The Trauma Doc (Wednesdays With Watson)

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This unscheduled, unscripted, and unedited solo episode was recorded on November 9, 2020.  
This real time fear processing may help some on the other side of the recording, as listeners ascertain for themselves what it looks like to gain victory over paralyzing fear. 

PTSD patients start this process way behind the starting line, the work is hard.  It is exhausting. It is worth it. 

"I chose to take this road called faith, I will walk on" 4 HIM


"My well runs dry, but I have known the taste of rain" Natalie Grant


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Psalm 139,   Matthew 7

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Special guest Crissy Loughridge is back to help us navigate PTSD, Anxiety, Depression and fear. She also helps us understand her own journey with fear and navigating the waters of 2020.  This is simply a conversation between two friends and it is our desire to help those, who like us, may be struggling with fear.  

Fear doesn't look the same for everyone and Crissy helps us understand how it looks for her.. Fear steals logic, especially from PTSD patients, and we share candidly how that has become evident for Amy during this uncertain time.

This episode was recorded without a script and  the true desires of our hearts is for you to understand and navigate fear, as best we can explain it to you.

Scripture references Psalm 27:13, Psalm 23, Is 43

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As we continue the conversation with trauma survivor and special guest, Autumn Victoria, we learn more about her healing and how she had to learn to forgive herself as well as those who harmed her. Oftentimes, we are our own worst enemy and if we are not careful, guilt and shame can rule us. Autumn is candid in this episode and her story demands attention, it demands that we continue to realize our value to God and to people. The story demands that we evaluate our inability to forgive ourselves and why in Autumn's case, she struggled to forgive herself.

Autumn is a interpreter for our deaf community and this episode has been interpreted in ASL and that video is on our YouTube channel:

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Scripture references: Eph 4:32, Psalm 32:5, Hebrews 4:15

"Clean" Lyrics by Natalie Grant

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This episode features trauma survivor Autumn Victoria. Autumn is a survivor of domestic violence and childhood abuse. She walks us through parts of her story and shares how she has been able to forgive those who harmed her. She beautifully describes how the weight of withholding forgiveness literally affected her entire being.  Listeners will appreciate her practical approach to forgiveness and even those who do not share her (my) faith can find hope in her message. The message and the need for forgiving others, even when they haven't asked for it, is a universal message and we all have to find our way to that place of peace.

Autumn is an interpreter for our deaf community and has interpreted this episode in ASL which is featured on our YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg0WrJV2DUt0MQNuvVB1h3A?

Scripture References: Eph 4:32, Psalm 32:5, Hebrews 4:15

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This solo episode is about forgiveness. This episode continues Amy's journey with PTSD and the important component of forgiveness. This often misunderstood (and necessary) step in healing is imperative to long term restoration. 

What does forgiveness mean? What doesn't it mean? How can we get freedom from all the pain of the trauma? This episode is raw and real and it addresses domestic violence and child abandonment.  But it also tells the story of an important component to successful transactions of forgiveness. Amy shares how the story of missionary Nate Saint, his son Steve Saint, Chief Mincayani and the "End Of Speer" story heavily impacted her view of forgiveness.
Potential Trigger For Domestic Violence survivors at 13-15 minutes.

Scripture references: Phil 1:6, Eph 4:32, 2 Sam 24:24, Jude 24-25, John 27

End Of Speer Story:

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This episode of Wednesdays With Watson, PTSD, Jesus and Me special guest Dr. Thomas Petit returns to help us understand PTSD and its treatments. Part 2 immediately picks up on a candid discussion about PTSD. This episode helps listeners understand treatments available and Dr. Petit also provides tools for immediate relief of symptoms of PTSD and anxiety. Dr. Petit walks the listener through exercises to calm fight or flight responses, to settle down anxiety attacks and to give you Hope in the midst of tragedy and loss. 

Dr. Petit has worked with Amy for 12 years and has been instrumental in her healing as well as establishing effective CPTSD/PTSD coping mechanisms. This has been accomplished by traditional talk therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EMDR, RRT and TIH.  

