There is always a “biological” reason why disease happens. It all starts with a “perceived” trauma, which is recorded on the brain. The type of trauma experienced will determine where on the brain it is recorded and which organ, gland or tissue is involved. This is what we are referring to when we talk about emotional root causes.
Your brain is always trying to help you to resolve these conflicts and traumas but if they are not resolved, then your body will continue to be affected until the trauma is resolved. During this conflicted phase, your tissue is either breaking down or building a mass and you will not have physical symptoms.
It’s not until we finally resolve the underlying conflict or trauma that we experience disease. Once we resolve the issue, your tissue needs to repair and this is the time you experience symptoms. When my clients are experiencing symptoms of some sort, I usually ask,”What did you just resolve?” It’s fascinating because there’s always a correlation between the physical symptoms and the resolved trauma.
Since fatigue and unpredictable energy levels are something that a lot of my clients struggle with, I thought we would address Emotional Root Causes of one of the common causes of chronic fatigue: thyroid disease.
Hypothyroidism ties to conflicts associated with Time.
It is the feeling that in the face of danger, that we need to slow down time. It reminds me of the feeling when you trip and as you are falling, time seems to move in slow motion. This would be an example of how when we are faced with danger, we feel we need to slow down time. In this example, it’s helpful to slow down time in an effort to plan out your fall as best you can.
Or it could be that while we are living in situations of stress in which time seems to be passing too quickly and our brain tells us that it is important to slow down time. Therefore, your thyroid which is in charge of your energy, starts to slow down because the brain is telling it to slow down in order to help you survive.
When I was a child, I always wanted to get to school early so I could help the teacher. To my child’s mind, helping the teacher meant love, attention and acceptance. Students weren’t allowed to run to school and patrol boys would bring you into the principal’s office if you were caught running. So I found a way to race walk to school. Basically, I was hurrying to school but I was also conflicted because if I went too fast then I would get into trouble. This set me up for a conflict concerning time and it affected my thyroid.
Adrenal exhaustion also comes into play when we need to slow ourselves down in order to survive.
There are several core conflicts tied to adrenal fatigue. The ties to the feeling that you have taken the wrong path or made the wrong choice. Perhaps you married your sweetheart and then realized that they weren’t the person you thought they were and now you were on the wrong path. Your adrenal glands are responsible for your energy and cortisol production. If your brain is trying to keep you from walking further down the wrong path, it will signal your adrenals to slow down cortisol production. This slows down your energy and you experience adrenal fatigue.
There can also be a notion of losing your bearings or being displaced. Perhaps there was a loss of a home or job and many time there will be depression as well. If a person has no home, job, projects or goals then they can easily fall into depression, feelings of powerlessness and self devaluation. If you have ever broken up with someone and feel that there’s no point in waking up in the morning, you understand this all too well.
Hashimoto’s is an autoimmune disease tied to trauma conflicts associated with needing to gain time by slowing down time. Any autoimmune disease signifies that a notion of self destruction takes place through the family blood lines. In order to heal this, the program that the psyche is running needs to be resolved.
Here’s an example:
A mother constantly tells her daughter to wait for her sister, but she’s a fast moving child and she can’t bear to wait for her sister. So her psyche is believing that in order to be loved, the quick part of her needs to disappear. The brain’s solution is to destroy the gland responsible for her speed, which is her thyroid.
Remember, there are many nuances to each disease, and this is just a start to help you understand the core conflict(s) behind your hypothyroidism, adrenal fatigue or any other illness.. Since these are nuanced to each individual, I would recommend reaching out to me if you’ve decided to explore your emotional root causes.
If you struggle with HYPERthyroidism, read my article about its emotional root causes here.
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How do you explore the root causes . I’ve been dealing w Adrenal fatigue for many years . it started during my marriage I’m quite sure .
I’ve had the chronic fatigue virus off & on since returning to Florida while dealing w my dysfunctional family . Thx.
Hey Paula,
It sounds like there is a hanging healing going on where the conflict starts to resolve but then you’ve gotten sucked back into the conflict. We can always get on a Zoom or Skype call and unwind it! You know where to find me! LOL Hugs to you!
What about hyperthyroidism?
Hi Cynthia! I talk about emotional root causes of hyperthyroidism in my article here: https://trinahammack.com/emotional-root-causes-of-hyperthyroidism/ Check it out and leave a comment if you have any questions!
Grief really ties into the thyroid also , it is the seat of emotions as well. It is are communication center, the lump in a persons throat when they are emotional. How much hair falls out when a loved one dies, Not being free ( the butterfly symbolism) repressed emotion’s to I think. CfS/ Fibro one parent loved them and one hated or didn’t want them . They are the survior’s of failure to thrive it is withdrawing. Achy , achy in pain from lack of love and self love . Severe terror sexual abuse ect.
I enjoyed your article, you would have loved Dr. John Lowe’s books
Thanks for the info on Dr Lowe, Wendy! I’m glad that you liked the article. The work that I do came from Dr Hamer’s medical research and it has been the cornerstone to the emotional re-patterning work that I do with clients. I love learning more too! 🙂
Hi Trina, you are right on! Are you familiar with Pharmacist Ben Fuchs at Criticalhealthnews.com? He talks about the flight or fight response, which also triggers the emotions. After seeing you two years ago, I had extensive blood work done, and sure enough, I had low thyroid, low D3, low Pregnolone – lots of issues that made me feel like crap. I learned about Pregnololone, the mother of all hormones, mostly through Ben Fuchs. Check him out – he’s also a Coast to Coast regular speaker. Thanks, Trina, it makes me happy to see you in my inbox! Sorry, didn’t spell Preg……correctly, but I’m sure you know!
It’s so nice to hear from you, Anita! 🙂 Yes the fight or flight response and cortisol can greatly affect our hormones and overall health! 🙂
How mch does the viral loads have to do with these health issues
EBV, Streps, Shingles, herpetic viruses?
Hi Cindy,
Viral load does come into play. The thing you want to think about with regard to viruses and other pathogens is what could their biological purpose be? Before we resolve emotional conflicts/issues, our organ, gland or tissue has been under stress and it is either breaking down or building up. Once we resolve the emotional conflict, the brain signals the organ, gland or tissue to repair. That’s when viruses and other pathogens come into play as they can be used to help heal the damage. For example, when a person is in a survival/suffocation conflict, they are growing a tumor or tumors. Once the conflict has been resolved, then TB bacterium is engaged to help breakdown the tissue. In this way, we can see how microbes actually have a biological purpose.