psychological symptoms of trauma. Physical symptoms may include chronic back and neck pain, fibromyalgia, migraines, digestive problems, spastic colon or irritable bowel syndrome, allergies, thyroid and other endocrine disorders, chronic fatigue, and some forms of asthma. These symptoms may explain some of the remarkable increases in medical issues uncovered by Dr. Felitti in the original ACE study. For those with Third-Degree Mother Hunger, there is no body-based experience of comfort or safety, because the person designed to be our source of comfort became our source of fear.
