Complex PTSD Recovery: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers
282 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsPeer-review and irreverent dark humor meet relational trauma recovery, without the "enforced bright sides." Let's talk about the complicated experience of rectifying a life built on trauma and relearning to be human... more healthily than those shitheads who raised you. You aren't alone, damaged, doomed, or dead yet. But with all the grit and gumption necessary to keep growing, you might be a real MF.
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4.4. Pathological Structuring of Narcissists (Or, No Integrity without Integration)
April 24, 2024 21:08 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBThey'll shake your hand while pissing on your leg, plead and then pulverize promises, and generally give the sense that they're one hundred people who share a face. But why? Let's talk about narcissist personality structuring that ranges from neurotic to psychopathic, but never hits the mark of "maturity." Meanwhile, creating the condition I've titled simply: There is no Integrity without Integration. Into this talk? Come hang out, there's been plenty more at patreon.com/traumatizedmotherf...
"Feel good about yourself." For Real. Building self Esteem x Parts Work
April 17, 2024 13:31 - 42 minutes - 48.3 MBFrom the private Patreon stream, a special release epiaode! "Just feel good about yourself!" Great. Except your brain was drafted uponst narratives of self-derogation for 'safety.' So, now what? Let's talk about using the concept of adaptive narcissism and the self-supporting traits it encompasses for parts work... starting with your gd Managers. For more episodes like this and to support this DIY project, check us out.
4.3. Healing with "Adaptive Narcissism" and Uniqueness | Leveraging Stigma for Permissive self-Healing
March 27, 2024 11:06 - 40 minutes - 46.9 MB"Just feel good about your authentic self and don't let anyone wreck your recognition of specialness." Right. Let's talk about what may be holding us back from achieving this safe, centered, self-supportive, resilience-boosting psychological station, and the easiest way to achieve the "healthy self" that's never been otherwise defined. Adaptive Narcissism. Plus, we'll be discussing how AN relates to VN and GN; reiterating the truth that going small with your self is not the answer to trauma ...
4.2. Filial Obligation Narratives, Ambivalence, Perception, and Guilt
February 22, 2024 22:58 - 24 minutes - 28.1 MBWhy is the decision to sacrifice or save our brains so difficult to make? Let's talk about subconscious narratives we probably all carry, the ambivalence-guilt connection, and the power of perception on caregiving burden. Find the transcript at t-mfrs.com Looking for the 9 full episodes on this topic? Hit up the Filial Obligation Collection on patreon.com/traumatizedmotherfuckers. Need some FilOb support? There's a group coming for that dontchaknow. Stay tuned. Cheers FCKRS.
4.1. Making of a Vulnerable Narcissist
January 30, 2024 21:30 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBA big 'nouncement; so long TMFRS! Then let's talk about what constitutes a VulNarc versus "a person with CPTSD." Where does the chronic manipulation come from? How are recovery resources used for trauma-unhealing? What's up with the hostility and antagonism? . Lots to cover in this mashup of "time, space, and energy" meets "VulNarcs" and "trauma-selves." . For even more detail, check the newly updated Narc Collection at Patreon.com/traumatizedmotherfuckers . And thank you again for the...
3.12b. Sex on Parts and Survival Programs
December 15, 2023 13:59 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBThis year we spoke about Intimacy. Now it's time to confront *Intimacy.* Let's look at the discrepant programs that live inside of us, gathered across a lifetime of adaptation to extreme events and unhealthy narratives. We're talking Sexual Healing vs. Internal Family Systems and deprived needs. Need this conversation more than you knew? Check out patreon.com/traumatizedmotherfuckers for the application-heavy episodes, and see what you find out about yourself. While you're there, add a lit...
3.12a. Transference, Projection, Monkey-barring, Displacement
December 11, 2023 17:57 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MBWe're tying up loose ends in our discussion of relationships! Today, discussing the cognitive copy-pastes we accidentally carry out between past and present relationships - and they ways they set us back in our recovery goals while creating abusive dynamics. Need more thoughts about transference in all its forms? I've got another hour of material and an animated vid on this one. Check patreon.com/traumatizedmotherfuckers for more help, or go to t-mfrs.com to get your pubpod transcripts and...
