Narcissistic abuse causes illness in the body

[Music] hi everyone this is Athena from Courage coaching welcome to my channel if you're new here then please click on the Subscribe button in order to get notifications for any new videos that I upload and if you like a video then please give it a thumbs up and don't forget I do offer onetoone coaching for those of you that need support now in today's video I wanted to talk about the fact that narcissistic abuse and Trauma suffered from this abuse is actually something that causes illness in our bodies being in a relationship where there is constantly toxicity there is constantly stress where you are constantly in fight or flight mode this is something that does your body a hell of a lot of harm and I know this from my own experience I know this from being around toxic people in my childhood and also in my adulthood I have I have noticed how ill I get when I'm around somebody that constantly makes me feel like I'm going crazy so if you are in a dysfunctional relationship if you are constantly arguing with somebody if you are constantly feeling like you're walking on eggshells if you are always stressed if you are always worried then please the first question you must ask yourself if you are having physical symptoms in your body is am I in a toxic relationship this is the first thing to ask yourself and it doesn't matter if this is a partner it doesn't matter if this is a family member if you are constantly feeling on edge this is harming you this is harming your body and this isn't only harming your body in a psychological way so if you are having for instance feelings of anxiety or depression um if you're having digestive issues if you're having sweaty Palms if you're having heart palpitations if you're having trouble sleeping so you're suffering with insomnia if you're having panic attacks if you are Comfort eating too much if you are having high blood pressure all of these things are already pointing towards the fact that you are in fight or flight mode and your body is not handling it very well it's okay if we have something stressful happen in our lives where this will send us into fight flight mode but then the danger Will subside and we will go back to our Baseline right but if we are constantly triggered by somebody if we are constantly fearing for our life if we are constantly walking on eggshells if we are constantly feeling isolated and persecuted and invalidated and insulted and disrespected if we are constantly feeling hurt if we are constantly feeling like we are in danger then this sends our body into overdrive this will cause inflammation in our body we will have constant hormonal changes in our body which will then lead to inflammation which will then lead to illness we will develop symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder we will develop symptoms of having an autoimmune disorder we may have um rheumatoid arthritis we may have skin problem problems so psoriasis is an example we will start developing things that we didn't have before when you are in fight or flight mode your body is constantly releasing cortisol and adrenaline these are constantly released in the body and they cause irregularities in the body they cause inflammation in the body toxic relationships do so much harm to our whole bodies in physical ways and emotional ways people will develop problems with their heart they'll have arrhythmias they will have heart attacks they will have chest pains they will have all sorts of problems you know the digestive problems that you may have if you have chronic digestive problems this also has a lot to do with stress certain hormonal changes can actually change um our gut bacteria we will have an inability to absorb nutrients from our food um we will have all sorts of um imbalances in our body and then we will be even more sensitive to maybe eating unhealthily we will be even more sensitive to alcohol anything toxic that we put in our body on top of the trauma that we have from the narcissistic relationship will be detrimental if you are in a narcissistically abusive relationship if you are in a toxic relationship the best advice I can give you is to leave is to detach is to break the trauma bond is to get away from this person and you will notice that after some time your body will start healing you will start feeling calmer you will start feeling better you won't be in a constant state of fight or flight eat healthily do exercise avoid sugar get some sunlight get some vitamin D do all the things that you know are good for you and on top of that make sure that you stay away from negative toxic people from people that drain your energy from people that make you feel bad about yourself you have one life and one life only don't let people like this ruin your health you know I've had so many clients that I've had cancer that have had autoimmune diseases that are suffering all the time because of having been in such horribly toxic relationships for such a huge part of their lives years and years years of this toxic stress is bad for the body most people who have some autoimmune disorder that have health problems have been in dysfunctional relationships so please be aware of this please do the best you can to look after yourself remove toxic people from your life it doesn't matter who they are it doesn't matter if you have nobody else in this world apart from this toxic person I guarantee you you will be better off alone on your journey of recovery you will come across other people that are on a similar journey to you and you will eventually create a new life but you have to emotionally detach and physically detach if you can as well for your own health look after your body and look after your mind if you could relate to the topic of this video then please feel free to share your comments thank you so much for listening and for watching and I will see you very soon take care bye-bye