I don't even have any knowledge of social medias except WhatsApp and KZbin. Never touch AI & ChatGPT yet

All of this can be complicated to resolve when there are actual (perceived) threats in the present environment - say, you're scared of dying from Covid or, you're not scared of Covid but you're scared of government overreach and vax mandates ... either way, you're in a state of flight-fight which links up with your pre-existing fears and intensifies your dysregulation. How does one regulate under such circumstances ... it's hard.

Keep it up Ben ,

Brilliant

Got this after taking the vaccine

Great explanation - the book is fab and definitely worth reading as it explains the nervous system in a simpler way which then explains why we react to things but more importantly how we can heal. AS a mind body practitioner I will recommend this book

this is fantastic - so insightful and makes such sense, thank you, heading over to the website now :))

Hello. I wrote several months ago about my longing to participate in the Clinic. I spoke with Tracy two weeks ago; there is no way I can receive treatment there or at the Meadow. Not the correct insurance, and I'm poor. I had Lumbar Fusion Surgery a month ago: $271,000,00. for 8 inpatient days. Paid. And my heart and spirit ought to go. They hurt too much but who cares?

Thank you, both. Very helpful. A great listener makes for a much more open and informative speaker.

Lookin’ well! Glad to see you doing so well

Hi Benjamin! I am a victim of sever trauma that includes early and continued sexual abuse, physical and psychological torture and the inherent emotional neglect that comes with it. All this happen in the settings of the cult I was born and grew up in. I was extremely fragmented and operating from constant states of flight/fight mode and PTSD symptoms. I figured out that I was able to survive all this because I coped by developing DID. I live now from a stabilized state comparing to from where I started but I would like to share my story and my journey with specialist who actually understand about trauma. I have been in a normal psychiatrist clinic and it is horrible. It actually traumatizes further people. I would like to work with someone from your clinic and I contacted the one you have in London but I don´t have the conditions to move and go there. Nonetheless and I brought myself to the point that I am ready to share what I learn about trauma, what it is called mental health disorders and contact people in the field. I know I still have ¨things¨ to integrate but I am working with my nervous system in order to attune to a different state of being, vibrationally speaking now that the states of fear, despair, loneliness, abandonment and powerless are processed and I am being intuitively guided that I need let people in to do so to get the relational aspect of trauma healed but at the same time it needs to be with people who understand the dimension and the extension of the work I did and the reality I came from. I hope to hear from you because I have searched and searched and I haven´t seen anything or anyone similar to the work that your clinic and Dr. Bessel van der Kolk are developing. If you are interesting in giving an opportunity to listen to what I have to say I would deeply appreciate it. Thank you very much! Best regards, Sara. (I left this comment in another video but I noticed it is from 4 years ago so I will copy past it in here)

Hi Benjamin! I am a victim of sever trauma that includes early and continued sexual abuse, physical and psychological torture and the inherent emotional neglect that comes with it. All this happen in the settings of the cult I was born and grew up in. I was extremely fragmented and operating from constant stated of flight/fight mode and PTSD symptoms. I figured out that I was able to survive all this because I coped by developing DID. I live from an stabilized state comparing to from where I started but I would like to share my story and my journey with specialist who actually understand about trauma. I have been in a normal psychiatrist clinic and it is horrible. It actually traumatizes further people. I would like to work with someone from your clinic and I contacted the one you have in London but I don´t have the conditions to move and go there. Nonetheless and I brought myself to the point that I am ready to share what I learn about trauma, what it is called mental health disorders and contact people in the field. I know I still have ¨things¨ to integrate but I am working with my nervous system in order to attune to a different state of being, vibrationally speaking now that the states of fear, despair, loneliness, abandonment and powerless are processed and I am being intuitively guided that I need let people in to do so to get the relational aspect of trauma healed but at the same time it needs to be with people who understand the dimension and the extension of the work I did and the reality I came from. I hope to hear from you because I have searched and searched and I haven´t seen anything or anyone similar to the work that your clinic and Dr. Bessel van der Kolk are developing. If you are interesting in giving an opportunity to listen to what I have to say I would deeply appreciate it. Thank you very much! Best regards, Sara.

