How Trauma Impacts Methylation

Psychospiritual trauma has profound impacts on human biology. For example, trauma heavily impacts methylation.

Methylation is the process of adding a tiny molecule called a "methyl group" to any other molecule.

The body uses methylation in many processes. including the regulation of neurotransmitters, a fundamental influence to how you think and feel.

Unfortunately, trauma impairs methylation in several ways.

Trauma promotes oxidative stress (excess "free radicals"), which directly impairs enzymes in the methylation cycle.

Trauma impairs immune function, which leads to chronic inflammation and oxidative stress, which impairs enzymes in the methylation cycle.

Trauma can cause the limbic system in the brain to become hypervigilant, which drives more stress, oxidative stress, and impairment of methylation.

And trauma can cause the body to get stuck in the "Cell Danger Response", which promotes oxidative stress and reduces methylation.

So even if you have "perfect methylation genes", trauma can mess up your methylation.

In addition, toxicity, chronic infection, serious injuries, and other stressors can also mess up your methylation.

Basically, anything that gives you chronic stress can dysregulate methylation, with cascading effects around the body and mind.

How Methylation Influences the Mind, Emotions, and Mental Health

The mind is heaviy influenced by methylation because methylation is involved in neurotransmitter metabolism.

For the purpose of this discussion, the "mind" is defined here as the totality of mental and emotional states and traits.

One methylation pattern can contribute to states and traits like ..

• Feeling Overwhelmed
• Difficulty ignoring negative thoughts (ruminating)
• Perfectionism
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Obsessive / compulsive tendencies

Another methylation pattern can contribute to states and traits like ...

• Distractibility / Difficulty focussing
• Impulsivity
• High anxiety or panic tendency
• Hyperactivity
• Paranoia
• Obsessions without compulsions

These states and traits are largely driven by neurotransmitter patterns, which are heavily influenced by trauma, methylation patterns, nutrient deficiencies, ratios of certain minerals, oxidative stress, inflammation, gastrointestinal dysfunction, chronic infections, impaired detoxification, and other factors.

Mind, Emotions, and Aging

In general, the imbalanced mental and emotional states and traits listed above promote stress and thereby accelerate the aging process.

So resolving the causes of these mental health imbalances is an essential strategy for  overall health optimization and slowing the aging process.

In addition, proper methylation of your DNA is now being considered one the main factors influencing your aging process.

And as it turns out, optimizing your methylation often requires mapping your methylation patterns, balancing other aspects of your biochemistry, and releasing trauma.

These are some of the things that we do in the Bio-Individual Blueprint.

So if you would like to ..

• Balance your mind and body
• Release trauma
• Slow the aging process

... and do it all in a way that is customized to your unique biology, your bio-individuality, then download the Bio-Individual Blueprint Roadmap, and then if appropriate, schedule a call to determine if it makes sense to work together.