Chronic Illness Trauma Studies
How Adversity Shapes Health & Why It's Not In Your Head
What are Chrillogs? #Chrillogs are our chronic illness weblogs - our stories of chronic illness as seen through a trauma lens. I've shared my story to offer insights from trauma and nervous system perspectives, such as on my ME/CFS, food intolerances and weight and prediabetes so others might ...
Have you ever wondered whether trauma can cause the autoimmune form of diabetes? Or if there is, at the very least, any research about links between trauma and type 1 diabetes (T1D)? Or if trauma contributed to your risk of developing some other chronic illness, whatever it may be? The science ...
My paternal grandfather developed rheumatoid arthritis as an adult. He lost his mother to suicide when he was only 6 years old. It appears from family lore that he was the one who discovered her. This is an example of the link between adverse childhood experiences and rheumatoid ...
My paternal grandfather had rheumatoid arthritis (RA). I discovered some secrets about his life when I looked into his story because there are links between multigenerational trauma and chronic illness. This is because trauma that occurs in our parents' or grandparents' lives or in their family's ...
