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Brain Inflammation: Addressing The Overlooked Gatekeeper To Trauma Release with. Dr Austin Perlmutter
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What can we do about the brain inflammation that holds us back in fog, fatigue and trauma responses?
To help answer that question and share brain inflammation with you is my guest, Dr. Austin Perlmutter, is a board-certified internal medicine physician, New York Times bestselling author, published researcher, and the executive director for Big Bold Health, a food-as-medicine company focused on helping people rejuvenate health through better immune function.
In the evolving field of trauma therapy, we're increasingly recognizing that healing isn't just about processing memories or changing thought patterns. The application of The Biology of Trauma lens is that it is just as much about addressing the impact trauma has had on our biology, which now keeps us stuck in our trauma responses.
One crucial aspect of this biological impact is brain inflammation. It is one of the most common yet most overlooked gatekeepers of trauma healing. Brain inflammation creates many of the symptoms that people attach to their trauma responses, yet often is what is triggering those trauma responses. Yes, you heard me right. It is not just people, places that can trigger our trauma response. It is also a specific immune cell in our brain - microglia.
In this episode, you’ll learn why:
- Good insights from therapy seem to fade by the next day
- Small stresses feel overwhelming to your brain
- What you eat affects how well you can process emotions
- Relationship conflicts leave you mentally exhausted
- Your diet can dysregulate you just as much as your partner
- Your mind feels clearer in nature than in therapy
For more information and show notes, please visit our website: https://biologyoftrauma.com/biology-of-trauma-podcast/
156 episodes
Manage episode 454821662 series 3427350
What can we do about the brain inflammation that holds us back in fog, fatigue and trauma responses?
To help answer that question and share brain inflammation with you is my guest, Dr. Austin Perlmutter, is a board-certified internal medicine physician, New York Times bestselling author, published researcher, and the executive director for Big Bold Health, a food-as-medicine company focused on helping people rejuvenate health through better immune function.
In the evolving field of trauma therapy, we're increasingly recognizing that healing isn't just about processing memories or changing thought patterns. The application of The Biology of Trauma lens is that it is just as much about addressing the impact trauma has had on our biology, which now keeps us stuck in our trauma responses.
One crucial aspect of this biological impact is brain inflammation. It is one of the most common yet most overlooked gatekeepers of trauma healing. Brain inflammation creates many of the symptoms that people attach to their trauma responses, yet often is what is triggering those trauma responses. Yes, you heard me right. It is not just people, places that can trigger our trauma response. It is also a specific immune cell in our brain - microglia.
In this episode, you’ll learn why:
- Good insights from therapy seem to fade by the next day
- Small stresses feel overwhelming to your brain
- What you eat affects how well you can process emotions
- Relationship conflicts leave you mentally exhausted
- Your diet can dysregulate you just as much as your partner
- Your mind feels clearer in nature than in therapy
For more information and show notes, please visit our website: https://biologyoftrauma.com/biology-of-trauma-podcast/
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