Podcast discussing contributing factors to autoimmune conditions

[JammieDodger3]

Hi everyone, I was listening to this episode by Dr Rangan Chatterjee - who was speaking to Dr Gabor Maté about trauma, illness and healing - and I thought it was really interesting.

In particular, later on in the programme, they were talking about autoimmune conditions and some of the contributing factors. Dr Maté points out four observations that he noticed from his time working in palliative care - I nodded for each one of these, as they are what I’ve experienced since childhood.

Wanted to share in case it might be helpful/ interesting to anyone.

Link is below - the timings are 1:36:44 - 1:41:33.

Also, he talks about why he thinks most people who have autoimmune conditions are women - 1:57:53 - 2:01:47.

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[Hidden]

I recc’d one of Maté’s books in a reply to someone on here a few months back. It’s called ‘When the Body says ‘No’’, and subtitled the Hidden Cost of Stress. It a fairly easy read, albeit emotive, and covers (with references) what we understand so far about the effect of stress, trauma, and poorly managed emotions in disease and chronic illness. Each chapter is a standalone account of a particular patient he treated and how their story reinforces the current, working theories around the link between emotional well-being and physical illness.

[JammieDodger3 in reply to Hidden]

thanks, that sounds really interesting! Will check it out!

[Thingybob]

Thanks for sharing this. I have just listened to it.....makes sense , can relate totally to his theories/ findings re learned behaviour and emotional caretaking etc . Intetesting stuff !

[Lolabridge]

Thank you for sharing this. Very interesting and thought provoking.

[Mozart150]

I listened to this yesterday. I’m going to read his new book. I thought it very interesting and related to the traits he identified!!

[chrisj99]

Went to my RA monitoring Clinic last week and told the biggest thing I needed to do for my RA was to avoid stress.

[Deeb1764 in reply to chrisj99]

cracks me up when they say that! Life is stressful and we can’t live in a bubble.

[SarahJane926]

Wow, thank you for sharing!