Wow!!! A perspective on mental health I hadn't considered before, I will be buying the book, great insights, thank you.

So perfectly describes my reality. "We add the new charge to the previous, UNFINISHED charge." I've had a series of huge charges over the last 2 yrs and feel like my charge never goes down.

Anyone who has survived "porridge" in an English boarding school would know a thing or two about constant 24/7 vigilance, being "hard-wired" for threat detection and the challenge of finding an off switch for the body's built-in threat and alarm system.

Thank you for posting this. I found it incredibly helpful. So many things resonated with me. You are extremely eloquent and courageous to talk about your story in the way that you did. Everything you said made perfect sense. I am also reading the book "How we Break by Deary which I also find helpful in understanding how we break down under stress.

This is so brilliantly articulated! Thank you. Have just discovered your resources. Amazing. ps I think you work in the same building as my husband! What a coincidence! (No.10😮).

Excellent Every psychiatrist in the nation needs to be required to study this simple video BEFORE jumping to diagnosis and medication

Thank you, great explanation.

Fifteen years and no comments? I guess nobody made this into a TV series. Would you consider reviving this idea for KZbin?

Thank you!! You’ve created exactly what is truly needed!! And given Hope!

thank you Benjamin. Such a great explanation. Could you maybe expand your theory on how to deal with a shame?..Is it simply view as Freeze reaction?...Isn´t exploring perhaps ones identity/role/narrative about Self formed in a childhood adapting to unhealthy environment necessary to resolved it?..thank you

Awesome. Thank you for this inspired and insightful gift to Humanity, & contribution to the innate quest for freedom, self knowledge, fulfilment, empowerment & growth of individual Human Beings, without which there cannot be peace on earth. But you seriously need to collaborate with an illustrator : )

Beautifully explained, thank you.

Aawee would be so proud of you.

Thank you.

I wonder if he had akathisia, or some kind of withdrawal symptoms. Maybe ketamine would've helped, or an acid trip. I'm glad he got the help he needed in Arizona.

This video repeats itself in the middle⁉️

Thank you. ☺️

While attempting to do CBT, I sensed that this is just another way to continue endless fight which was already going on in mind against something more powerful than my reasoning. I just did not know what it was. Thanks for the video.

After watching tons of other videos on KZbin on topic and feeling completely disorientated, this one just felt right. There was no push to buy expensive courses nor even mentioning of buying the book. Remarkable. So, I bought the book and looking forward to receiving it and reading. Thank you

Where can I find more information on how to fix this? You seemed to nail exactly what’s going on with me. I keep trying to gather all the crumbs of exactly how I got to the dysregulation that I’m experiencing. I feel in over my head trying to figure out how to heal.

Background music is distracting. I have listened go several things that Benjamin has done and his thoughts truly resonate with me and the challenge in older age of handling my Complex PTSD from childhood neglect and abuse in better ways. I will be exploring more of his work through his books.

Keep up the videos, just speak a bit louder. The content is great for ur target audience. Ted Talk-like lectures are a thing too, esp when the masses have a lot of self help interest

Love this dialogue. well put. I can personally attest to this being true

Thank you 💗

What are the best modalities regulating the nervous system

Hi thanks for the video but it finished prematurely x

This has been so helpful to me. Thank you for being so honest and open

thank you for sharing your experience

Could I please ask, does crying help discharge trauma?

It amazes me how it's difficult to find a therapist that can actually help. Wish this was more taught.

Thanks for posting Excellent

Excellent

Excellent

Brilliant example

This is very interesting video thank you

I was looking to learn a little bit more about discharge as it pertains to less acute and more long-standing or developmental periods resulting in chronic freeze. I wonder if this is a further complication, in addition to our self-awareness, that these freeze patterns become habituated and entrenched within our personalities. Thanks!

???ended before it started, it seems. Where is the rest of the interview?