UNDERSTANDABLE

Can you guess how much % of people with complex trauma symptoms experience this cycle of toxic shame and guilt?

100 % of them. BUT many of them have no clue that they have a shame based identity.

Therefore, in today’s episode 

Will discover how guilt nurtures our shame within our relationships

And in the end I will show you at which position you can finally break the cycle to free yourself from toxic shame.

I was honestly really surprised when I found out how much shame there is in trauma and where to actually break the cycle.

► Links and Resources:

Tim Fletcher's Circle of Shame: https://youtu.be/IOQTfqUdypc?si=5P9juq4DH9GuhDaq  

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► Episode Timestamps:

0:00 Overview

1:40 Shame - A Hidden Topic & Sensation

3:12 What is Shame?

5:33 What is Guilt?

6:38 Shame vs. Guilt

7:28 Why are Toxic Shame & Guilt Crucial to us?

10:39 How Does Toxic Shame Feel Like?

13:43 The Origin of Toxic Shame

15:23 The Second Source of Shame

16:33 How Shame Manifests Through Our Lives

19:50 The Cycle of Toxic Shame and Guilt

26:46 The Circle of Shame by Tim Fletcher

28:50 How to NOT Heal from Shame

30:19 Where to Break the Cycle of Shame & Guilt?

33:40 The Cycle of an Authentic Self

35:40 Final Thoughts

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► Disclaimer: None of the contents are therapeutic or medical recommendations. The contents are not to be understood as therapeutic-medical instructions and are neither intended as professional health advice nor as education. See the content as a starting point for self-advocating. 

Codependent people think, they could solve their emotional problems through love, validation and masking while being in a relationship.

But the truth is, emotional independence actually is achieved through self-love, clear boundaries and expressing emotions and needs.

In today’s episode you will understand:

► Links and Resources:

Codependency definition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codependency

Tim Fletcher on codependency: https://youtu.be/yesXC_ibRKE?si=r4JO6JGdscfuJU0c

Infatuation Episode: https://youtu.be/Uk27yW1ZXMA?si=Ht_HBu-4LpN_SAO4

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► Episode Timestamps:

0:00 Overview

1:33 What is Codependency?

4:25 What is Complex Trauma?

5:16 Codependency in Relationships

9:29 Narcissism in Complex Trauma

11:02 High Sensitivity/Neurodivergence and Narcissism

14:20 What Happens, if You Don't Break the Codependent Cycle?

20:01 Masking, Hiding & Overadapting in Codependent Relationships

21:50 Alert Radar: Hypervigilance

23:22 Complex Trauma and Toxic Shame & Guilt

28:20 Solutions

30:00 Emotional Independence in Relationships

33:57 Final Thoughts

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► About: Insight through understanding yourself: Our mission is to make topics regarding your personality understandable and relatable. We aim to help you to gain insight into your true personality to feel more inner peace and love.

► Disclaimer: None of the contents are therapeutic or medical recommendations. The contents are not to be understood as therapeutic-medical instructions and are neither intended as professional health advice nor as education. See the content as a starting point for self-advocating.

Almost 70 % of children experience at least 1 traumatic event before reaching age 16.

Parallel to that, highly sensitive children and children with autism or ADHD tend to experience traumatic events more often and as more severe.

BUT does that automatically mean, that they’re also more likely to develop symptoms of a post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?

Today, we will shed some light on the question: “Is almost every neurodivergent person also traumatized?”

We will therefore discuss

- Why neurodivergents might be at higher risk to develop trauma wounds

- And also what maybe makes neurodivergent children and adults more resistant to traumatic events?

► Links and Resources:

Traumatic Events and CPTSD in Childhood: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17485609/

Trauma and ASD Review: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6901292/

Trauma and ADHD: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006322322015219

Trauma and SPS: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886921006577

Syrian Children and Trauma: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30630553/

Dr. Elaine Aron's Comment: https://hsperson.com/are-highly-sensitive-people-more-prone-to-illness/

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► Episode Timestamps:

0:00 Overview

1:58 About Diagnoses Like ASD/ADHD/CPTSD

5:19 Is Almost Every Neurodivergent Person also Traumatized?

