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✭✭✭✭ 3.23 How to deal with Emotions

✭✭✭✭ 3.23 How to deal with Emotions

by | Oct 21, 2020 | Audio Podcasts | Subscribers, Git Educated | Intermediate, Most Helpful – 4 Stars, Patron Season 03, Seasons, Subscriber Content, Voted Most Helpful

This episode explores practical techniques for dealing with difficult emotions in trauma recovery. The host shares personal experiences and strategies, emphasizing the importance of mindfulness, journaling, nature therapy, and self-compassion. Key topics include recognizing dissociation, allowing oneself to feel emotions without judgment, and developing self-awareness. The discussion provides a balanced approach to emotional regulation, acknowledging the challenges while offering actionable steps for healing and personal growth.

✭✭✭✭ 3.23 How to deal with Emotions

✭✭✭✭ Early release: HOW to deal with emotions

by | Oct 21, 2020 | Subscriber Content, Early CPTSD Info, Git Changing | Advanced, Most Helpful – 4 Stars, Patron Season 03, Seasons, Transcripts, Voted Most Helpful

This episode explores practical techniques for dealing with difficult emotions in trauma recovery. The host shares personal experiences and strategies, emphasizing the importance of mindfulness, journaling, nature therapy, and self-compassion. Key topics include recognizing dissociation, allowing oneself to feel emotions without judgment, and developing self-awareness. The discussion provides a balanced approach to emotional regulation, acknowledging the challenges while offering actionable steps for healing and personal growth.

✭✭✭✭ 3.23 How to deal with Emotions

✭✭✭✭ 3.22 Emotions, Attention, and Cognition

by | Oct 10, 2020 | Subscriber Content, Audio Podcasts | Subscribers, Git Educated | Intermediate, Most Helpful – 4 Stars, Patron Season 03, Seasons, Voted Most Helpful

This episode explores the complex relationship between emotions, cognition, and trauma recovery. It delves into how our family backgrounds and social environments shape our ability to recognize and process emotions. The discussion covers negative priming, overstimulation, and fear responses, explaining how these factors can impact emotional awareness and self-evaluation in trauma survivors. By understanding these connections, individuals can begin to address their emotional dissociation and work towards more effective trauma recovery.

✭✭✭✭ 3.23 How to deal with Emotions

Transcript | Annnnd I no longer trust myself to be in any relationship

by | Oct 5, 2020 | Series, CPTSD Relationship Downfalls, Git Changing | Advanced, My Stories, Patron Season 03, Relationship Misc., Seasons, Subscriber Content, Transcripts

Full disclosure: I did a thing I definitely shouldn’t have done. It was stupid, it was compulsive, and it is paying off in mentally-distracted dividends that I do not appreciate. Hey, who’s struggling to write for the first time in years? It’s this asshole, right...
✭✭ 3.12 Early Days Rerelease: Over-stimulation, Hypersensitivity, and Trauma

✭✭ 3.12 Early Days Rerelease: Over-stimulation, Hypersensitivity, and Trauma

by | Sep 19, 2020 | Anxiety, Attention, Obsession, Early CPTSD Info, Most Helpful - 2 Stars, Patron Season 03, Public Blog, Public Content, Public Podcast, Public Rereleases, Seasons, Voted Most Helpful

Explore the connection between trauma and overstimulation in this podcast episode. Learn about the physiological basis of hypervigilance, how childhood trauma affects sensory processing, and strategies for managing environmental and internal stimuli. Discover insights into why trauma survivors may struggle with concentration and emotional regulation in everyday situations.

✭✭ 3.12 Early Days Rerelease: Over-stimulation, Hypersensitivity, and Trauma

3.8 Early Days Rerelease: Comfort in Chaos

by | Sep 14, 2020 | Patron Season 03, Public Content, Public Podcast, Public Rereleases, Seasons

Explore the complex relationship between trauma survivors and chaos. This podcast episode discusses how individuals with complex trauma may find comfort in chaotic environments and examines the physiological responses to stress. Learn about the impact of external chaos on family dynamics and personal growth, and discover insights into adapting to challenging situations.

✭✭ 3.12 Early Days Rerelease: Over-stimulation, Hypersensitivity, and Trauma

✭✭ 3.7 Early Days Rerelease: Axes of PTSD Management

by | Sep 10, 2020 | Seasons, Early CPTSD Info, Most Helpful - 2 Stars, Patron Season 03, Public Content, Public Podcast, Public Rereleases, Voted Most Helpful

Explore the three-pronged axis for trauma life recovery, focusing on environment, inner landscape, and behaviors. This podcast episode discusses how these components work together to support long-term healing from complex trauma. Learn about the challenges of maintaining progress when only one or two aspects are addressed, and discover insights into creating a more holistic approach to trauma recovery.

