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The impact of traumatic childhood experiences on interoception: disregarding one’s own body

2023; BioMed Central; Volume: 10; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1186/s40479-023-00212-5

2051-6673

Marius Schmitz, Sarah N. Back, K. Seitz, Nele K. Harbrecht, Lena Streckert, André Schulz, Sabine C. Herpertz, Katja Bertsch,

Mental Health and Psychiatry

Deficient interoception, the processing and perception of internal bodily signals, has been discussed as a mechanism underlying various mental disorders. First results indicate a mediating role of interoception in the interplay of traumatic childhood experiences and adult mental disorders. Traumatic childhood experiences may hinder the adequate processing, integration, and trust in bodily signals that are important in order to understand and regulate own needs and emotions, thereby increasing the vulnerability for mental disorders. However, an overarching study investigating alterations in different interoceptive measures and trauma-related disorders as well as their mediating role between early trauma and emotion dysregulation is still missing.