7:40 The Gap in Science

9:18 Autism (ASD) and Trauma

15:45 ADHD and Trauma

16:13 SPS (HSP) and Trauma

20:42 Conclusion: Let's Create More Data Together!

24:15 Final Thoughts

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► About: Insight through understanding yourself: Our mission is to make topics regarding your personality understandable and relatable. We aim to help you to gain insight into your true personality to feel more inner peace and love.

► Disclaimer: None of the contents are therapeutic or medical recommendations. The contents are not to be understood as therapeutic-medical instructions and are neither intended as professional health advice nor as education. See the content as a starting point for self-advocating.

1 in 3 people experiences symptoms from a traumatic childhood.

Highly Sensitive People in particular are more prone to experiencing trauma, than neurotypical people.

BUT the majority of them doesn't have a clue that they carry these wounds. Most of them believe their childhood was great.

But many of them wonder about various symptoms and challenges showing up in their life.

Today we will bring light to the dark by exposing the relation between the highly sensitive person and complex trauma (CPTSD).

You will understand how childhood experiences influence the adult life as a highly sensitive personWe will uncover which role the central nervous system plays in traumaDiscuss the most common symptoms of CPTSD including the toxic cycle of shame

And in the end we will resolve how we can break free from trauma

► Links and Resources:

EMDR Video: ⁠https://youtu.be/DALbwI7m1vM?si=bdX_g-eCZxOq8sid⁠ 

HSP: ⁠https://hsperson.com/faq/evidence-for-does/⁠ 

Adult Survivors of Childhood Trauma: ⁠https://www1.racgp.org.au/getattachment/79710ca4-e98e-46aa-8f8f-d5f763ea8ef4/Adult-survivors-of-childhood-trauma.aspx⁠ 

Genogram: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEtygF6LHkk⁠ 

PVT Episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6XtNyXaEC56DKKzEkQ5s2B?si=b0tQ_MwBRziCNaVmsmRDKg

CPTSD Episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/69sjP0KS1t1eUhZiQgQPRs?si=gu-95wPXQRyOMYBQN_j1Xg

CPTSD + HSP vs. ASD/ADHD Episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3cCkfEvj3mkKrgv37sndRK?si=M1CAb_PqTNCo47Ku8FEu6Q

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► Episode Timestamps:

0:00 Overview HSP vs. CPTSD

1:53 What is a Highly Sensitive Person?

5:05 What is Trauma?

6:14 Capital T-Trauma vs. tiny t-Trauma

8:30 Overlap: HSP and CPTSD

10:50 Highly Sensitive Children (HSC) in Abusive Family Systems

12:00 Traits of a Toxic Family System

14:00 Emotional Abusive Caretakers

15:00 Emotional Tension in HSC

16:20 What Happens to Traumatized HSC?

17:20 The Healthy "Non-Traumatized" Pathway

19:45 The Wounded "Traumatized" Pathway

24:15 Stimuli and Trigger

25:50 Unsafety & Dysregulation in the Central Nervous System

29:31 Emotional Reactivity & Suppressed Emotions

32:58 Toxic Cycle of Shame & Guilt

36:44 Sense of Self

37:42 Disconnect & CPTSD-Symptoms

45:30 Solutions, Therapy & Treatment

46:00 Reclaiming Identity

49:45 Build Resources & Mastery

52:25 Re-Regulation of the Nervous System

56:20 Final Thoughts

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E-Mail: [email protected]

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► About: Insight through understanding yourself: Our mission is to make topics regarding your personality understandable and relatable. We aim to help you to gain insight into your true personality to feel more inner peace and love.

► Disclaimer: None of the contents are therapeutic or medical recommendations. The contents are not to be understood as therapeutic-medical instructions and are neither intended as professional health advice nor as education. See the content as a starting point for self-advocating.

"I was first diagnosed with an Anxiety Disorder, at age 35 I was diagnosed with Autism and then my therapist told me I have ADHD as well."

