Episode 162 | The Mental Pillar: How Emotional Abuse Rewires Your Brain

Week 4 of the five pillars series.

This episode is about the mental impact of emotional abuse — how chronic manipulation and unpredictability physically change the brain.

I break down what happens to the amygdala, hippocampus, and prefrontal cortex under sustained psychological stress, why survivors experience brain fog, memory gaps, and chronic self-doubt, and how the three core wounds — abandonment, betrayal, and shame — get triggered and often trace back to childhood.

Drawing on research from Yale, Stanford, and NYU on cortisol and hippocampal damage, this episode explains why "I can't trust my own mind" is a neurological reality, not a personal failing — and why recovery is possible.

Missed weeks 1–3? Catch up on the spiritual, emotional, and physical pillars in the feed.

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