The Biology of Trauma- How to Recognize and Release It With Dr. Aimie Apigian
Update: 2025-09-24
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Episode Highlights with Aimie
- Why she started this line of study after she foster parented while in medical school
- Assumptions about trauma that turned out to be all wrong
- The reason therapy might not be the solution, or certainly not the only one
- How trauma is connected to our physical health and why this matters so much
- Creating inner safety… and why this sounds so simple but can be tough to actually do
- What trauma is in the body. And how do we actually make our bodies feel safe?
- Why creating safety isn’t just in the mind and how to address this in the body
- How to begin to recognize trauma in ourselves and in our children
- Trauma stored in the body will always trigger survival mechanisms that can be subtle coping mechanisms or patterns of disconnection
- The physical reactions that can be tied to trauma including skin reactions, digestive issues, immune system, brain inflammation, and more
- What generational trauma is and how it supports the biological impact of trauma
- How oxidative stress impacts the body, even epigenetically
- What it means to complete a trauma response and why this is important
- When we have a trauma response, it means we felt powerless, alone, and trapped
- The nervous system component of healing
- What ventral vagal/parasympathetic is and why it is helpful for healing
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