I read a ton of these comments here on YouTube.

BUT there is one big problem: I suppose that many of them are far from the truth.

In fact, the reason for many symptoms people experience might be actually childhood wounds and trauma.

To prove that, today, 

• we will define, what complex trauma actually is (and that most people have a completely wrong understanding of it),

• We will discuss, if many people really use autistic masking, or maybe do something else? ;)

• Find out, if it’s actually ADHD caused inattentiveness or another learned pattern

• And we will debunk many more typical autism and ADHD related symptoms

► Links and Resources:

Adult Survivors of Childhood Trauma: https://www1.racgp.org.au/getattachment/79710ca4-e98e-46aa-8f8f-d5f763ea8ef4/Adult-survivors-of-childhood-trauma.aspx

Trauma or ASD: https://www.communityservices.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/2316981/Trauma-Vs-ASD.pdf

ASD Treatment: https://elemy.wpengine.com/aba-therapy/most-effective-treatments

ASD and CPTSD: https://neurodivergentinsights.com/autism-infographics/autismandtrauma

ADHD Treatment: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-adhd/treatment/

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► Music used in this episode:

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► Episode Timestamps:

0:00 Overview

1:50 Do we live in a Sick Society?

4:18 What is High Sensitivity (SPS)?

6:49 What is Trauma (CPTSD)?

11:31 5 Signs, It's CPTSD, Not ASD/ADHD

12:28 Sign 1: Meltdown & Hyperfocus vs. Emotional Dysregulation

17:42 Sign 2: Social Confusion & Difficulties vs. Social Anxiety

20:20 Sign 3: Masking & Camouflaging vs. Avoidance & Shame/Guilt

27:58 Sign 4: Reactive Nervous System vs. Hypervigilance

31:13 Sign 5: Inattentiveness & Withdrawal vs. Dissociation

34:37 Self-Diagnosing, False-Diagnosing

35:27 Overlap: CPTSD vs. ASD vs. ADHD

36:42 Solutions and Treatment

41:19 Final Thoughts

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E-Mail: [email protected]

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► About: Insight through understanding yourself: Our mission is to make topics regarding your personality understandable and relatable. We aim to help you to gain insight into your true personality to feel more inner peace and love.

► Disclaimer: None of the contents are therapeutic or medical recommendations. The contents are not to be understood as therapeutic-medical instructions and are neither intended as professional health advice nor as education. See the content as a starting point for self-advocating.

Being hypersensitive is easy to recognize. A heightened perception of incoming stimuli causes a quick reaction and high emotional activity.

BUT what about hyposensitive people? Are they overlooked in our society?

Today we see, if people who are less sensitive and therefore often appear a bit clumsy or forgetful are misunderstood.

We take a deep look, what hyposensitivity actually is,

Who is affected by it,

And what the difference between hypo- and hypersensitivity is.

► Links and Resources:

Sensory Processing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_processing

The Functional Brain: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5832686/

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

Hyposensitivity vs Hypersensitivity: https://youtu.be/JVWPQWxPhtg?si=KWgi_Hi1hANfiePw

SPD: https://www.autismparentingmagazine.com/autism-sensory-processing-disorder/

SPD in Autism: https://health.howstuffworks.com/pregnancy-and-parenting/childhood-conditions/sensory-processing-disorder.htm#pt1

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► Episode Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

1:15 What about Hyposensitivity?

2:39 What is Hyposensitivity?

3:54 Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)

5:39 How Hyposensitivity Feels Like

9:46 Positive Sides of Hyposensitivity

12:25 Challenges of Hyposensitivtiy

14:27 How Hypersensitivity Feels Like

15:40 Positive Sides of Hypersensitivity

16:40 Challenges of Hypersensitivtiy

17:50 Hyposensitivity vs. Highly Sensitive vs. Hypersensitive

21:35 What Causes Sensory Processing Disorders?

22:00 Summary

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► About: Insight through understanding yourself: Our mission is to make topics regarding your personality understandable and relatable. We aim to help you to gain insight into your true personality to feel more inner peace and love.

