you so much!
This was so helpful, thank you! Just subscribed.
Great video!Thank you!
Best video ever
Very useful!
This makes sense to me.
The childhood stress + trauma in my case led to a slightly different path, a path that ended with not only celiac disease but also many IgE food allergies to common daily foods like wheat, corn, barley, mushrooms, cabbage + avacado. I am sure I am also allergic to milk too as I get even worse breathing issues from it than I do to the corn. And corn is in almost everything. And yes I react to all corn derivitives!
Basically living on a grass fed meat based diet. Pasture eggs. My BMI at the PCP was 19.1 very hard to gain weight. Plus I do a lot of walking!
I actually have a gene that says I am "likely to be heavier than normal" but the celiac gene over rides it. Those IgE allergies take over.
Want to lose weight? Go get some IgE allergies to wheat + corn! Tons of people are allergic to corn. Its a growing allergy.
Something to keep in mind is that acute stress causes immune enhancement while chronic atress causes immune suppression. My stress not only causes central adiposity but also a condition called eosinophilia. Stress is toxic to one's health and will likely wreck your immune system and metabolism. Take care, everyone.
A dysregulated and suppressed immune system, coupled with a dysfunctional metabolism, is why we see cancer becoming so prevalent in our modern society. Modifying diet and lifestyle is the solution.
Awesome ❤
If anybody has any book recommendations about this I would love some suggestions ❤
I read an excerpt from Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers by Robert Sapolsky and it talks a bit about this.
he's a neuroscientist at Stanford who studies stress effects on the body as well as other things. The excerpt was fascinating, but I haven't had a chance to read the entire book. Hope this helps. I would like other book recommendations on this too. There should be more writing on this.
In light of the high incidence of type 2 diabetes and obesity among African Americans, its possible generational racial trauma plays a role in the prevalence of pervasive poor health outcomes along with limited wholistic, culturally competent mental health intervention opportunities
Cortisol Adrenaline Stress
This is real, predator hunting and not consuming prey dynamic. Done with Intent and you're ready for market or a bunker. Look into how they make turkeys into butterballs. It's not very nice.
😍❤️
Craving fatty foods such as cakes, pies, donuts that contain seed oils, hydrogenated oils/vegetable oils.... healthy fats are necessary for optimal brain function and overall health.
What about Underweight, can you make a video for that also. When you are skinny and cant gain weight. ❤️💙🙏
The WHO categorized obesity as a disease back in the 1940s, but the US does consider it a moral issue.
It means that health insurance rarely covers treatment for weight loss, and things that truly work like GLP-1 drugs are restricted. That's why people are going through compounding pharmacies and dying.
I hate the American healthcare system. I'm paying $400 a month for Zepbound until I bump to the next titration when it will be $550, for as long as I can afford and justify the expense. I'll just have to be grateful for whatever help I get from it. It's a complete game changer.
Who dislikes the video?
Sooo trauma stress doesn't trigger weight gain but increases appetite, right? I see these two being interchanged freely but if I am to take theory into practice and try to improve something, this is very important distinction.
Best to stick to therapy as someone who has experienced anorexia and orthorexia I recommend listening to experts like abbey sharpe on nutrition
I work in a high-paying job which comes with stress. How can I manage?
By using some of your high payment to see a therapist.
I like your blouse or dress
thanks - the body keeps the score.
you can run yourself to pieces in the gym, if youre constantly traumalooping in your brain, your body is in panic mode and says "OMG NO MUST STORE ENERGY", the cortisol helps greatly with that....then again, muscle growth isnt affected. so by getting ripped, you eventually WILL lose fat. but few trauma survivors say "oh guess what i start pro bodybuilding now!", the lot of people just wanna get dat summer body. also, especially childhood trauma will completely derail your discipline and persistence. WELL! IT IS WHAT IT IS!
This happened to my late scapegoated husband….he ate to feel happy, got t2d and eventually had a fatal heart attack …..so sad & tragic….🩵✨♥️
Scapegoated?
I'm so sorry.
@@kunserndsittizen2655probably a typo
@@kunserndsittizen2655probably referring to the scapegoated child in a dysfunctional family. The one who is blamed for all the problems instead of the abuser.