Trauma, Abuse, and Nutrition: Why Your Body Needs Help to Heal

Trauma and abuse are not just emotional experiences they leave a physical imprint on the brain and body. Science shows that when someone goes through trauma, the body’s stress response goes into overdrive, flooding the system with hormones like cortisol and adrenaline.

In the process, the body burns through and depletes essential vitamins and minerals that support brain health, mood stability, and emotional processing. This is why many survivors of trauma struggle with anxiety, depression, fatigue, and memory problems long after the abuse is over.

The truth is simple: healing requires putting back what trauma has taken away.

 How Trauma Affects the Body and Brain

When abuse or trauma happens whether physical, emotional, or psychological your body reacts as if it is in constant danger. Over time, this stress response takes a heavy toll:

• Cortisol (stress hormone) rises, depleting magnesium and B vitamins, which are critical for calming the nervous system.

• Vitamin D levels drop, leading to low mood and slower brain recovery.

• Zinc and Omega-3s decline, impairing memory, focus, and emotional regulation.

• The body’s antioxidant levels are drained, making it harder to fight inflammation that affects both body and brain.

This explains why trauma survivors often feel “stuck,” like their brains can’t process or release what happened. It isn’t weakness it’s biology.

 Why Nutrition Matters for Healing

Without restoring lost nutrients, healing takes longer. Survivors may find it harder to:

• Let go of painful memories

• Manage anxiety or depression

• Sleep deeply and feel rested

• Focus or think clearly

• Regain energy and resilience

Proper nutrition doesn’t erase trauma—but it equips the brain and body to do the hard work of healing.

 Faith + Nutrition: A Path Toward Wholeness

At Deliverance Nutrition, we believe healing is holistic:

• Faith and prayer bring peace that surpasses understanding.

• Proper vitamins and supplements rebuild the body’s foundation, supporting mental clarity and emotional recovery.

• Together, they create an environment where real restoration can take place.

“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” – Psalm 147:3

 Final Word

If you’ve walked through trauma or abuse, know this: your struggle to heal is not your fault. Your brain and body have been running on empty, trying to survive. To truly heal, you must restore what has been depleted spiritually through God’s presence, and physically through proper nutrition.

Deliverance Nutrition is here to walk with you, offering faith-rooted support and supplements that restore what trauma takes away.

Delivering Health. Restoring Hope.