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Healthy Gut Found to Reduce Effects of Trauma: Study Explains Link between Microbiome & PTSD

Posted on November 28, 2017 by crowrising Leave a comment

Michelle Simmons, Natural News

A new study found that a healthy gut can lessen the effects of trauma, as reported by SCIENCE DAILY. Researchers from Stellenbosch University analyzed the relationship of gut microbiome and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). They compared the gut microbiomes of 18 individuals with PTSD to 12 people who also experienced trauma, but did not develop PSTD. They found a combination of three bacteria that were different in people who suffered from PTSD.


These were Actinobacteria, Lentisphaerae, and Verrucomicrobia. (Related: Gut Health Linked to Anxiety, Depression & Autism.)

Results showed that the participants with PTSD had smaller numbers of the three bacteria in contrast to the trauma-exposed participants. In addition, those who experienced trauma when they were a child had lesser levels of two out of the three bacteria, namely Actinobacteria and Verrucomicrobia. These bacteria are known to regulate the immune system.

“What makes this finding interesting, is that individuals who experience childhood trauma are at higher risk of developing PTSD later in life, and these changes in the gut microbiome possibly occurred early in life in response to childhood trauma,” said Stefanie Malan-Muller, lead author of the study.

The researchers also observed that the inflammation and changed immune regulation in participants with PTSD increased. They explained that these conditions could also affect the brain, brain functioning, and behavior. On the other hand, levels of inflammatory markers observed in individuals right after a traumatic event were found to be a sign of PTSD development.

The researchers hypothesized that immune deregulation and increased levels of inflammation among those who have PTSD may have led to the decrease of the three bacteria and may have played a role in the symptoms of their disease.

Still, the researchers were not able to identify if the decrease of gut bacteria was a factor in PTSD susceptibility or if it happened as a result of PTSD. However, the researchers believe that the study contributed to a better understanding of the factors that might take part in PTSD. Although, factors that influence PTSD susceptibility and resilience needs further research.

“[I]dentifying and understanding all these contributing factors could, in future, contribute to better treatments, especially since the microbiome can easily be altered with the use of prebiotics, probiotics, and synbiotics, or dietary interventions,” the researchers noted.

The study was published in the journal PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE.

More on Microbiome & Stress Resilience

A study from the University of Colorado Boulder discovered that beneficial bacteria can help relieve stress and anxiety, according to a report by SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. The researchers found that injecting beneficial bacteria into mice helped them become more resistant to the stress of living with bigger and more aggressive rats. They injected the mice with Mycobacterium vaccae, which acts like a drug that modulates the immune system of the mouse. Results showed that the injected rats showed less signs of anxiety or fear. Moreover, the injected rats acted more active around the bigger rats compared to those rats that were not injected with the bacteria.

“There is a growing recognition that the microbiome can impact health in general and more specifically, mental health,” said clinician Jeffrey Borenstein, president of the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation.

“Our study in PNAS [PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES] showed we can prevent a PTSD-like syndrome in mice,” said Christopher Lowry, lead researcher of the mice study.

More on PTSD

The National Institute of Mental Health defines PTSD as a disorder that occurs in some people who previously experienced a shocking, scary, or dangerous event. Anyone can develop PTSD at any age, including war veterans, children, and people who went through a physical or sexual assault, abuse, accident, disaster, or other serious events. In the United States, there are about 7.7 million adults living with PTSD, and 67 percent of people exposed to mass violence have been shown to develop PTSD.

Sources include:


ScienceDaily.com


ScientificAmerican.com


NIMH.NIH.gov


ADAA.org


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Michelle Simmons is a writer for NaturalNews.com, where this article originally appeared.