Self-abandonment vs your best Spanksgiving
November 22, 2023 17:17 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBLet's cut the brainy shit, the real answer to surviving the holidays is not abandoning yourself. Need more holiday support? Don't we all. For all the other holiday freebies, just hit up patreon.com/traumatizedmotherfuckers. Search "holiday" to find releases from the past for no cost, or subscribe to access the pre-wrangled Holiday Survival Collection for your listening ease. Stay safe, support yourself, and see you soon Fucker! MFJess and Marcus Barkus
3.11. Ten Destructive Responses that Set Off Trauma Defenses
November 03, 2023 10:44 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBBack to NonViolent Communication! Here are 10 things the experts say destroy our attempts at vulnerable disclosures and requests. Just in time for the holidays, let's talk about why these conversational reactions burn our t-brains and why people are programmed to use them, anyways. For the full transcript and all the doods, check t-mfrs.com and get ready to peruse for hours. To jump into the full-length conversations and deep dives, head over to patreon.com/traumatizedmotherfuckers. And h...
3.10. Chronic deprivation, self-sabotage, psychosomatic illness, and abuse dynamics
October 20, 2023 11:47 - 32 minutes - 29.3 MBWe learn to neglect ourselves at an early age and then everything goes to hell forever after. Stuck in unfixable suffering, toiling away with ineffectual attempts to comfort ourselves, and possibly... destroying our own lives, in an attempt to end the self-deprivation through backdoor methods. Let's talk about needs and what happens when we learn there are "required" versus "unallowed" ways we're permitted to care about ourselves. If this show made your eyes get real big, you may want to...
3.9b Ending Deprivation and Rehabbing yer Brain with NonViolent Communication
September 29, 2023 10:54 - 27 minutes - 25 MB"Depression is the reward we get for being good children." NVC helps yer relationships, sure. But it'll also rewire your t-brain trashhabits, emotional misunderstandings, and shit perspectives if you use it solo. Let's talk about the roots of the worst of us; our unmet needs and beliefs that deprivation = goodness. Which create vicious cycles of projection, unfulfillment, and relational abuse. Like reading along and looking at scribbles? Find your transcript here, Fucker. Ready to dive ...
3.9a NonViolent (Effective) Communication
September 15, 2023 10:18 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBEver feel "unheard"? Well, here's the key to getting your point across and sparking collaboration rather than opposition. Today, we're talking about NonViolent Communication (NVC) - the 4 step framework for communicating effectively about emotions and unmet needs without stimulating defensive reactions or leaning on your own deeply ingrained control tactics... And so much more. Wanna transcript and some doods to listen along with? Find it here! Looking to do more than scratch the surfa...
3.8b. Shitpologies (AKA non-apology apologies)
September 01, 2023 16:28 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBSo, how do we apologize "the right way"... Rather than creating MORE damage through half-assed "I'm sorrys"? Today, let's talk about the 5 points for offering a real apology for sake of true relational healing... And four examples of how NOT to apologize, unless you actually want to make the emotional abandonment experience worse for your partner. Looking for 10 more examples of terrible non-apologies? Hit up the recent episode "Non-Apology Apologies" over at patreon.com/traumatizedmother...
3.8a. The Key to Healing Relational Ruptures (and two people)
August 16, 2023 18:34 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBHow DO we heal what's been broken? I've got a short phrase for you - it's what we've all needed to hear all along. And let's talk about the timeless wounds patched up by real apologies, as we prepare to talk about shitty apologies next time. Hail yerSelf and Cheers Fuckers. Git the transcript version of this post at t-mfrs.com and check out some doods while you're there. Catch up on the recent downpour of episodes over at patreon.com/traumatizedmotherfuckers and help this one-human DIY...
Extra "survival Fs" to give in relationship; Fronting and Feigning
July 27, 2023 11:24 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBWe all know about the 4 survival Fs at this point. But how about the additional F reactions- Fronting and Feigning? Let's talk about learned reactions that keep us feeling safe in relationship... while rotting out the connection, engaging manipulation tactics, and using fear as a self-defense. Looking for more "real relationship talk"? Well that's the order of the month, over in the private podcast stream. We're dropping four full episodes of "less fluffy" relational conversations, talkin...
3.7. Determining "Are they a good relational partner?" before committing
July 15, 2023 16:29 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBWe've talked a lot about committing fully to relationships and overcoming our conflicts together, through examining the subconscious wounds that actually underly our relational upsets. But here's my question: Is that realistic? Today, we talk about getting clearer on the contents of our potential and current relationship partners' preprogramming, through checking our own somatic experiences, our shared trauma histories, and their adaptions to the social systems that raised them. For alll...
