In this episode…
Emotional trauma doesn’t just live in your mind; it physically reshapes your biology, driving autoimmunity, fatigue, mysterious pain flares, and raising long-term disease risk.
In this episode with Dr. Aimie Apigian, author of the runaway bestseller The Biology of Trauma, we uncover exactly how unprocessed emotional experiences (including the hidden epidemic of neglect) create a chronic freeze state in the nervous system that results in inflammation, toxin accumulation, and self-attack diseases. She explains why so many high-achieving women feel exhausted despite “doing everything right,” and how perfectionism, shame, and buried insecurity are often trauma responses showing up as physical symptoms.
We also talk about practical phases of nervous-system healing, starting with safety, so you don’t retraumatize yourself trying to “fix” everything at once. This episode is for anyone tired of deciphering lab numbers while the real root stays invisible.
Key discussion points…
- Why trauma is the missing conversation in medicine
- The body holds onto unresolved experiences
- Emotional trauma and why neglect is the most common form
- Defining neglect: why “too little for too long” is dangerous
- Physical symptoms of emotional trauma
- Three phases of safe trauma healing
- How to heal from unconscious body-held trauma
- Where to find The Biology of Trauma book
If we’re holding onto our trauma, it literally creates the conditions in which it invites different toxins that then make us sick.
Dr. Aimie Apigian
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About Dr. Aimie Apigian
Dr. Aimie Apigian is a preventive & addiction medicine physician with master’s degrees in biochemistry and public health. She’s the national bestselling author of The Biology of Trauma and creator of nervous-system healing courses and a practitioner certification program that bridges functional medicine, attachment theory, and trauma resolution. Her work focuses on how the body physiologically stores fear and overwhelm from the past — and how releasing it changes health outcomes.
Learn more about her work at biologyoftrauma.com
Resources Mentioned In This Episode
The Biology of Trauma
This book reframes trauma as a biological process deeply held in the body, not just a mental or emotional memory. Drawing on neuroscience, medicine, and clinical research, it shows how unresolved trauma alters nervous-system regulation, cellular function, and overall health, and offers a science‑backed roadmap for healing that goes beyond traditional talk‑based approaches.
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