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Eliza: Dealing with Bleed-through | Blue Dragon Journal

Eliza: Dealing with Bleed-through | Blue Dragon Journal

Posted on April 21, 2016

Currently, I’m living with a powerful intuitive healer, Maria Bethencourt. Her interdimensional gifts are opening up at a rapid rate as the days pass. This morning, on a simple ride to the store, she mentioned that sometimes she feels rather overwhelmed by the information that is pouring in as she passes by or scans other humans. The trees, birds and other living creatures speak to her, the skies and the elements communicate their messages, as well.

Out of curiosity, I asked if she could “see” my past lives. Of course she could and mentioned a theme that needed work and release.

Apparently in many of my life times, I’ve worked against the accepted paradigms, enforced by whoever was in power. For that I’ve been beaten down, destroyed and killed lifetime after lifetime. As with anything, this kind of energy is carried through the etheric body from embodiment to embodiment. As a result of my experiences, I have carried the feeling that I was failure, that I didn’t “do” enough, and that there wasn’t enough time to complete what I thought needed to be done.

Of course, one might dismiss this knowledge, believing that it was simply my ego that wanted to be satisfied, but I know this is not so. I have genuinely felt like I wasn’t succeeding enough even in this lifetime to overcome what I deemed to be a failing of discipline. There was also the existence of a reoccurring theme in this present lifetime of not being able to accept the disciplines and belief systems of others and to become a follower of some leader or guru. I was a persistent, insistent and extremely intuitive rebel to the core. For many years, little did I realize that this intuitive and rebellious nature of mine was what was giving me the strength to continue a deep inner journey of self-discovery into my own true nature.

In olden times, when there were the great healing temples, priests and priestesses could address such dilemmas and train one to overcome and release these ingrained karmic patterns. However, in our “modern” times there is a denial of the continuity of life and consciousness beyond the doorway called death. Most people do not accept the possibility that they might live again. Most are so beaten down by their dreary lives that they cannot look beyond the next paycheck.

I’ve noted the tendency to feel like I haven’t done enough; that there isn’t enough time to complete what I’ve come here to do and so on. It is a common theme among those who have suffered through the dark centuries, yet continued to do light work despite opposition even unto death. Still, knowing intuitively that the work would continue, we returned again and again.

Now that the light has been successfully anchored upon the planet and the world is slowly moving through an intense transitional period where the last effects of darkness are purged, exposed and transmuted, it is time for the light workers to release the pain and suffering that still darkens their dreams and dims their spirits in time of exhaustion.

It has been a long and difficult journey, extended through numerous shortened lifetimes for myself and others, yet victory is near. Gaia is being freed from the bonds of strife and destruction. Despite current appearances to the contrary, I know this to be true. Now is the time to release our last burdens, too, and give them up to be received for transmutation, integration and transformation into the light. Now is the time to forgive our tormentors of old and to release all sense of failure and disappointment.

Sometimes when I see the endless slogans urging for positivity, light and love, I feel so world-weary and cannot feel the joy that one might expect at the end of a long fight. There has been so much loss, so much disappointment, and so much grief. Yet, it is time to let it go, to let the grief dissolve in the light of the returning and rising sun.

I know that I speak to those who feel out of place among some of the more shallow practices and beliefs of the New Age movement, a movement designed to create followers and to continue to disempower people.

Now is the time to own up to one’s responsibility to do the work, to recognize what was once deemed a weakness… a concern for others, a concern for the state of the world, looking beyond the needs of self and personal comfort in a desire to see fairness and abundance for one’s fellow creatures. Now is the time to allow for healing to occur, first on a personal and individual level as an awareness of one’s continuance through many lifetimes, within many dimensions and timelines begins to surface.

As my friend, Maria, has discovered it can be overwhelming to feel more than human. It is not a road that all can travel at this time. Yet as she activates, I respond and begin to “see” into things not yet explored in great detail.

It is not necessary to know details. Sometimes it is best NOT to know them. Yet gathering the themes of your “past” existences, whether here or elsewhere will assist in defining your level of experience and hence understanding of human nature and life here upon this extraordinary planet. And as you begin to understand your own “mistakes” and sufferings, you will begin to feel more compassion for that of others.

