You might think this is a clickbait … it is and it isn’t.
Let me explain. I was born in a former communist country, not long after the Velvet Revolution. My Mum always described a traumatic labour in a very grim hospital. Room filled with loud screams of other expecting mothers. She was alone (fathers were not allowed to be around back then) and thinking she would probably die there.
This serves to illustrate the kind of environment I was born into. A place filled with pain, stress, trauma. Such an experience than shaped how I was raised and consequently my future behaviours and a state of mind. I was continuously worried and stressed individual. I’m convinced such a condition, mixed with other factors, significantly aided the formation of my brain tumour.
Recently, having finished reading The Myth Of Normal by Gabor Maté, I realised that we all have trauma. Bigger or smaller, or as he calls it: a small t and a big T. I do. My mum does. Her mum does. And so on.
But as the stoics would say: external things are not a problem, it’s our assessment of them.
The point of this article is not to shed blame on anyone – remember, we all carry our own heavy suitcase – but to better understand why we are suffering, how and more importantly how we can avoid it any further and heal (not cure). I believe, we need to comprehend how we came here and what we are bringing along with us.
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Hello from the UK
Thank you for your post. Many thing cause cancer and certainly pain, stress, trauma may well be a significant factor.
I had a diagnosis of cancer in early 2020. I put it down initially to sodium nitrite (E250) in bacon I ate. Should you be interested I did this post.
Kind regards
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Hello and thank you for sharing your article, I’ll definitely read it.
I believe we all have predispositions for different conditions/diseases but all the external (polluted environment, pesticides, certain medication …) and internal factors (stress, anxiety, trauma …) will help to develop it.
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Thank you for sharing such an intimate piece of writing. I can totally see how those things may lead to cancer. I had a similar realisation sometime after my diagnosis when I was searching for reasons that could have led to my brain tumour. I kept coming to the same conclusion, it was probably something mental that manifested in a physical form. After years of trauma throughout the first quarter of life as well as depression and suicidally, I feel as though my body had had enough. It was almost like my body was saying to me “well, if you want it to end so badly but you can’t bring yourself to do it, maybe I will help put you of your misery.”
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You wrote it beautifully, I cannot agree more. Thanks for reading and writing equally personal comment.
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