Mailbag! Episodic memory integration, internal recalibration, borderline fears, and beyond
June 27, 2023 10:58 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBLet's run through a bunch of messages today, and end on a trauma recovery inspired tune - sent by a gifted MF putting their skills to good use for all of us. We'll talk about fearing borderline diagnoses, redesigning life to meet our recovery needs, the utility of journaling and trauma narration, and beyond. Thanks again to Somber Mercy for their share and song submission! Find them at instagram.com/sombermercy If you want to be a part of the Mailbag or Motherfuckers Speaks episodes, send ...
3.6b Overcoming spiraling conflicts in trauma-impacted relationships
June 16, 2023 12:56 - 27 minutes - 25 MBEver feel like "the issue" isn't really "the issue" in relational conflict? That's because the real issue is buried under layers of protective instincts that keep us unable to fully connect or communicate... but very capable of fighting, endlessly. Let's talk about "conscious relationships" and their trauma recovery utility, as we discuss methods for resolving unescapable conflict detailed by IFS couples therapy practitioners. Hankering for the full details on this relationship recovery t...
3.6a. Lost love and authentic connection; the fragmented brain explanation
June 05, 2023 11:41 - 28 minutes - 26 MBWhy do we start close relationships and love connections feeling one way... only to watch them disintegrate, become survival-based, and turn into "resentment"? Let's walk through the easiest explanation ever told; pulling in our Internal Family Systems education to discuss the greatest relational obstacle of them all. Looking for a lot more relational talk? Good news! It's been the theme of 2023 over on the private stream. Check this month's special triple research episode release and get...
3.6 Lost love and authentic connection; the fragmented brain explanation
June 05, 2023 11:41 - 28 minutes - 26 MBWhy do we start close relationships and love connections feeling one way... only to watch them disintegrate, become survival-based, and turn into "resentment"? Let's walk through the easiest explanation ever told; pulling in our Internal Family Systems education to discuss the greatest relational obstacle of them all. Looking for a lot more relational talk? Good news! It's been the theme of 2023 over on the private stream. Check this month's special triple research episode release and get...
Mailbag! "I feel unfixably 'wrong' and sabotage everything"
May 25, 2023 16:54 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBThe perfect email to reflect the topic of the month - needing to understand our own unconscious brains before we set them loose on others - is here! Let's hear from a young listener out of Ohio (sorry) who asks about the continual feeling of "wrongness" that's been birthed from {TW} childhood sexual abuse, and all the ways it's ruined ongoing attempts to recreate their life and relationships. Plus, what this Muff suggests you can do about it, on a SUB-C level. Check t-mfrs.com for the trans...
Early lessons in relational danger: "When the perp is your savior" by Leanne
May 19, 2023 12:29 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBSo we're littered with vulnerability and trust issues... and plenty of recentish events can dominate our reasoning about "why." But really, those interpersonal shuttdown instincts likely started a lot earlier. We carry unseen wounds from decades ago that stack up to create sky-high obstacles to human connection, which get validated down the line to form solid fucked up core beliefs about ourselves vs. the human species. Today, we're hearing the story of a MF like you, reflecting on an ear...
3.5 Shadow parts vs. successful relationships | Internal VIT for healthy connections
May 05, 2023 10:52 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBWe MFs struggle to begin or maintain healthy relationship dynamics, with a lot of externalized finger pointing about why. "Abusers just flock to me." But the truth is, the abuse recreation is mutual and it all starts in the place we attempt to willfully ignore - inside ourselves, within our preferred and hated personality aspects. Let's talk about acquisition of conscious and unconscious identities that fuck up our relational attempts equally. The ways Protective, Exiled, and Distractive b...
"Recovery Emotions vs. Life Obligations" Mailbag!
April 28, 2023 14:36 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBYou wrote, I do my best to answer! Today's Q: "Your episodes trigger the fuck out of me, therapy is going to do the same.... so how do I keep up my hyper-functionality while the emotional tides rage?" My A: I wish "do yoga about it" worked across the board. But it don't, so let's approach this from another direction. Talking Manager vs. Exile parts, Self reliance, and making external changes so we can do internal work. Gotta question of your own? Send em to [email protected]...
