Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers

You'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 retrain your brain and behaviors? Talked a lot about these topics, and highly recommend diving deeper for reflection. Hit patreon.com/traumatizedmotherfuckers for the full series on this subject. 

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So 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 and disassociation eps across seasons

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We 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 series, filial obligaton series, self-limitation series

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The time comes for all of us; the family call to duty. And then what. We know it's going to trigger unwanted trauma reactions. But resisting often feels futile, immoral, and socially-punishing.

Let's talk about the dangers of family re-immersion for a healing trauma brain and what we can do to protect ourselves before the filial phonecalls start. 

Related eps: filial obligation and entrapment series, family brain hijinx series, fawning series, brain operations series, social psychology ep

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Perspective; A word with many meanings, depending on who's speaking it. Namely, the bane of, "that's just ONE perspective."

Let's talk about the real definition of the word, how it pertains to post-traumatic stress development, where attention vs. willful ignorance comes into play, and how no one can ever have your irreplicable perspective. Trust your guts, Fuckers. You know where you've been. 

Related eps: perspective series, time distortions series, covert abuse series, family brain hijinx series

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Have you been struggling to make meaningful progress? Well, these global events don't help. Especially when they feel so... family-iar... to our trauma brains. 

Let's talk about the semi-accepted phases of trauma recovery - destabilization, processing, and integration. And how societal systems keep bringing us back to square one.

Related eps: "the rat cage" societal trauma series, refind yer Self series, inner work series

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Ever doubt that "it was significant enough to count as t-word"? 

Well, the key word is significance. 

Let's break this down simply and talk about what really creates PTSD; our brains' subjective experience of fear and the meaning we give events (and ourselves) in the aftermath. 

Related eps: filial obligation and entrapment series, perspective series

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We're back! Let's wrap up a year of in-depth trauma research and community insights with a new season. 

• Free holiday support Discord server: https://discord.gg/5AYuCuQRhn 
• Public holiday episodes (browse or search "holiday"): patreon.com/traumatizedmotherfuckers
• Full episode guide: https://www.t-mfrs.com/epguide

Ho-ho-ho, Motherfucker. I'll see you there. 

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Anxiety and fear at all-time highs. Obsessive thoughts. Depressive outlooks. And trauma-brains taking back too much control, even after years of recovery... 

"What a time to be alive! Live laugh love." we've all proclaimed for the past year. And with things only ever getting more chaotic and therefore brain-demanding... Seems like we all need a little vacation from these terror-filled heads before they splinter and sink us. So let's talk about the greatest tool we have for surviving traumatic times with trauma-derived brains. Might be more important now than ever. ✊ 

What's next? If you’re on the market for a vacation from your own head… Check the private podcast stream at patreon.com, where the material that could manipulate brains is kept gated. We're covering "how-to" get that Self-thing back in control. 

If you’re looking for a sampling of past episodes, hit up the Spotify subscription option for a taste. 

For transcripts of these posts, blogged versions of older shows, and more information on the community, Archie, or myself... Take a look at the t-mfrs.com website, or traumatizedmotherfuckers.com. 

And DM me on the instagrams to tell me what's been going on in your neck of the raging dumpsterfire! Can't wait to meet You <3 

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https://www.hocatl.org/  

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