What is the physiological purpose of autoimmune conditions? Why would the body attack itself?
The mainstream answer is: “Autoimmunity is the immune system gone rogue.”
But that’s incomplete. The body isn’t stupid. It doesn’t randomly turn on itself, it adapts, responds, and tries to protect even when it seems like it’s doing damage. From biology to trauma to soul.
What Are Autoimmune Conditions?
Autoimmune diseases (like Hashimoto’s, Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis, MS, Psoriasis, etc.) occur when the immune system begins attacking the body’s own tissues, mistaking them for foreign threats.
But this “mistake” may actually be a misdirected survival attempt.
The Physiological Purpose of Autoimmunity, is immune overactivation from chronic threat perception
The immune system doesn’t just respond to germs it responds to stress, trauma, environmental toxins, and emotional repression.
Purpose
The body has been in threat mode for too long and the immune system is trying to defend against something, but the signal is confused.
It starts fighting internal patterns of dysfunction, inflammation, or even stored trauma in tissues.