In this powerful episode of The Sensitivity Doctor, Dr. Amelia Kelley sits down with Terry Tateossian to explore how early trauma, immigration stress, and chronic survival mode can shape women’s hormonal health, emotional regulation, and midlife well-being. Terry shares her deeply personal story of escaping a communist country, navigating puberty in a refugee camp, and later reclaiming her body through mindful movement, nutrition, and self-compassion, offering hope and practical insight for anyone healing from trauma across the lifespan.
Key takeaways:
- A trauma therapist’s lens helps explain how early survival stress can disrupt hormonal development and long-term nervous system regulation.
- Gaslighting recovery begins when women learn to trust their bodies instead of dismissing emotional or physical symptoms.
- Working with an HSP therapist can support sensitive nervous systems overwhelmed by chronic stress and hormonal shifts.
- An ADHD therapist for adults can help distinguish natural energy and curiosity from trauma-driven overworking patterns.
- Somatic therapy for trauma reconnects the body and emotions, allowing healing beyond willpower or logic.
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