Special release | "Ah Hell Naw" Learned obstacles to forming close relationships
April 21, 2023 10:21 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBWhy don't we sign up for close connections anymore? Especially after learning about our CPTSD patterns? It's an episode pulled from the private Fort! Let's talk about relationship hangups from an experiential standpoint, integrating what we've heard from the research with real life brain operations to demystify disorganized feelings about closely connecting with others. Check out t-mfrs.com for more info and blogged transcripts of each public episode. To help yourself help yourself,...
3.4 Vulnerability, Intimacy, and Trust Issues in Relationship
April 07, 2023 13:46 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MB"So how do you feel about relationships? Complicated? You want them? You despise them? You fear them? You long for them? You try them? You exit them rapidly? Or you try to? You get stuck in them? And haunted by cycles of unfulfillment?" Today, let's talk about the obstacles we face when considering relationships or landing ourselves in them. The ways we attempt to protect ourselves from them. Why shallow, distanced relationships plague PTSD sufferers. And how vulnerability, intimacy, an...
Mailbag! Identifying CPTSD, understanding partners, and coping through relationship dissolutions
March 24, 2023 10:10 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBMy inbox collects a lot of stories and questions... and I think they'd be put to better use anonymously shared with the whole crew. Let's dip into some listener feedback and questions today, asking "Do I have CPTSD?" "How do I understand my partner better?" and "How do I cope in this relationally destabilizing time?" Wanna get your own recorded feedback? Submit your message at t-mfrs.com or [email protected] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/po...
3.3. Subconscious Self-loathing
March 10, 2023 15:42 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MBSo you're doing your damndest to be "your best self." Maybe you're confident and comfortable in your identity these days. But, at the same time, you still find that self-condemnation is a big part of your day to day. Why? Let's talk about self-judgment taking place on subconscious levels. How your identities mask the ongoing self-loathing that created them. And how to heal that shit, once and for all. Up for making big changes? Get started with us at patreon.com/traumatizedmotherfuckers
Hardening versus Healing
February 24, 2023 09:24 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBToday, sharing a mini essay I wrote for another platform, where controversial perspectives are the topic of conversation. In so much of this "trauma recovery game" we're inspired to hunker down against past patterns. But is that really healing? Want more Traumatized Motherfuckers? Join the Patreon to get hundreds of past episodes, weekly releases, and a part in supporting this DIY show. Or find more info on the project at t-mfrs.com.
2. Healing self-contradicting brains with Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy
February 10, 2023 15:00 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBEver feel like you've got a whole household of people contained in one skull? Fighting, just like they did in your family home? Turns out, that's normal. Today, let's talk about Internal Family Systems and the roles cemented in your brain. Protectors, Exiles, Distractors, and their vicious cycles that leave us feeling out of control of our own noggins. Plus, how to work with them, instead of hosting raging battles inside forever. Looking for more deets or just want to help support this so...
3.2. Healing self-contradicting brains with Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy
February 10, 2023 15:00 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBEver feel like you've got a whole household of people contained in one skull? Fighting, just like they did in your family home? Turns out, that's normal. Today, let's talk about Internal Family Systems and the roles cemented in your brain. Protectors, Exiles, Distractors, and their vicious cycles that leave us feeling out of control of our own noggins. Plus, how to work with them, instead of hosting raging battles inside forever. Looking for more deets or just want to help support this so...
Early Day Episodes Rereleases
January 29, 2023 19:33 - 8 minutes - 8.03 MBWhen your brain is a spiralling hellhole of "not good enough, never have been"... sometimes you withdraw. When that shitscape is finally over, it's time to reconsider the hiding you've been doing. Let's talk about what happened in those isolative times '21-22 and the sudden re-release of episodes from the beginning days of this accidental podcast. Stoked to get better acquainted... and hail yer damn Self, Fuckers. Cheers MFJess --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotif...
1. Loneliness and Isolation in CPTSD
January 25, 2023 18:25 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBSurprise, we're back! Keeping up with the private stream's topic of the month, we're here to talk about Loneliness. Let's discuss the varieties of loneliness, the trends that start in childhood and pervade a lifetime, and the separate condition known as Isolation. Plus, how being a relational castaway can actually benefit our post-traumatic growth (whaaat). Looking for all the details and community reflections on these lifetimes of loneliness? Find em at patreon.com/traumatizedmotherfucker...