► Disclaimer: None of the contents are therapeutic or medical recommendations. The contents are not to be understood as therapeutic-medical instructions and are neither intended as professional health advice nor as education. See the content as a starting point for self-advocating. 

In search of that truth and to deepen the discussion from the first video I did on HSP vs Autism,

Today I will go through some of the comments you wrote me under that episode.

► Links and Resources:

Episode on Jules’ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0xB8rrVWESkew0V54ZdLDY?si=ZNC2OUH-Tq-Svy1qUN4heg

Jules’ Blog-Post: https://www.highlysensitivehumans.com/post/is-the-highly-sensitive-person-the-same-as-autism-spectrum-disorder

ADHD Video: https://youtu.be/HOCbK52R9eg?si=GBb8xPlKWRd8GhMO

Burnout Video: https://youtu.be/_DuzKTeWBqQ?si=C9H958nQESSI8JE7

Emotional Wheel: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81FyuKvST6L._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg

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► Episode Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction

1:31 Context: HSP vs. Autism (ASD)

2:38 HSP vs. Autism: Different Diagram for the Same Thing?

4:24 ADHD, Autism and High Sensitivity

5:47 Hyperfocus

7:36 Emotional Dysregulation

8:33 Distraction and Loss of Focus

8:57 Inattention

9:30 Excessive Talking

10:15 Burnout and Extended Exhaustion

14:19 Masking, Suppressing and Camouflaging

19:42 Hyposensitivity and Sensory Processing Disorders

24:53 Innateness and Causes

28:51 The Truth: Is Autism = HSP?

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► About: Insight through understanding yourself: Our mission is to make topics regarding your personality understandable and relatable. We aim to help you to gain insight into your true personality to feel more inner peace and love.

► Disclaimer: None of the contents are therapeutic or medical recommendations. The contents are not to be understood as therapeutic-medical instructions and are neither intended as professional health advice nor as education. See the content as a starting point for self-advocating. 

1 in 3 people experiences symptoms from a traumatic childhood.

Highly Sensitive People in particular are more prone to experiencing trauma, than neurotypical people.

BUT the majority of them doesn't have a clue that they carry these wounds. Most of them believe their childhood was great.

But many of them wonder about various symptoms and challenges showing up in their life.

Today we will bring light to the dark by exposing the relation between the highly sensitive person and complex trauma (CPTSD).

And in the end we will resolve how we can break free from trauma

► Links and Resources:

EMDR Video: https://youtu.be/DALbwI7m1vM?si=bdX_g-eCZxOq8sid

HSP: https://hsperson.com/faq/evidence-for-does/

Adult Survivors of Childhood Trauma: https://www1.racgp.org.au/getattachment/79710ca4-e98e-46aa-8f8f-d5f763ea8ef4/Adult-survivors-of-childhood-trauma.aspx

Genogram: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEtygF6LHkk

PVT Episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6XtNyXaEC56DKKzEkQ5s2B?si=b0tQ_MwBRziCNaVmsmRDKg

CPTSD Episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/69sjP0KS1t1eUhZiQgQPRs?si=gu-95wPXQRyOMYBQN_j1Xg

CPTSD + HSP vs. ASD/ADHD Episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3cCkfEvj3mkKrgv37sndRK?si=M1CAb_PqTNCo47Ku8FEu6Q

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► Episode Timestamps:

0:00 Overview HSP vs. CPTSD

1:53 What is a Highly Sensitive Person?

5:05 What is Trauma?

6:14 Capital T-Trauma vs. tiny t-Trauma

8:30 Overlap: HSP and CPTSD

10:50 Highly Sensitive Children (HSC) in Abusive Family Systems

12:00 Traits of a Toxic Family System

14:00 Emotional Abusive Caretakers

15:00 Emotional Tension in HSC

16:20 What Happens to Traumatized HSC?