Comfort in Chaos

Comfort in Chaos

by | Sep 6, 2020 | Public Blog, Blog, LIVING with Complex Trauma, Transcripts

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the behaviors and relations between my mother and I. Why? Because she’s essentially the only human I’ve seen in months… Also, because in the past 20 years we haven’t been able to stand each other for more than a few hours at a...
✭✭ 3.12 Early Days Rerelease: Over-stimulation, Hypersensitivity, and Trauma

3.6 Early Days Rerelease: Distress Intolerance and Perseverant Thinking

by | Sep 6, 2020 | Anxiety, Attention, Obsession, Early CPTSD Info, Patron Season 03, Public Content, Public Podcast, Public Rereleases, Seasons

xplore the concept of distress intolerance and its connection to perseverant thinking in trauma recovery. This podcast episode discusses the challenges of managing overwhelming emotional responses and offers practical strategies for breaking negative thought patterns. Learn how to recognize and address distress intolerance in daily life, and discover techniques for building resilience after trauma.

✭✭ 3.12 Early Days Rerelease: Over-stimulation, Hypersensitivity, and Trauma

3.4 Early Days Rerelease: Prolonged Freeze States

by | Aug 30, 2020 | Early CPTSD Info, Patron Season 03, Public Content, Public Podcast, Public Rereleases, Seasons

This podcast episode explores the concept of prolonged freeze states in complex trauma. The host discusses the physiological and psychological aspects of freeze responses, drawing from both personal experiences and scientific research. A study on rats is examined to understand the relationship between complex trauma and prolonged freeze behaviors. The episode highlights how freeze states can impact daily life and recovery for trauma survivors, emphasizing the need for further research and understanding in this area.

✭✭ 3.12 Early Days Rerelease: Over-stimulation, Hypersensitivity, and Trauma

✭ 3.3 Early Days Rerelease: Emotional Dissociation (AKA Numbing)

by | Aug 29, 2020 | Early CPTSD Info, Most Helpful - 1 Star, Patron Season 03, Public Content, Public Podcast, Public Rereleases, Seasons, Voted Most Helpful

This podcast episode explores emotional dissociation in the context of complex trauma. The host discusses the definition and signs of emotional detachment, drawing from both research and personal experiences. The episode delves into the origins of dissociation as a coping mechanism, its long-term effects, and the challenges of reintegrating emotions after prolonged numbness. The host shares their journey of navigating emotional extremes and offers insights into recognizing and addressing dissociative patterns in trauma recovery.

✭✭ 3.12 Early Days Rerelease: Over-stimulation, Hypersensitivity, and Trauma

✭✭ 3.2 Early Days Rerelease: ACEs and Work Environments

by | Aug 26, 2020 | Most Helpful - 2 Stars, Patron Season 03, Public Content, Public Podcast, Public Rereleases, Seasons, Voted Most Helpful, Work and trauma

This podcast episode explores the impact of childhood trauma and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on workplace performance and mental health. The host discusses common challenges faced by trauma survivors in toxic work environments, including unpredictability, poor communication, and social dynamics. Personal experiences and research findings are shared to illustrate how complex trauma can affect job performance and overall well-being. The episode also touches on potential strategies for managing mental health at work and the benefits of independent contracting for trauma survivors.

✭✭ 3.12 Early Days Rerelease: Over-stimulation, Hypersensitivity, and Trauma

✭✭ 2.17 Early Days Rerelease: Deactivation, hot & cold relationships explained

by | Aug 20, 2020 | CPTSD Relationship Downfalls, Most Helpful - 2 Stars, Patron Season 02, Public Content, Public Podcast, Public Rereleases, Seasons, Voted Most Helpful

This podcast episode explores the concept of relational deactivation in complex trauma survivors. The host discusses how this defense mechanism develops from childhood experiences of rejection and neglect, leading to challenges in adult relationships. Personal anecdotes illustrate the pattern of intense attachment followed by sudden detachment. The episode provides insight into why trauma survivors may struggle with maintaining consistent relationships and offers a framework for understanding these behaviors as protective responses rather than character flaws.

✭✭ 3.12 Early Days Rerelease: Over-stimulation, Hypersensitivity, and Trauma

✭✭✭ Early Days Rerelease: 2.16 Shame and C-PTSD

by | Aug 17, 2020 | Seasons, Audio Podcasts | Subscribers, Depression, Shame, Rumination, Early CPTSD Info, Git Educated | Intermediate, Most Helpful - 3 Stars, Patron Season 02, Public Rereleases, Subscriber Content, Voted Most Helpful

This podcast episode explores the concept of shame in complex trauma, differentiating it from guilt and examining its impact on relationships and mental health. The host discusses shame’s physiological effects, coping strategies, and its role in trauma treatment. Drawing from personal experiences and research, the episode highlights the importance of addressing shame in trauma recovery and offers insights into recognizing and managing shame responses.