“Trauma Isn’t Just Psychological — It’s Biological: How Survival Mode Rewires the Body.”

𝟒. 🛡️ 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚 𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
Your immune system is wired to your nervous system.
When the nervous system stays in survival mode, immunity shifts too.

⚠️ Chronic inflammation
Trauma raises levels of:
• histamine
• IL-6
• TNF-α
• CRP

This is why trauma survivors often develop:
• MCAS
• autoimmune conditions
• chronic pain
• migraines
• food sensitivities

⚠️ Immune suppression
During prolonged stress, the body shuts down long-term repair.
This allows:
• parasite to overpopulate
• gut infections to flourish
• detox pathways to stall

Trauma reshapes immunity from the inside out.

𝟓. 🌬️ 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 — 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲
The most primitive trauma imprint is breath-holding.

During stress:
• the diaphragm tightens
• rib mobility decreases
• breathing becomes upper-chest and shallow

This creates:
• low oxygenation
• CO₂ imbalance
• impaired vagal tone
• increased inflammation
• decreased lymphatic flow
• dysregulated heart rhythm

Trauma literally steals breath from the cells.
And without full breath, every organ begins to downshift.