The Science

Why Your Body Feels Tense All the Time

Why Your Body Feels Tense All the Time

If your body feels tense all the time and you’ve exhausted all your options, it usually isn’t a muscle problem — it’s a nervous system stuck in a low-grade fight-or-flight state. That same overdrive can make emotions harder to regulate and leave your thinking foggy....

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brain imaging for trauma diagnosis

brain imaging for trauma diagnosis

Trauma doesn't just live in your memories — it changes the physical structure and activity of your brain. New research using SPECT brain imaging is making it possible to see those changes objectively, offering answers for people who have tried therapy, tried...

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What Do Your Genes Have to Do With Trauma?

What Do Your Genes Have to Do With Trauma?

Your genes are not a fixed sentence. Research in epigenetics shows that trauma, chronic stress, and emotional states can alter how your genes express themselves — and that this can even be passed to the next generation. The good news: the same mechanism that encodes...

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