The field of psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) holds within it so many answers to questions that have been the topics of billions of dollars of research studies.
It is the study of how the mind, nervous system + immune system (can include endocrine as well) communicate and affect each other.
PNI shows us how diseases are triggered in some and not others, regardless of similar genetic make-up and risk factors.
Because of PNI research, we can better understand the massive impact that trauma + chronic stress have on the body.
The research done in the field of PNI has found a strong correlation between early childhood stressors, and the development of autoimmune disease, chronic pain, mysterious chronic illness, heart disease, diabetes and even cancer later on in life.
Did you know that these common disease processes can be strongly connected to the effects of chronic stress/trauma in the body?