Humanity is bound together by bonds of experience, of suffering and yet a will to live and prosper despite all opposition. If it were not so, no man or woman would be alive today. We endure and in so doing prove our detractors wrong in their determination to destroy us. Despite the fact that I have lived and died numerous times and can remember many of those lifetimes now, I am here once more, defiant of the readily accepted societal “norms” that have been pressed upon the population by those who seek to corral, enslave and destroy the majority of mankind. They will not succeed and their time is short. The cycles are turning again them. The reign of darkness is broken and will withdraw, through Divine Degree and Cosmic Law as the cycles overtake and release the bonds that have bound humanity to the wheel of karma.

I can see, now, that through my stubborn persistence and desire to see humanity and this beautiful planet free, I have persisted, as have my companions, other starseeds and volunteers. I am not originally of this planet, yet have made her my home and project for a long time. I’ve been told that this is my final lifetime to embody here. Only time will tell. Meanwhile, I continue to work on my little in-house clean up, freeing my finer bodies of the last remaining debris that stand in my way to true mastery and freedom.

Understand that what is deemed a weakness, may, indeed, be a strength and source of inspiration. If nothing else, find a way to express your journey through creative means, whether song, dance, writing or art so that your essence can be shared with those who accompany your journey, even if they live in an entirely different culture than your own.

I have walked the sands of the Sahara, sailed across the oceans, flown in World War II, lived as king and pauper, studied in the ancient temples and ridden fine horses across the open wild spaces of the West. Many of those who read these words may have shared a lifetime or two with me. I greet you, my brothers and sisters, for we are One, eternally bound through the love within our hearts that further connects us to our Mother – Father, the Light of Source.

Namaste,

Eliza

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An article about intergenerational trauma: http://upliftconnect.com/intergenerational-trauma/

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Within the illusion to rely on Love appears to be insane. November 15, 2014 by John Smallman | Jesus through John

Within the illusion to rely on Love appears to be insane.
November 15, 2014 by John Smallman | Jesus through John

"Here in the spiritual realms, where all of you also have your eternal existence, even if you are temporarily unaware of this truth, we are observing with joy your continuing magnificent progress towards the moment of your awakening. As we have often told you, and as I repeat now “There will be no delays!” God’s plan is always perfectly on schedule and on time, although for you who are “seemingly” limited by and locked into the illusion, and who have been following with hope the various uplifting messages relayed to you over the eons by many holy channels, it does appear that nothing much is changing on Earth.

Many of you who have experienced PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) are aware that it can be intensified by recurring nightmares of a quite horrific nature, further stressing you out because there is no escape from it, even in sleep. The illusion is a similar nightmare for many of you – on top of any new PTSD that may have been caused by traumas during your current earth lives – in so far as it is ongoing with very little sign that it is only a nightmare, because it appears to be so real and because you do not seem able to awaken from it. However, you do get some respite when you sleep, because your higher Self withdraws you from your body for brief periods to recuperate at night so that you can carry on with the human life path that you have chosen to follow this time around.

Yes, for many of you this particular life time is intensely stressful and unsettling because it appears even more real than previous ones. This is because over the eons you have accumulated much negative karma all of which needs to be addressed and released in this life time so that you can move forwards to your awakening as divinely planned and intended. When you chose this particular incarnation you knew it would be very hard work, very demanding, and very stressful, but with much forethought and with some extremely wise guidance to help you in your choice, you decided that it was the best path for you in this now moment. Having to accept amnesia as part of the deal does not make it any easier for you.

