The theme of this issue will be “write carefully about the process by which traumatic stress is healed.”
Traumatic stress refers to the pain and sadness that we cannot see from the outside but feel in our hearts.
For example, when someone says something bad to you, gives you a bad attitude, or you lose something important, you feel very sad and hurt inside.
This is different from scars on the body, which no one can see, but they are very painful to the person.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 42% of cancer patients, 42% of rheumatoid arthritis patients, 27% of diabetes patients, 17% of cardiovascular disease patients, and 11% of Alzheimer’s disease patients suffer from depression.
Inflammation is a common factor in all of these diseases (recent studies have shown that Alzheimer’s disease is also related to inflammation).
It has become clear in recent years that “inflammation” itself is related to depressive symptoms such as “feeling very sad inside” or “having a broken heart.
A “traumatic stress” is not just another way of saying, “Oh! I have a scar!” but it is becoming possible that, just like a painful wound, inflammation is occurring, and that this may be causing depressive symptoms.
The reason why depressive symptoms lessen some time after a traumatic event is because the inflammation is healing.
If the pain is repetitive over time, it is likely that chronic inflammation has occurred.