Thank you for sharing these powerful tools with us to overcome trauma. In my current situation, I still need "first aid" for PTSD symptoms, but learning about these steps will certainly help me in my recovery process, and hopefully even in healing one day. I’ll definitely rewatch this video as I make progress. To everyone overcoming domestic abuse situations, don’t underestimate the impact trauma can have on your life, and please seek help.
Thank you for this. I have childhood and adult trauma. II tried EMDR and it wasn't helpful, neither was PTSD therapy, which was a complete waste of time. I liked what you said about healthy and unhealthy comping strategies - this really struck a cord with me. I also liked what you said about making life meaningful. I am grateful for what I have and wish I could help people in current war zones experiencing tragedy.
Wow that was a tense journey, but navigated so well by both host and guest. What a great combination of pragmatic insights & empathetic wisdom. The upfront warning was valid, I imagine a bunch of people got choked up considering the many elements described, remembering or imagining how their own life has been touched by such things. Like a movie where the lights come on revealing monsters all around... but also a narrow path of potential escape. Vicarious trauma can be relived sadly due to the TH-cam algorithm, which can't distinguish between old news, distressing content... or knows your triggers (obviously). PS Hungry Ghosts is a book by Gabor Maté (also on TH-cam, well worth a watch/listen).
But the major trauma we are all exposed to, who are halfway aware, is the multeplicity of crises we face. I am a grandmother, and I look at what my 10 and 8 year old granddaughters will have to face, as they grow up, and it's horrific. All made worse by the fact that I am a graduate in Environmental Science and Management of Human impacts, which informs my reading of Climate, Environment, and all the issues that emanate form those.. the coming food crisis, the rise in conflicts etc. THAT is a huge source of anxiety, on a daily basis, and not listening to the new is not an option, not if we want to be halfway aware and prepared to take our families to safety. Many in WWII owe their survival to having done exactly that!
Hi how do you gain support when you have no friends and family members and some of the trauma has occurred due to loss of special relationships and now those special people have passed on and through family members having addiction issues becoming estranged . All of this has shaken trust in my life . How can I begin to navigate this without close friendships and support
Thank you for sharing these powerful tools with us to overcome trauma. In my current situation, I still need "first aid" for PTSD symptoms, but learning about these steps will certainly help me in my recovery process, and hopefully even in healing one day. I’ll definitely rewatch this video as I make progress. To everyone overcoming domestic abuse situations, don’t underestimate the impact trauma can have on your life, and please seek help.
Very helpful advice and reminder to be compassionate to ourselves regarding what happened to us a children that weren’t our fault.
Thanks for this talk! So many useful tips, even for people who did not have had a real trauma!
Thank you for this. I have childhood and adult trauma. II tried EMDR and it wasn't helpful, neither was PTSD therapy, which was a complete waste of time. I liked what you said about healthy and unhealthy comping strategies - this really struck a cord with me. I also liked what you said about making life meaningful. I am grateful for what I have and wish I could help people in current war zones experiencing tragedy.
Wow that was a tense journey, but navigated so well by both host and guest.
What a great combination of pragmatic insights & empathetic wisdom.
The upfront warning was valid, I imagine a bunch of people got choked up considering the many elements described, remembering or imagining how their own life has been touched by such things.
Like a movie where the lights come on revealing monsters all around... but also a narrow path of potential escape.
Vicarious trauma can be relived sadly due to the TH-cam algorithm, which can't distinguish between old news, distressing content... or knows your triggers (obviously).
PS Hungry Ghosts is a book by Gabor Maté (also on TH-cam, well worth a watch/listen).
But the major trauma we are all exposed to, who are halfway aware, is the multeplicity of crises we face. I am a grandmother, and I look at what my 10 and 8 year old granddaughters will have to face, as they grow up, and it's horrific. All made worse by the fact that I am a graduate in Environmental Science and Management of Human impacts, which informs my reading of Climate, Environment, and all the issues that emanate form those.. the coming food crisis, the rise in conflicts etc.
THAT is a huge source of anxiety, on a daily basis, and not listening to the new is not an option, not if we want to be halfway aware and prepared to take our families to safety. Many in WWII owe their survival to having done exactly that!
Hi how do you gain support when you have no friends and family members and some of the trauma has occurred due to loss of special relationships and now those special people have passed on and through family members having addiction issues becoming estranged .
All of this has shaken trust in my life .
How can I begin to navigate this without close friendships and support
what are the five rythms?
I wish blokey would stop interrupting, it feels like he wants it to be about HIM!
Boring. bring back Gabor Mate, bessel Van Der kolk, thomas Hubl ....