In this episode of Just Me and My Trauma, Jessi and Kelsey cover Mass Trauma.

They discuss the 2018 false incoming ballistic missile alert sent to residents and visitors of Hawaii as well as the trauma associated with the aftermath of the Jonestown Massacre.

They also share opinions about trauma responses in relation to stories from Reddit.

Gloombreakers to "break up the gloom" include entries from r/AmITheDevil, r/AITA, and r/TIFU on Reddit.

If you want to send in your own story or Gloombreaker, you can email Jessi and Kelsey: [email protected]

For pictures related to the episode, follow along on Instagram: @justmeandmytrauma_pod

If you want to help us not have crappy sound, feel free to buy us a coffee:

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/justtraumapodcast

Sources:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/30/581853255/hawaii-missile-drill-stated-this-is-not-a-drill-resulting-in-false-alert

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/13/us/hawaii-missile.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistic_missile

https://www.newsweek.com/i-am-survivor-jonestown-massacre-1650525

https://www.archives.gov/news/articles/undaunted-jackie-speier-lecture

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46241372

In this episode of Just Me and My Trauma, Jessi and Kelsey cover trauma in relation to postpartum depression.

They discuss the cases of Lindsay Clancy and Carol Coronado and if postpartum depression played a role.

They also share opinions about trauma responses in relation to stories from Reddit.

Gloombreakers to "break up the gloom" include entries from r/AmITheDevil and r/AITA on Reddit

Dumb Ways To Die examples from ⁠https://www.watchmojo.com/articles/10-dumbest-ways-people-have-died⁠

If you want to send in your own story or Gloombreaker, you can email Jessi and Kelsey: [email protected]

For pictures related to the episode, follow along on Instagram: @justmeandmytrauma_pod

If you want to help us not have crappy sound, feel free to buy us a coffee:

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/justtraumapodcast

Sources:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK519070/

https://health.ucsd.edu/care/behavioral-mental-health/depression-treatment/tms/#:~:text=TMS%20is%20a%20noninvasive%20technological,repetitive%20magnetic%20pulses%20are%20delivered. 

https://abcnews.go.com/US/mom-accused-killing-children-built-snowman-morning-deaths/story?id=96959550 

https://www.fresherslive.com/latest/articles/is-lindsay-clancy-still-alive-who-is-lindsay-clancy-what-happened-to-lindsay-clancy-10002871

https://www.kqed.org/news/11797827/postpartum

In this first ever episode of Just Me and My Trauma, Jessi and Kelsey introduce TRAUMA and all it can entail.

What even is trauma and who can suffer from it?

They will discuss the horrible case of Alex Crain and if the gruesome crime he committed was driven by a trauma response or pure evil.

They also share opinions about trauma responses in relation to stories from Reddit.

Gloombreakers to "break up the gloom" include entries from r/AmITheDevil and r/AITA on Reddit

Dumb Ways To Die examples from ⁠https://www.watchmojo.com/articles/10-dumbest-ways-people-have-died⁠

If you want to send in your own story or Gloombreaker, you can email Jessi and Kelsey: [email protected]

If you want to help us not have crappy sound, feel free to buy us a coffee:

buymeacoffee.com/justtraumapodcast

For pictures related to the episode, follow along on Instagram: justmeandmytrauma_pod

Sources:

⁠https://www.chateaurecovery.com/trauma⁠

⁠https://www.samhsa.gov/mental-health/post-traumatic-stress-disorder#:~:text=Post%2Dtraumatic%20stress%20disorder%20(PTSD)%20is%20a%20real%20disorder,or%20severe%20injury%20has%20occurred⁠. 

⁠https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2168402/Alex-Crain-14-shot-dead-parents-says-I-sleeping-thing-I-knew-I-gun-911-call.html⁠

Just Me and My Trauma is a podcast about the hilarious side of healing from trauma. Each week, your hosts, trauma survivors and pretend-to-be comedians Kelsey and Jessi, share stories of trauma they use to dive into what trauma really is all while using humor to cope and heal.

From the awkwardness and dread of having a trauma response in public to familial, religious, and domestic related PTSD, Just Me and My Trauma covers it all. The hosts are not afraid to laugh at their own--as well as everyone else's --experiences, and they encourage their listeners to do the same.

Whether you're a trauma survivor yourself or you just want to learn more about how humor can be used to cope with difficult experiences, Just Me and My Trauma is the podcast for you. It's a show that will make you laugh, cry, think, and cringe all at the same time.