"Trauma Had Become My Biology" - Dr. Aimie's Rebel Story
Release Date: 01/30/2026
"Trauma Had Become My Biology" - Dr. Aimie's Rebel Story
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"Trauma Had Become My Biology" Trauma doesn’t just live in the mind; it reshapes your nervous system, rewires your biology, and can drive chronic illness for decades. Yet most people, and most doctors, never learn how trauma actually works inside the body. In this episode of Rebels With a Root Cause, Dr. Aimie Apigian, author of The Biology of Trauma, shares her deeply personal journey from conventional medicine to trauma-informed healing, including her experience as a foster mother, losing her adopted son, and facing her own trauma-driven health collapse. Dr. Aimie explains how...
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info_outline"Trauma Had Become My Biology"
Trauma doesn’t just live in the mind; it reshapes your nervous system, rewires your biology, and can drive chronic illness for decades. Yet most people, and most doctors, never learn how trauma actually works inside the body.
In this episode of Rebels With a Root Cause, Dr. Aimie Apigian, author of The Biology of Trauma, shares her deeply personal journey from conventional medicine to trauma-informed healing, including her experience as a foster mother, losing her adopted son, and facing her own trauma-driven health collapse.
Dr. Aimie explains how trauma becomes embedded in the nervous system, why unresolved emotional stress contributes to autoimmune disease and chronic fatigue, and why the medical system often treats symptoms instead of true root causes.
This episode explores how trauma healing requires biological safety, nervous system regulation, and bottom-up recovery, not just talk therapy or medication.
IN THIS EPISODE:
✅ How trauma becomes stored in the body, not just the mind
✅ Why chronic illness often stems from unresolved trauma
✅ How childhood experiences impact lifelong health
✅ Why conventional medicine misses the root cause
✅ The 5 biological steps that turn stress into trauma
✅ Why safety is the foundation of real healing
✅ How functional medicine approaches trauma recovery
✅ Why patients, not institutions, will change healthcare
✅ Advice for doctors who want to break free from the corporate medical system
✅ How to begin healing trauma without reliving it
Timestamps:
00:57 - Introduction: Who is Dr. Aimie Apigian
01:49 - Meeting Miguel: The Child Who Changed Everything
04:26 - Losing Miguel: The Grief That Broke Her, And Changed Her Life
05:05 - The Big Realization: Trauma Doesn’t Live in the Mind, It Lives in the Body
10:02 - The Nervous System Secret: How Trauma Gets Stored in the Body
13:55 - Trauma Is Not a Life Sentence: How People Can Actually Heal
16:39 - The 5 Biological Steps That Turn Stress Into Trauma
21:52 - Why the Medical System Won’t Save You, And What Will