3.1. Loneliness and Isolation in CPTSD
January 25, 2023 18:25 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBSurprise, we're back! Keeping up with the private stream's topic of the month, we're here to talk about Loneliness. Let's discuss the varieties of loneliness, the trends that start in childhood and pervade a lifetime, and the separate condition known as Isolation. Plus, how being a relational castaway can actually benefit our post-traumatic growth (whaaat). Looking for all the details and community reflections on these lifetimes of loneliness? Find em at patreon.com/traumatizedmotherfuckers -...
12. Challenges of breaking the cycle | AKA - generational upset, NC, a new world
December 20, 2022 17:27 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBLet's talk about the opposition we face during trauma recovery - namely, from our social contacts who aren't ready to have their own histories and perspectives pulled into focus. And, let's discuss the reason why the battle is worth all the effort. Don't give up, brave Motherfucker. Remember that what you're doing matters. For everyone. ✊ Related eps: perspective series, filial obligaton series, brain programming series, family hijinx series, NC eps, refind yer Self series, inner and outer...
2.12. Challenges of breaking the cycle | AKA - generational upset, NC, a new world
December 20, 2022 17:27 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBLet's talk about the opposition we face during trauma recovery - namely, from our social contacts who aren't ready to have their own histories and perspectives pulled into focus. And, let's discuss the reason why the battle is worth all the effort. Don't give up, brave Motherfucker. Remember that what you're doing matters. For everyone. ✊ Related eps: perspective series, filial obligaton series, brain programming series, family hijinx series, NC eps, refind yer Self series, inner and outer...
2.11. Forming new lives | AKA - reintegration efforts for lasting change
December 20, 2022 17:27 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBSo we do this painful and energetically expensive inner work. And then what? Return to the same old lives? Naw, Fucker. That's the fastest way to hit "revert to draft." Once the integrative inner work starts, the outer labor has to keep up. Let's talk about supporting our brain changes by building new lives, to enable further cognitive evolution as we keep stepping. Related eps: inner and outer work series, refind & empower yer Self series, re-association eps, confronting common human fe...
11. Forming new lives | AKA - reintegration efforts for lasting change
December 20, 2022 17:27 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBSo we do this painful and energetically expensive inner work. And then what? Return to the same old lives? Naw, Fucker. That's the fastest way to hit "revert to draft." Once the integrative inner work starts, the outer labor has to keep up. Let's talk about supporting our brain changes by building new lives, to enable further cognitive evolution as we keep stepping. Related eps: inner and outer work series, refind & empower yer Self series, re-association eps, confronting common human fe...
10. The resources needed for brain recovery | AKA - mediums for new perspectives
December 20, 2022 17:27 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBAiming for recovery, but finding that you never have the conditions to make progress? Let's talk about what it takes for a brain to heal. The basic mediums of life that most of us are unable to access in our traumatized society. Related eps: time distortion series, "rat cage" societal trauma series, inner and outer work series, refind yer Self series
2.10. The resources needed for brain recovery | AKA - mediums for new perspectives
December 20, 2022 17:27 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBAiming for recovery, but finding that you never have the conditions to make progress? Let's talk about what it takes for a brain to heal. The basic mediums of life that most of us are unable to access in our traumatized society. Related eps: time distortion series, "rat cage" societal trauma series, inner and outer work series, refind yer Self series --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/complextrauma/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
9. Loss of functionality | AKA - overcompensation, collapse, resisilence not resistence
December 20, 2022 17:26 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBA brain is busy with all those survival processes running in the background and the second-by-second management of triggers and symptoms. So what happens when that system gets overloaded? Today, we're talking about the pattern of symptom masking/ignorance, overcompensation, loss of functionality, and eventual collapse. And how does "resilience vs. resistance" change our perspective? Related eps: brain operations series, perspective series, inner and outer work series
2.9. Loss of functionality | AKA - overcompensation, collapse, resisilence not resistence
December 20, 2022 17:26 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBA brain is busy with all those survival processes running in the background and the second-by-second management of triggers and symptoms. So what happens when that system gets overloaded? Today, we're talking about the pattern of symptom masking/ignorance, overcompensation, loss of functionality, and eventual collapse. And how does "resilience vs. resistance" change our perspective? Related eps: brain operations series, perspective series, inner and outer work series --- Send in a voice me...