However, all on Earth are doing sterling work and making tremendous and most effective efforts to collectively bring humanity to its moment of awakening, and you will succeed most wonderfully. You are receiving an amazing amount of help from your brothers and sisters in the spiritual realms, and the Light of Love burning powerfully at the deepest center of your individual divine beingness is nourishing you, and encouraging you forwards. Failure to awaken is neither an option nor even a remote possibility. Keep reminding yourselves of this truth, especially when you feel weary, or when doubts and anxieties plague you. You most definitely are achieving what you set out to do, and nothing can prevent you from reaching your goal.

You need to keep reminding yourselves that you are immortal; perfect divine beings created by your loving Father to enjoy eternally the gifts with which He showered you when He created you. Gifts that enable you to create as He does. Yes, you do have the power to create! He created you and then gave to you every part or aspect of Himself; He made you equal to Him so that you could engage fully with Him in all your creative endeavors. There is no hierarchy in Heaven because all are One.

Of course you then used your limitless freedom to build a severely limited and imaginary environment in which to play your games of separation, separation from the Source that maintains you eternally alive and abundantly well. Not a terribly good idea. But God knew that you would quickly learn that it had been unwise to discard the wonderful gifts with which He had endowed you, by placing yourselves in a spartan environment with very tight restraints on your freedom of movement, and that you would quickly start to seek your way Home. Those gifts await your willingness to reclaim them, and they will assist you on your homewards journey.

No longer able to roam freely throughout all of creation, you began to get irritated with one another, blaming one another for the situations in which you found yourselves – cold, wet, hungry, and fearful – having totally forgotten that you had made this unwelcoming environment and the weak and feeble bodies in which you had enclosed yourselves.

Yes, amnesia is part of the illusion, a part that adds to its seeming reality for you. If you could remember God and Heaven the illusion would not work, and you very much wanted it to work, until it did! Then you seemingly found yourselves alone, cold, lost, confused, and frightened. You had forgotten Love. You desperately wanted Love, wanted to be loved because you felt so empty and unfulfilled without It. But you had forgotten what It was, you just knew that something was seriously wrong, something of great importance was missing, but you knew not what. You entered into relationships in the hope of finding that missing aspect of life in another, and that other sought it in you.

But of course It was within you, always! Not outside, in someone else who might be persuaded to give It to you. But you were blind to that Truth, and in your misery you turned on one another, or gathered in like minded groups for support, and fought those whom you saw as different from you, and therefore a threat to you that must be destroyed.

All your personal spiritual guides, and all the loving ones who channel guidance from the masters in the spiritual realms keep telling you that the way out of the illusion is to embrace Love, and only Love. There is nothing else. But still many of you have trouble with this “concept.” Within the illusion to rely on Love appears to be insane, an open invitation to others to rob you of all your worldly goods. And nearly all the business organizations on the planet are set up with the express intention of destroying other businesses and taking over their domains.

But, there are no worldly goods! Anything of a worldly nature, anything that has form, physical substance, exists only temporarily, and as soon as it is made or constructed it starts the process of its decay. It seems to you that the visible Universe, having existed for 13.7 billion years, is extremely old, but in truth that is but a blip, less even than a second or two as compared to eternity. It is just that as humans you experience life as very short, passing by very quickly, and in relation to the Universe your life spans are as nothing, unnoticeable in the larger scheme of things. But this is precisely the kind of separation you were seeking to experience when you constructed the illusion. And it is overwhelming for you to attempt to imagine your place and your importance – and you most certainly do want to be important – in the seemingly vast Universe of which you are each such small insignificant particles, existing for but a most fleeting moment on the enormous wheel of time.

So, be glad that it is all nothing but an illusion, an illusion that you built for yourselves and which you maintain by your belief in it! If this was not the case then your future would indeed be bleak. However, there is no future, and there is no past, there is only the eternal now moment in which all of God’s divine creation is eternally present in infinite joy. Your unavoidable destiny is to awaken and re-engage with your loving Source and experience that unutterable joy.

Your loving brother, Jesus."


(Dear Readers, I am sorry but for some reason that is quite beyond me the audio file of me reading the blog does not upload, John)