According to D'Avella, “The gut is the hub for creativity, sexuality, and emotions. Gut issues can be linked to sexual trauma, being creatively blocked, unresolved relationships, and unprocessed emotions.” My gut told me that at least some of this pain had to do with the sexual trauma in my past.
Emotions are felt in the gut. Feelings such sadness, anger, nervousness, fear and joy can be felt in the gut. The term “feeling sick to the stomach” describes a situation which involves mental or emotional anguish which can produce stress in the mind and the body.
Abdominal trauma is an injury to the abdomen. Signs and symptoms include abdominal pain, tenderness, rigidity, and bruising of the external abdomen. Complications may include blood loss and infection.
Childhood trauma contributes to a proinflammatory state and low cortisol in adulthood. Stress is a major factor known to alter the gut microbiota and the gut barrier function. Early life is a vulnerable period during which the gut microbiome shapes the host immune homeostasis and the nervous system.
It turns out that there is a connection between experiencing trauma and the well-being of your gut. The source of the disruption by trauma lies in your gut. The microbiome of bacteria helps your body to break down food and absorb nutrients.
Physical pain and tension that is not the result of any other medical condition. This can happen anywhere in the body, and for trauma survivors, it is most commonly held in the core of the body, the stomach, abdomen, and low back, as well as the upper torso, chest, shoulders, and spine.
Maybe you find that if you feel anxious or stressed you experience gut symptoms yourself. You might lose your appetite, get pain in your tummy, or experience diarrhoea. Research has also shown that some digestive conditions, such as IBS, are linked with both anxiety and depression.
Cortisol, another hormone that's released during times of stress, can also have an impact on our digestion. High cortisol levels can lead to bloating, gas, indigestion, heartburn, acid reflux, and other irritable bowel problems.
Think of your intuition as your inner spirit's compass, whose sole purpose is to bring you peace, joy, clarity, and love, even in the face of difficult decisions. In stark contrast to intuition, unhealed trauma is a result of unprocessed negative emotions that resurface, keeping you bound in fear, doubt, and anger.
Emotional information is stored through “packages” in our organs, tissues, skin, and muscles. These “packages” allow the emotional information to stay in our body parts until we can “release” it. Negative emotions in particular have a long-lasting effect on the body.
A balanced diet, complete with all the necessary macronutrients and micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) can help fortify your gut. Vitamin D and an amino acid called L-glutamine may specifically help repair your gut lining.
After practicing TRE® people often use the words 'grounded', 'relaxed' and 'calmer' to describe their feelings. After a period of several months people have reported relief from illnesses such as Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, Eczema and IBS.
Research to date has shown that, like many other stressors, grief frequently leads to changes in the endocrine, immune, autonomic nervous, and cardiovascular systems; all of these are fundamentally influenced by brain function and neurotransmitters.
Intrusive memories
Recurrent, unwanted distressing memories of the traumatic event. Reliving the traumatic event as if it were happening again (flashbacks) Upsetting dreams or nightmares about the traumatic event. Severe emotional distress or physical reactions to something that reminds you of the traumatic event.
Initial reactions to trauma can include exhaustion, confusion, sadness, anxiety, agitation, numbness, dissociation, confusion, physical arousal, and blunted affect. Most responses are normal in that they affect most survivors and are socially acceptable, psychologically effective, and self-limited.
Techniques include progressive muscle relaxation, visualization and restful music. Research suggests that these therapies are most effective when combined with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).
“Many people think of depression and anxiety as a chemical imbalance in the brain. But these chemicals are created in the gut, not the brain,” Nazarenko says. In fact, more than 30 different neurotransmitters and nearly 90% of the body's serotonin, the feel-good hormone, come from your gut. Bottom line?
Serotonin is an important neurotransmitter for gut and mental health. Tryptophan-containing foods like poultry, canned tuna, chocolate, dried prunes, and peanuts provide the building blocks of serotonin, but direct sources of serotonin like wild rice, spinach, potato, and bananas may also boost serotonin levels.
To sum up, since hip muscles are where emotions are trapped caused by events that switch your fight or flight mode, working on deep tissues in hip-focused postures like pigeon pose can release both physical and emotional stress.
The most common areas we tend to hold stress are in the neck, shoulders, hips, hands and feet. Planning one of your stretch sessions around these areas can help calm your mind and calm your body. When we experience stressful situations whether in a moment or over time, we tend to feel tension in the neck.
The brain-gut axis also explains how you can feel stress and emotions in the gut. Most people have experienced butterflies before a first date or diarrhea before public speaking. These "gut feelings" are the result of stress being communicated to the gut via these bidirectional nerve pathways.