How Toxic Relationships Can Wear Down Your Body & Ruin Your Health - Guest: Dr. Elizabeth Hughes

<p>You may think that you're experiencing the natural wear and tear on your health. But, if you're in a toxic relationship, it is making things so much worse! Learn about the most likely ways your body and its immune system can respond to toxic relationships with narcissistic people, or antisocial people. Talk about wear and tear!!!</p><br><p>Two things that cause physical health issues (among many) start with emotional abuse: stress and isolation. Both of those are present in most relationships with Hijackals, right? Constant stress and the pressure to not talk about difficulties with others outside the relationship. Very common. In this episode, I share some research findings from Dr. Gabor Mate that relate to this where he said,</p><br><p>"The very same brain centers that interpret and feel physical pain also become activates during experiences of emotional rejection."</p><br><p>Sound familiar? This can be terribly enhanced if, perchance, you had a narcissistic mother--a Hijackal mother--and then went on to be in a relationship with another Hijackal. It takes such a toll on you!</p><br><p>Dr. Hughes has a wonderfully refreshing approach to medicine as she tempers Western medicine with Eastern thought and practices. Enjoy her insights!</p><br><p><strong>HIGHLIGHTS OF TODAY'S EPISODE:</strong></p><ul><li>What is the "rodent brain" and how it affects us</li><li>What happens in your body when it is on alert too long due to the stress of a toxic relationship</li><li>What causes "fuzzy brain"</li><li>How stress affects the body from production of different hormones</li><li>How trauma--old or current--affects the body, emotional trauma, physical trauma, sexual trauma, abandonment</li><li>How the immune system distinguishes what is toxic and what is safe</li><li>How this all relates to relationships with difficult people, toxic people, narcissists, psychopaths, sociopaths, borderlines</li></ul><p><br></p><p>I hope you find connections within yourself to what in your relationships might be causing health issues. Often,