Can temperature problems have links with emotional / psychological trauma?

Question

Do you think that temperature problems could have strong pyschological/emotional links? I have had a problem regulating my temperature all my life and am finding that trauma has caused me to pull my energy in from my hands and legs causing me to feel 'not in my body' . I feel as if I am pulling myself into a very small space. Sometimes I wake in the night feeling like this plus I feel I can't get my breath because my chest feels tight. The shock of the panic sometimes pushes the energy back into my whole body, I then start to breathe properly and feel better. But sometimes the shock makes me pull in more and then I feel worse. I try to remain outward during the day and as my confidence in myself grows, so I feel more 'in myself' and notice that my temperature control is better than it was. I have been diagnosed with Hashimotos Disease but believe that as I feel more confident I will feel more stable and that my hormones might start to regulate themselves. I am hoping!

I am passionate about the links between health and emotiional/psychological triggers. I work as a healer helping people with autoimmune disease and my web-site is www.healing.jenniewilliams.com

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elliesmithy · Answer

Deffinately sounds stress related to me.
Your hormones get affected by stress.
So what your feeling I would say is normal.
Its like when you get angry and you get flushed.
Except will it happens with low triggers because of a constant stress.

I have this problem too. When I stress out or feel remotely stressed my temperature goes up but i lose temperature in my hands and feet as the blood is circulating else where.

Basically is because hormones are what cause the symptoms of stress not just in your head but else where. Your temperature gauge can go a bit ski-wiff.
Everything that you feel is a chemical balance which is physical. If that makes sense.

Ellie