14. Time Distortions
Whoops… forgot to get this posted. This is the easy listenin’ public Time Distortion episode, available wherever you stream if ya search “Traumatized Motherfuckers.” For ALL the deets, hit up Patreon.com and search the same; “Traumatized...
BONUS 7.4 Time Distortions Pt. 5 | Help Yer Self
The subjective misinterpretation of time doesn’t define you. It’s just been a cognitive calculation error. Correct the variable in your human logic that creates your misperception… and you can start rewriting this whole math problem. Time is just the medium of living....
13. “Recovery” – Moving Forward from Trauma
You did it! Welcome to the last episode of the public platform miniseries! Just search “Traumatized Motherfuckers” wherever you stream to find the rest of the audio versions. For community, hundreds of episodes, worksheets, and more… hit...
1.13. CPTSD Recovery
Explore a comprehensive guide to Complex PTSD recovery, covering key steps from community support to finding purpose. Learn about the importance of trauma therapy, self-education, nature therapy, and building routines. Discover strategies for personal exploration, independence, and making significant life changes. Gain insights into the role of energy awareness and purpose-finding in trauma healing.
6.30 Top Brain Concepts | 2021 Reflection
Today let’s do a broader recap of what seem to have been the best conceptual lessons we picked up in 2021 from the show. As in, the topics that changed the way we’re seeing our brains the most effectively and efficiently. Forever. In a way that we can never undo. The...
6.29 Top 5 Socially Learned Lessons | 2021 Reflection
There’s been a looot of learning in this hell-year. If you’re experiencing new events, you’re putting new data points in your brain. And what an “experience” it’s been. But if I had to condense the major takeaways into a “Top...
12. Losing your Self
This here is the blog version of the podcast stream miniseries on CPTSD, episode… maybe “the last of them.” When you’re ready for more shows, community, and working resources, see you in the MF Blanket Fort at...
1.12. Loss of “Self,” Learned Helplessness, and Executive Functioning
Explore the concept of loss of self in Complex PTSD and its impact on personal growth and decision-making. Learn how cognitive control, gaslighting, and learned helplessness contribute to a diminished sense of identity. Discover strategies for regaining autonomy, developing self-awareness, and reconnecting with your authentic self as crucial steps in trauma recovery.
11. Fawning, anxious attachment, and abuse.
Yo – time to talk about the survival F we all ignore in word form. This is the blog transcript of the podcast episode of the same name and numbering. Check the public platform for the full miniseries. Check the private stream for the full backlog of 200ish...
6.27 Fawning and Free-Will | 2021 Reflection
So how DO we actually determine who we are and what we want to accomplish? If my past year’s observations are right… We don’t. More often, other people’s trauma becomes our lifelong instruction manual. Let’s look at big themes underlying...
1.11. Fawning, Anxious Attachment, and Enmeshment
Explore the concept of fawning in Complex PTSD and its impact on relationships and self-worth. Learn about the characteristics of fawning behavior, its connection to anxious attachment, and how it originates in family dynamics. Understand the societal expectations that reinforce fawning and discover the importance of developing healthy boundaries in trauma recovery.
1.10. Family of origin & brain patterning
Here’s a holiday release for ya, part of a “let’s catch up on knowledge” miniseries on what we know about CPTSD so far. Merry whatever-you-do, and let’s talk about families fuckin things up. Mental illness seems to run in families,...
1.9. The trauma trap: avoidance, rigidity, isolation, and trauma-bubbles
Explore the concept of avoidance and isolation in complex trauma recovery. Learn about the “trauma bubble” and how it leads to neural rigidity and limited life experiences. Discover strategies for breaking the avoidance cycle, expanding cognitive flexibility, and challenging avoidant behavior patterns. Gain insights into the importance of neuroplasticity and exposure in trauma healing.
6.26 Closing 2021; Better Brains for 2022
HAPPY NEW YEARS, FUCKERS! Thank satan, it’s over. Now let’s convince our brains of that. “What a time to be alive,” has been one of my top responses to the past year. AKA – what a swirling, head-spinning mess of chaos and upset....
BONUS 6.25 Trick | “Avatar” | Create Cohesive Autobiography & Regulated Brain
So, processing memories is hard work. Processing memories from INSIDE confusing, negative, overwhelming brains to create a lifelong story of “Self” is even harder. Going through the emotional and experiential recollections might sink you before you ever...
6.22 IV. Tips, Tricks, and Exercises for Control of Brain Processes
PTSD is synonymous with “bad brain function.” We get lost in the weeds more often than not, lagging with slow processors working with disjointed information. But, now we know how brains prefer to operate – from the animal functions, upwards to the...
