What You'll Discover Inside

• The scientific link between trauma, (C-)PTSD, and autoimmune disease — and why not all autoimmune conditions follow the same path

• How trauma changes the immune system: inflammation, T cells, and the Th17/Treg imbalance

• Why interpersonal stress, specifically, can trigger rheumatoid arthritis flares

• The vagus nerve as the body's own anti-inflammatory pathway — and how it can be engaged

• Why healing often requires more than treating symptoms: addressing the relational and nervous-system conditions the body learned to survive in