What is emotional detoxing?
It’s the biochemical adjustments and emotional release that happens when contaminants are removed from the body. When toxins are stored in the body for long periods of time, they affect the biochemistry of the person, often resulting in entrenched emotional or mental states, like depression and anxiety. Releasing a toxic load after years of contamination can alway release the “stuck” emotions related with toxicity.
The longer the body stores toxicity, the more entrenched these mental and emotional states can become.
With enough time, toxic metals like mercury can eventually cause a significant amount of mental distress and even mental illness.
“Mercury poisoning often presents psychiatric disturbances as a prominent part of the clinical picture.”
“Mercury interferes with all body systems including hormone production. When GABA (gammaaminobutyric acid) production is inhibited, emotions become amplified and can become out of control. Mercury is called “The Fear Drug” because it quite literally induces fear into the subject whose exposed. Different people are affected differently, but virtually everyone shows some symptomatic manifestation when exposed to mercury over time.”
Other metals known to cause significant mental distress include aluminum, lead and copper.
Mental health effects of heavy metals & toxins:
Heavy metal poisoning is a result of the toxic accumulation of certain metals.
Such metals compete with and replace certain essential minerals in the course of which any of several of the body’s organ systems may be affected.
Mercury poisoning
Fetuses, infants, and children are more susceptible to mercury poisoning than adults.
Exposures that may cause no symptoms in a mother can cross through the placenta and concentrate in her breast milk, potentially injuring the child.
Psychological symptoms of Mercury poisoning:
Academic decline
Anxiety
Apathy
Depression
Excessive embarrassment
Extreme phobias
Fatigue
Hallucinations
Insomnia
Irritability
Loss of libido
Memory loss
Mood liability
Nightmares
Paranoia
Personality change
Poor attention/concentration
Social withdrawal
Suicidal tendencies
Timidity
Violence
Aluminum toxicity
Aluminum has no known function in the human body, despite being abundant in nature.
It is also considered a neurotoxin and has been linked to “a spectrum of neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s, ALS, and autism spectrum disorders. A now abundant literature shows that exposure to humans and animals to aluminum from various sources can have extreme consequences on the developing and adult nervous systems.” (Shaw, 2013)
Many vaccines contain Aluminum as an adjuvant. Vaccines such as Pneumococcal, DTaP, Hib, Hep A, Hep B, and HPV are among some that contain aluminum and have been known to cause allergic and abnormal autoimmune responses.
Psychological symptoms of Aluminum toxicity:
Agitation
Anxiety
Bizarre behavior
Confusion
Depression
Hallucinations
Homicidal tendencies
Insomnia
Memory loss
Mood liability
Paranoia
Personality change
Poor concentration
Suicidal tendencies
Violence
Toxic mold:
Not everybody is susceptible to developing symptoms of toxic mold exposure. It is estimated that only about 25% of people are vulnerable to mold toxicity due to a genetic predisposition. For example, mold in a home may affect only one family member even though the whole family is exposed to it.
Did you know that half the buildings in the United States — schools, office buildings, hotels and more — may be water damaged? Making them prime breeding grounds for toxic mold.
Psychological symptoms of toxic mold:
Anxiety
Brain fog
Changes in touch or sensation
Confusion
Coordination problems
Depression
Digestive issues
Exhaustion
Focus and concentration issues
Headaches
Irritability
Memory problems
Mood swings
Numbness / “pins and needles” feeling
Psychological distress
Sleep disorders
Unexplainable muscle problems
Vertigo
Manganese Toxicity:
Manganese is present in pesticides that may be used around the home, so the first step to avoid this toxicity is switching to less toxic pest-control methods.
Because its effects occur mainly in the respiratory tract and brain, Manganese toxicity can cause Parkinson’s disease, lung embolisms, schizophrenia, weak muscles, bronchitis, and more.
When men are exposed to Manganese for a long period of time, they may become impotent.
Psychological symptoms of Manganese toxicity:
Aggression
Compulsive running/walking
Depression
Hallucinations
Hypersexuality
Hypersomnia or insomnia
Irritability
Mild euphoria
Minor criminal acts
Nervousness/anxiety
Nightmares
Paranoia
Personality change
Poor memory
Social withdrawal
Uncontrollable laughter/crying
Lead toxicity:
There is evidence that connects childhood lead exposure, including prenatal exposure, to diagnoses of conduct disorders, criminal behavior, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Also, lead exposure in early life has been connected to Alzheimer’s disease many years later, and some evidence associates lead with diagnoses of schizophrenia.
Psychological symptoms of lead toxicity:
(In adults)
Behavior changes
Aggression
Agitation
Antisocial behavior
Anxiety
Brain fog
Decreased libido
Delusions
Dementia
Depression
Impulsivity
Mania
Paranoia
Poor memory
Tension
(In children):
Antisocial behavior
Distractibility
Excessive crying
Hyperactivity
Impulsivity
Lack of attention
“The body is not a compartmentalized system of separate functions which occasionally communicate. Rather, the body is a fluid, dynamic system of intricately linked intelligence, biochemical and electrical pathways constantly communicating and responding. When one part of the body is experiencing distress, like toxic overload, the reverberations of toxicity can eventually impact every aspect of the person, including the person’s mentality and emotions.”
