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Trauma & Narcissism Redefined

Who Knew Trauma, Stress & Narcissistic Abuse Can Cause Gum Disease!!!

Trauma & Narcissism Redefined

Caroline Strawson

Narcissisticabuse, Health & Fitness, Narcissist, Self-improvement, Education, Recovery, Mental Health, Trauma

4.8 • 701 Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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I knew that stress & trauma could cause physical issues, but I never knew it could affect your gums!

 

Following my abusive relationship and stressful divorce I began noticing the physical toll it took on me, but it’s only recently I noticed the impact on my gums. I have been ignoring frequent gum bleeding, but lately it has turned into chronic inflammation and pain, prompting me to seek help.

 

My dentist diagnosed me with gum disease and explained how stress weakens the immune system, making it harder to fight infections, including those in the mouth. It’s so easy to miss these signs when you’re in a fight, flight, or freeze response, making it extra important we remind each other to look after our physical health as well as our mental health. If you're experiencing emotional distress, pay attention to your body's signals and take steps to care for your entire self.

 

In this episode, we will explore:

  • How stress and trauma can negatively impact oral health, leading to gum disease
  • The importance of recognising the link between mental health and physical well-being
  • Effective strategies for prioritising mental health to improve overall health
  • The significance of monitoring gum health and seeking professional advice early on to prevent serious consequences

 

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0:00.0

As if we didn't hate stress, trauma and narcissistic abuse enough, did you know that it can actually contribute to gum disease?

0:14.0

Hi, my name is Caroline Strawson and I'm a trauma trained somatic practitioner and your host of trauma and narcissism redefined your weekly dose

0:23.8

of education inspiration a bit of humor and to really help you survive and thrive after trauma and for

0:32.1

those of you who've experienced abusive relationships and in today's, I want to talk to you about something really

0:39.0

personal, actually, and it's been my own journey. And I've done another podcast on chronic

0:45.8

illnesses that can be caused when you've experienced trauma, because we have a heightened amount

0:51.0

of cortisol in our body, which leads inflammation and for me that led to me

0:55.4

being diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and I did actually

1:01.2

have a heart condition called long QT syndrome that I was diagnosed with. It was on no medication

1:06.4

for that but of course you can imagine having all of that was quite a worry. Now, I have completely

1:12.7

reversed all three of those diagnosis. I no longer have a heart condition. I no longer have IBS

1:17.6

and I no longer have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. And that was due to a lot of somatic

1:22.6

healing, so a lot of nervous system stuff. You know, time alone doesn't just heal trauma.

1:29.0

Mindset work doesn't just heal trauma. The thing that really worked for me and the thing that I talk about and why I completely

1:34.1

retrained from a podiatrist into doing what I'm doing was somatic healing. The nervous system work.

1:40.4

You know, you don't think anxiety, you don't think depression, you feel it. So we have to feel to heal.

1:46.0

We have to literally complete survival responses that get stuck in any given moments

1:51.0

so that we can almost timestamp them in our brain into the past,

1:55.0

not like they're still happening in the present moment.

1:58.0

But there was one that I did not know. And this is why I want to share this journey

2:04.1

with you in the hope that maybe you can relate. Maybe you already knew this or maybe now you're

2:09.4

going to connect the dots in this podcast. And equally, if you didn't realize this, to go and get

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