2.8. Internal battles | AKA - healing your disintegrated brain
December 20, 2022 17:26 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBBack to this self-limiting conversation... what happens when our "selves" are limited by incohesion? When we have inner wars over "the right thing," or oppositional memory and emotional responses confusing every issue? Let's talk about the battle that rages inside. Revisiting "parts" and how they're the crux of pulling your shit together for long-lasting recovery. Related eps: fragmentation series, DID series, find and empower yer Self series, inner and outer work series, derealization an...
8. Internal battles | AKA - healing your disintegrated brain
December 20, 2022 17:26 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBBack to this self-limiting conversation... what happens when our "selves" are limited by incohesion? When we have inner wars over "the right thing," or oppositional memory and emotional responses confusing every issue? Let's talk about the battle that rages inside. Revisiting "parts" and how they're the crux of pulling your shit together for long-lasting recovery. Related eps: fragmentation series, DID series, find and empower yer Self series, inner and outer work series, derealization an...
2.7. Self-limiting modes of existence | AKA - life halting programs and parts battles
December 20, 2022 17:26 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBYou've decided to enact new behaviors to change your life... only to find you can't actually put them into practice. You stall out and revert to old programs to your own bewilderment. Something is stalling progress from the inside. Let's talk about self-limiting strategies for living spawned by trauma. And the ways they become "default modes" of daily existence. Related eps: self-limitation series, the cages we create ourselves, refind yer Self series, inner & outer work series Ready to ...
7. Self-limiting modes of existence | AKA - life halting programs and parts battles
December 20, 2022 17:26 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBYou've decided to enact new behaviors to change your life... only to find you can't actually put them into practice. You stall out and revert to old programs to your own bewilderment. Something is stalling progress from the inside. Let's talk about self-limiting strategies for living spawned by trauma. And the ways they become "default modes" of daily existence. Related eps: self-limitation series, the cages we create ourselves, refind yer Self series, inner & outer work series Ready to ...
2.6. Default Mode Network (DMN) | AKA - memory throwbacks, bodily disconnection, and sub-sensory fear
December 20, 2022 17:26 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBSo we all have a penchant for fear, it's a foundational aspect of PTSD. But what happens when our brain relay system is wonky due to those adaptations? Let's talk about the faulty DMN. How it throws us into disjointed memories, disables continuous autobiographical recall, explains poor sense of somatic (bodily) self, and interacts with those pesky sub-sensory threshold fear triggers. Reflect on this one, it'll explain a lot. Related eps: DMN ep, entrapment series, developmental biology an...
6. Default Mode Network (DMN) | AKA - memory throwbacks, bodily disconnection, and sub-sensory fear
December 20, 2022 17:26 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBSo we all have a penchant for fear, it's a foundational aspect of PTSD. But what happens when our brain relay system is wonky due to those adaptations? Let's talk about the faulty DMN. How it throws us into disjointed memories, disables continuous autobiographical recall, explains poor sense of somatic (bodily) self, and interacts with those pesky sub-sensory threshold fear triggers. Reflect on this one, it'll explain a lot. Related eps: DMN ep, entrapment series, developmental biology an...
5. Entrapment, defeat, suicidality, and relationships | AKA - it's not worth your whole life
December 20, 2022 17:26 - 15 minutes - 14 MBWe know, trauma brains create patterns that can stall us out and keep us stuck. This is especially true when talking "relationships" of all forms. Unfortunately, leading many to feel permanently socially-tethered, personally incapable, and suicidal, instead. Today, let's talk about how relationships often corrupt our lives, how to re-work them, and when it's time to say goodbye - all for recovery's sake. Related eps: relationship obligation series, covert abuse series, brain patterning se...
2.5. Entrapment, defeat, suicidality, and relationships | AKA - it's not worth your whole life
December 20, 2022 17:26 - 15 minutes - 14 MBWe know, trauma brains create patterns that can stall us out and keep us stuck. This is especially true when talking "relationships" of all forms. Unfortunately, leading many to feel permanently socially-tethered, personally incapable, and suicidal, instead. Today, let's talk about how relationships often corrupt our lives, how to re-work them, and when it's time to say goodbye - all for recovery's sake. Related eps: relationship obligation series, covert abuse series, brain patterning se...