What Salim Najjar has said about Psychological trauma

1 quote · 1 episode · Nov 3, 2026

Salim Najjar, Former CEO and human performance educator known as "That HRV Guy," focused on heart rate variability and nervous system health, has been quoted on Psychological trauma once in 1 episode of The Dylan Gemelli Podcast, most recently on November 3, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Najjar argues that in early childhood, unprocessed experiences such as a caregiver yelling cause the nervous system to freeze emotions in the body.
“The nervous system doesn't know how to process a caregiver yelling or traumatic experience. So it freezes”
The Dylan Gemelli Podcast: Episode #178: What a 100yo Japanese Smoker Taught Me About Stress? - Featuring Salim Najjar (Nov 3, 2026) · Listen from 52:11

Episodes

Episode #178: What a 100yo Japanese Smoker Taught Me About Stress? - Featuring Salim Najjar
The Dylan Gemelli Podcast · Nov 3, 2026 · 1 h 15 min
Dylan Gemelli talks with HRV educator Salim Najjar about chronic stress, heart rate variability, trauma, elite-athlete mindset, wearables and Okinawan longevity.

Others on Psychological trauma

Aimie Apigian · 3 quotes
Mayim Bialik · 2 quotes

Salim Najjar on other topics

Heart rate variability · 3 quotes
Autonomic nervous system · 2 quotes
Okinawa · 1 quote
Vagus nerve stimulation · 1 quote
Wearable technology · 1 quote
Hormesis · 1 quote
Caffeine · 1 quote
Sleep · 1 quote