1.8. Losing Control of Your brain: Triggers, Spirals, Addiction, Self-harm, Bad Habits
Explore the neuroscience behind trauma recovery and mental health in this podcast episode. Learn about neural networks, triggers, and thought patterns that contribute to feeling out of control. Discover how understanding brain function can lead to regaining mental control and breaking negative habits. Gain insights into neuroplasticity and its role in trauma healing.
6.21 III. Working WITH Trauma Brain; Implications of Understanding Processing Priorities
Get the full story all at once. It’s time for Part III of this Neurobiological Education and Application series, designed with this very information in mind to aid in learning and reflecting most efficiently. Today, we’re talking about the real life...
Blog/Visuals for Working WITH Trauma Brain Pt II
Hey hey “working on it” Patrons! Welcome back to this experiment in breaking down information for overwhelmed brains. Here’s your next task; reading and reflecting on this visual version of the Deep Details episode just released to your...
6.20 II. Working WITH Trauma-Brain; Order of Trauma-Processing
Trying a more neuro-realistic approach! Releasing these scientific conversations in absorption-enabling pieces. In this episode, we have Part II; the neurological details that easily explain the logical flow of trauma processing and recovery stages. Wonder why you get...
6.19 I. Working WITH Brain Limitations; Early Concepts
Trying a more neuro-realistic approach! I’m going to be releasing these scientific conversations in more manageable bittles instead of throwing your brain into “everything I’ve learned over the course of years from ten directions, all at once.”...
1.7. Anxiety, Obsession, Hyperactive thoughts; The High Energy Hellscape
Understanding the interconnected nature of high-energy mental health disorders like anxiety, obsession, and ADHD can be crucial for effective trauma recovery. By recognizing these conditions as part of an energetic spectrum, individuals can learn to manage their symptoms through energy regulation, critical thinking, and grounding techniques. Focusing on the present moment and challenging predictive thought patterns may help reduce anxiety and improve overall well-being. Regular exercise and mindfulness practices can also play a significant role in managing these conditions.
1.6. Depression, Shame, Rumination; The Low Energy Gang
Explore the interconnected nature of depression, shame, and rumination in this podcast episode. Learn about the neuropsychological basis of depression and how negative thought patterns perpetuate mental health struggles. Discover strategies for managing your inner critic, breaking self-defeating cycles, and fostering a healthier relationship with your thoughts and emotions.
1.5. Life Numbing Dissociation
This is the blog version of the public podcast miniseries episode of the same name. To find out more about your life on CPTSD, hit up any streaming service and search “complex trauma.” If you’re ready for deeper dives into these conversations with...
6.15 Long-term Recovery; Your “Self” Circuit
So we talk an awful lot about the “key” to managing this lifelong battle of You vs. Bad Brains. Problem being… we’re great at short bursts of success, but not so skilled at the consistently managing our negative thoughts and feelings over time....
1.5. Life-Numbing Dissociation
Explore the concept of dissociation in trauma recovery. This podcast episode delves into the neurological basis of dissociation, its various types, and how it affects daily life. Learn about emotional and intellectual dissociation, depersonalization, derealization, and dissociative identities. Gain insights into the triggers for dissociative experiences and discover resources for further understanding and healing.
4. EFFECTIVE Trauma Therapy
This is part 4 of the concise “miniseries” on CPTSD community learnings so far. For the podcasted version of this post, hit up the Podcast tab or search for “CPTSD” wherever you listen. For more information on these topics – including a...
1.4. Actually-Effective Therapy
Explore the process of finding effective trauma therapy for Complex PTSD. Learn about the importance of trauma-specialized care, therapeutic boundaries, and various therapy approaches. Gain insights into selecting the right therapist, understanding medication options, and accessing community support for trauma recovery.
6.13 “Closure” of Background Brain Processes
Good morning, Motherfuckers! Happy Wednesday, and I hope you’re ready for a new APPLICATION post. It’s potentially a lot of work, and a lot of relief, if you want to get busy tying up bad brain practices. Also, let me give you a warning – this...
1.4. Actually-Effective Therapy
Explore the process of finding effective trauma therapy for Complex PTSD. Learn about the importance of trauma-specialized care, therapeutic boundaries, and various therapy approaches. Gain insights into selecting the right therapist, understanding medication options, and accessing community support for trauma recovery.
VISUALIZE: Neuro- Attachment Style Development, Triggers, and Transience
You know, I said I was going to make visuals and videos. And I’m a MF of my word.
Here’s my (less dirty) mug, and the ways I tend to visualize the neuro-development, maintenance, and routine triggerings of relationship behavioral instructions (AKA attachment strategies).
1.3b. Yer Life on CPTSD
Explore the lived experience of Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) in this informative podcast episode. Learn about the cognitive, emotional, and physical effects of untreated trauma, including shame, anxiety, and relationship challenges. Gain insights into the daily struggles of those living with CPTSD and understand the importance of proper trauma therapy for recovery.
