Despite observed links between stress, trauma and type 1 diabetes (T1D) for over 2000 years, most doctors don't know about the research. Despite 40 years of more specific, recent research showing that serious life events and trauma increase risk for T1D, the idea is still dismissed. This means ...
APOEs (Adverse Pre-Onset Experiences)
Video: When You Have a Chronic Illness and A History of Trauma (It’s Not Psychological)
Many people with chronic illness have a history of trauma and wonder if the two are linked. I created a video on this question because so many people with chronic illness develop symptoms soon after a traumatic event. Many wonder if trauma at other times in their lives could also affect risk. A ...
Can Trauma or Stress Trigger Chronic Disease? (Adverse Pre-Onset Experiences)
Have you ever wondered if stress can trigger the onset of chronic disease? Or if trauma, infection, or something challenging can put you over the edge and stimulate the onset of serious symptoms? If so you are not alone. Many of us with chronic illness had an onset after trauma or following a ...
Trauma and Chronic Illness: 19 Characteristics that Can Make Sense of Symptoms (Summary of the Science)
There are a lot of unanswered questions about chronic illness. Why do so many of us develop our diseases after periods of stress, for example? Why are we then unable to recover by addressing, removing or reducing the stress in our lives? Why do some people with type 1 diabetes, or chronic ...