17:20 The Healthy "Non-Traumatized" Pathway

19:45 The Wounded "Traumatized" Pathway

24:15 Stimuli and Trigger

25:50 Unsafety & Dysregulation in the Central Nervous System

29:31 Emotional Reactivity & Suppressed Emotions

32:58 Toxic Cycle of Shame & Guilt

36:44 Sense of Self

37:42 Disconnect & CPTSD-Symptoms

45:30 Solutions, Therapy & Treatment

46:00 Reclaiming Identity

49:45 Build Resources & Mastery

52:25 Re-Regulation of the Nervous System

56:20 Final Thoughts

► Reach Out To Me :)

E-Mail: [email protected]

► Book List *Ad-Links

- The Highly Sensitive Person - Elaine N. Aron: https://amzn.to/3OQEmhT

► About: Insight through understanding yourself: Our mission is to make topics regarding your personality understandable and relatable. We aim to help you to gain insight into your true personality to feel more inner peace and love.
► Disclaimer: None of the contents are therapeutic or medical recommendations. The contents are not to be understood as therapeutic-medical instructions and are neither intended as professional health advice nor as education. See the content as a starting point for self-advocating.

Our society has no idea what a meltdown actually is and why it manifests itself in an uncontrollable emotional outburst, resulting in a shutdown or burnout.

Therefore today we will uncover what meltdown, shutdown and burnout are in people with autism or highly sensitive people.

We will discuss the role of the central nervous system within the whole phenomenon.

And in the end we will look at a 5 steps process to re-regulate meltdowns, shutdowns and burnouts in adult people with autism or SPS.

Let me tell you one thing upfront: What I can conclude so far is, that meltdowns, shutdowns and burnouts become rarer the older people get and the more they learn to re-regulate their nervous system. So there definitely are ways to handle it.

► Links and Resources:

Polyvagal Model: https://i0.wp.com/counsellinghongkong.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/bundleofnervesl.jpg?resize=1200%2C1200&ssl=1

Ladder Model: https://counsellinginhamilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Polyvagal-Ladder-NICAB.png

Autistic Meltdown: https://youtu.be/86_SQzT5Kpg?si=fNyXA61uWPRCcVrM

Billy from Neeson’s Story: https://youtu.be/IXkXseLHSl0?si=K0FhrugJNWhgRpaj 

Burnout: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupational_burnout

EMDR: https://youtu.be/DALbwI7m1vM?si=DiR7CUkU96xG9URQ 

PVT Video: https://youtu.be/2iT8Msp8Vx0?si=4Sd1FywN7ta-1Ip-

Autistic Women Undiagnosed: https://youtu.be/nAfqKQNrlmg?si=WeXMBYhTYA8N4pvE

Autism vs HSP: https://youtu.be/RXd7r5wV5CQ?si=g0Om9xNuhJOB8lIx

CPTSD: https://youtu.be/rc4NqZQV5hA?si=iBBvcF2C2ZOlmhRU

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Would you describe yourself as shy?

Are you a socially anxious person?

This might be related to your introversion.

BUT surprisingly, in most cases, it’s not!

What if I would tell you, that shyness and social anxiety have completely different origins than introversion?

What if I would tell you that autism is quite often the cause behind these traits?

We take the test together in this video today: I will show you 5 clear signs that you might be autistic and not just an introvert.

You will also find out what to do, if you realize you’re actually on the autistic spectrum.

And there is one more thing about introversion and autism, you should definitely keep in your mind after this video, which I will tell you in the end.

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Autism in women: https://neurodivergentinsights.com/autism-infographics/womenafab-and-autism 

Introversion vs. Autism: https://youtu.be/ASzucz5iR80?si=xL6FMbbrQ83KHodg 

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► Episode Timestamps:

0:00 Overview

0:55 "The Big Search"

2:47 Is it More Than Introversion?

5:48 Clear Signs It's Autism, Not Just Introversion

6:52 1) Particularly Sensitive to Stimuli

7:36 2) Social Interaction Confuses You

8:47 3) You Meet People 1 to 1

9:48 4) You Struggle with Re-Regulation

11:11 5) You Learn Situation-Specifically

13:35 What Happens, If You Realize, You're Autistic?

16:57 Today's Insights