The Trauma Tapes

We talk to our letter writer about how to reconcile a friendship with someone who turned out to be a perpetrator of sexual assault. Radical acceptance, grief, and the importance of the both/and are all themes.

We talk to our letter writer about why trauma can pop up ten years later, and what to do about it. We revisit the definition of trauma that we use: unbearable emotional experience that lacks a relational home, and we talk about the difference between simple and complex trauma.

Our letter writer asks us about how to deal with triggers in an intimate relationship. We unpack triggers - what they are, how they work, and how to work around them.

In this episode, we meet a letter writer who is frustrated with her progress in healing. We talk about shame as a coping technique, the non-linear nature of healing, and forgiveness.

Last week was the anniversary of our Mom's death, so this week, we talk about her. What she was like, and what it was like to lose her. We touch on intergenerational trauma, addiction, and grief.

Last week was the anniversary of our Mom's death, so this week, we talk about her. What she was like, and what it was like to lose her. We touch on intergenerational trauma, addiction, and grief.

Today we talk to our letter writer about letting go, radically accepting, and moving on. We also talk a bit more about the fight, flight, or freeze response to clarify a question from last week.

We confront some dark truths in this episode as we hear from a letter writer who lost her partner to suicide. We talk about dissociation, coping, and the hope circuit.

In this episode, we introduce ourselves more in depth than we have before. Our letter writer asks us about how to heal more deeply after sexual assault. We talk about the importance of coping, and how to switch out your coping tools when they have become unhealthy.

We talk this week about capital T and lowercase t trauma, collective trauma, and existential crises.