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Trauma is Intergenerational

Animal and human studies show trauma is passed from mother to fetus.  These early memories of trauma are implicit or non-conscious.  We access them through the body memory of sensation in Somatic Experiencing.  Other studies show that access the memory whether implicit or explicit is a slightly unstable event where learning  and change in the nervous system…

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An animal study: profound physiological effects of stress

Stress Reveals Connections Between the Brain and the Blood Steven Dubovsky, MD reviewing Heidt T et al. Nat Med 2014 Jul. Chronic unpredictable stress has profound physiologic effects. It is well known that chronic stress, especially if it is unpredictable, promotes inflammation. To learn more, researchers conducted a series of experiments in mice and 29…

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