1.3b. Yer Life on CPTSD
Let’s take an unexpected step back, and talk more about the EXPERIENCE of living with CPTSD, not just the brain processes that make it reality. With memory, attentional, emotional, and relationship issues at the forefront of the list, not to mention all the...
1.3a. Yer Brain on CPTSD
Let’s talk about everyone’s favorite new buzzdiagnosis – Complex Trauma (CPTSD). What is it? Why is it so difficult to name? And what does it really do to your brain, as far as creating self-destructive neural structures that can undermine your...
6.12 Guest MF | HEALTHY Relationships on CPTSD and Kink for Healing with Incanthatus
Ready for a less depressing outlook on relationships after trauma? Well, it exists, but it comes from the other side of the world. Today, our good friend Incanthatus gives us the two-sided account of how to have a healing relationship – all parts of the internal...
1.2. What IS trauma? Brain Mechanism of PTSD
It’s not so mysterious, actually. We’ve really made Trauma into a big word with a lot of negative connotation, qualification, and over-complication. I don’t know a single person who hasn’t shamefully uttered the phrase “But I wonder if that’s really bad...
1.1. Intro to TMFRs, the Miniseries
This is the blog version of the miniseries introductory podcast, available on the free platform wherever you stream (just search CPTSD or Traumatized Motherfuckers). It’s an overview of trauma, this project, and the point of the recent reboots that TMFRs has...
6.11 Reprogramming “Attachment Styles”
We know, we know…. Anxious or avoidant, early learning calls all the shots. Or does it? Is attachment style a lifelong trait? A characteristic you can’t shake? Or should we see attachment as an opposing set of default brain instructions? We’re...
6.10 DECATHECT; Anxious-turns-Avoidant Attachment
Let’s talk about the emotional detachment self-preservation tactic known as “Decathecting.” You might know it as abandonment, ghosting, or relational deactivation. Throw in some black and white thinking, and we’ve got a pretty standard CPTSD...
1.2. What is Trauma? Brain Mechanism of PTSD
Explore the neurological basis of trauma in this informative podcast episode. Learn about the brain’s memory systems, how trauma disrupts neural networks, and the physiological processes behind PTSD symptoms. Gain insights into the cognitive and emotional challenges faced by trauma survivors and understand the foundations of trauma recovery.
1.1. Intro
Explore the fundamentals of trauma recovery in this introductory podcast episode. Learn about common symptoms of complex trauma, including anxiety, depression, and hypervigilance. Discover how childhood experiences shape mental health and gain insights into coping strategies. This episode sets the stage for a comprehensive series on understanding and healing from trauma.
6.9 Sarah’s Episode | On Grooming, Narc Magnetism, and Coming to Terms with “Trauma Comparison”
“Sarah’s series of Unfortunate Events” Sarah: Age 24, College Student, Cat Savior, COVID Survivor, Narcissistic Abuse Recoverer, Victim of Grooming, Brave-ass Motherfucker. A disruptive early family life opens the door to predatory...
Explaining “Complex PTSD” – What We’ve Learned So Far
Ya know, it’s been a rough fucking ride for the past 18 months. I’ve slacked on some duties – like updating this blog, for instance – to keep things afloat. Ya know, my inner critic hasn’t let me forget it. But podcast and community-wise,...
6.8 Just a Chat. Seasonal Triggers, Going No Contact and Reclaiming Your Brain (Life)
Ever feel like you’re not allowed to be yourself? Like your words aren’t valid? Like your only utility is performing for others? And all the rest is “N/A?”Yeah… So, as you might guess, mental health podcasting got to be a hard effort...
6.7 MFs Speak! | Cassie, on Gender and Sexuality as a TMFR
THANK GOD, this asshole is about to shuttup and hand over the mic. Today, let’s hear from our good friend Cassie, who has endless insight to offer. Let’s dig into her take on gender, sexuality, and finding her identity – or, as she titled the...
6.6 Bonus Blog Version | Re-wiring Doomsdaying / Panic Programming
The blog version of the bonus episode content! In case you like reading more than my voice from the driver’s seat. Getcher bonus content, and get the written version of whatever I’m putting out along with the extra episodes!...
6.6 Bonus Content | Re-wiring Doomsdaying / Panic Programming
Sorry for the switch in plans – sometimes a Motherfucker’s computer breaks, so does the car-house, and everything goes to freck. But here we are, reflecting on how surprisingly calm the day went, nevertheless. No panic attack. No anxiety, anger, agitation....
6.4 The Brain Basis of Abusive Relationships on Repeat
So why are all of your romantic (and otherwise) relationships chronically abusive? Especially when you’re soooo dead set on breaking the chain? Is it as simple as “accepting and perpetrating abuse because mom and dad demonstrated violence?” Today,...