Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Stress is not just one issue, it’s systemic failure #IntegrativeMedicine #FunctionalMedicine #Stress

17 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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Short YouTube monologue (Aaron Hartman, MD) arguing that stress is not a single isolated problem but a systemic failure that can underlie and perpetuate diverse chronic health problems (examples: chronic Lyme, mold/toxin issues, breast implant illness, gut problems, and traumatic brain injury). The speaker stresses the importance of understanding past and ongoing stress/trauma because it can prevent the body from self-healing, and directs viewers to the speaker’s online platform (blogs, podcasts) for guidance toward healing and self-repair.

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Stress is not just one issue, it's systemic failure. What do I mean? The chronic Lyme disease isn't just chronic Lyme. The mold toxin issue is just mold. Or how about the breast implant illness? Or the gut problem? Or the traumatic brain injury that can be the triggering event, sure, but usually there's an underlying stress that is actually getting your body stuck and making it so it can't self heal and self repair. So understanding how past events, ongoing things can affect these issues and actually make you stuck from stress alone is super important. We talk about trauma, stress and a whole host of things on our online platform, blogs, podcasts, etc. We want you to have the information so you can get on the right track to healing and self repair. Follow us and find your path to healing today.