BEST OF ALL, HE KNOWS AND LOVES THE STAR OF ALL OF OUR STORIES  

Part two features answers to questions like:
What is EMDR?
What is RRT?

What is TIH?

What is talk therapy?
How can we help with anxiety and PTSD in real time?

And SO MUCH MORE!  

Dr. Thomas Petit, Ph.D, located in St. Petersburg, Florida is a Nationally Certified Board Certified Mental Health Counselor, he is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) He is a Board Certified Life Coach and is certified in three trauma therapies, EMDR, RRT, and TIH.

He earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of Illinois.
Master of Arts in Counseling, Grace Theological Seminary.
PhD, Counselor Education, University of South Florida.

Scripture 139:13, Genesis 1:26-27, John 10:10, Philippians 1:12, Joel 2:25

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This episode of Wednesdays With Watson, PTSD, Jesus and Me features special guest Dr. Thomas Petit. This episode brings expert explanations of trauma, why and how it affects us and how all of us have experienced trauma in 2020.

Dr. Petit has worked with Amy for 12 years and has been instrumental in her healing as well as establishing effective CPTSD/PTSD coping mechanisms. This has been accomplished by traditional talk therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EMDR, RRT and TIH.  

BEST OF ALL, HE KNOWS AND LOVES THE STAR OF ALL OF OUR STORIES  

Part one features answers to questions like:
What is trauma?
What is PTSD?
What is fight or flight?
What is the difference between "Big T" Trauma and "Little T" Trauma?
How can we recognize the physical symptoms of PTSD, what are they?
Why do we respond to danger and why is that a good thing under the right circumstances?

And SO MUCH MORE!  

Dr. Thomas Petit, Ph.D, located in St. Petersburg, Florida is a Nationally Certified Board Certified Mental Health Counselor, he is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) He is a Board Certified Life Coach and is certified in three trauma therapies, EMDR, RRT, and TIH.

He earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of Illinois.
Master of Arts in Counseling, Grace Theological Seminary.
PhD, Counselor Education, University of South Florida.

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In this introspective episode, Watson addresses PTSD and her own struggle with an Eating Disorder connected to a lifetime of trauma. After spending most of the podcast season encouraging listeners that they matter, this episode chronicles Watson's own journey to realize that she matters too.

There is Hope and this episode journals real time PTSD healing and restoration of years that the locusts stole. We have a God who leaves the 99 to find the ONE, and you are the ONE!

Scripture References: Mark 5, Matthew 18, Luke 15, Hebrews 4:15, Psalm 46:1

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Opioid addiction is more than an epidemic. It is a default mechanism for coping with trauma and emotional pain.  In this episode, Watson is candid about her own struggle with narcotic pain medication, and guest Crissy Loughridge joins the discussion bringing an important perspective from a family member.
It should not surprise anyone that substance abuse and PTSD is a phenomenon that is well understood. Continuing the mission of dishing out Hope for those who's stories may look like hers, Watson dives into her story and ultimately credits the Star of the story as well as her community for TREATING THE PAIN, not the SYMPTOMS. This podcast is raw and real and should provide great Hope for those looking for it.  Hope is interesting that way, it likes to be caught.

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Links and information mentioned on the show:
"Dare To Be" Podcast by Natalie Grant and Charlotte Gambill

"Speak Life" Toby Mac

Ephesians 4:29 --New American Standard Bible
"Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear."

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The first "You Matter" podcast has one goal. To remind you, or perhaps maybe to teach you for the first time, that you, in fact MATTER!  Continuing our conversation about PTSD, Watson begins to discuss unfavorable behaviors often seen in patients with PTSD. These behaviors are often rooted in an inability to understand our value as humans and that, that, is a human condition, not just a PTSD condition.
Heads up, it's about to get real. This podcast isn't for everyone. It is raw, it is real, it is transparent, it is truthful. There is one goal: Help People.

Scripture references: Genesis 1:26, Mark 5, Psalm 139, and Proverbs 13:12 (Hope deferred makes the heart sick). 

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