I was just getting past childhood trauma. Then domestic violence put me back into the mind of a 12yo. Had a psychotic break with reality. Lost millions. FTW

Thank you for explaining that in a not so complicated way to understand. We tell people just get better and do it by putting it in your life. We don't explain how they can get there or why they have to keep at it. If you resist doing better, then you won't be able to get where you need to be.

I particularly enjoyed the ending imaginative guidance by Rick!❤

can I ask, at what age did you do the magic jar thing? where you wrote down what you wanted to let go of and what you wanted to invite in?

I am diagnosed with CPSD, and Schizo-affective disorder. Honestly, my CPSD, is more difficult to manage than the Schizo-affective. The CPSD keeps me stuck to the point of not being able to move forward with anything I try to pursue.

This podcast has saved my life, honestly. Elizabeth is so validating, I thought I had been dealing with my anger in a bad way since I have finally started to release it, but she helped me realize I’ve been on the right path. I hope to be a somatic practitioner in my future, no talk therapy has helped the way even one deep breathing somatic practice has. Ultimate CPTSD tool.

I believe the Talking Heads song you're thinking of is "Once in a Lifetime" =] Love listening to you both banter. It's comforting as well as useful

Fawning ...thank you needed the word. For yrs used the term ' Good Boy' My 66 yr old husband the 6 yr old! I'd love to get his mother out of the ground and have a talk!!

Well, i am with you all. Been there done that. But don't be afraid to Learn how to Zone Out, or Discassosiate. Me, I Astral travel down the road to the bar. For me, all my life...now 55...I don't fight it. I have learned that I can Astral Travel, use it to Go Somewhere Safe when i need to. Get a beer or a pop & go back ...all while sitting at a kitchen table, or my couch and never physically leaving. You can too. Don't be afraid, your body, your mind gave this security protection to you to keep you safe when needed. God bless.

I am 55, and childhood repressed memories have been coming back to me. 1st in my dreams. Then during the day. And all my life i could be sitting at someones kitchen table, having a conversation and travel up the street to the bar. And come back. I can astrel travel or i guess i disassociate?? My friend was talking to me and next thing i know she is asking me...Amy, where did you just go?? I said well, i went up to the bar. And i started laughing. She was shocked. This is all new to me, this information here. ive been like this all my life. Now that i am connecting the dots...Im not sure i like this. Not safe!!!

😇 Thanks both of you!

Rick is hilarious. 11:06. Great video, guys!

I saw a man walking down the middle of the sidewalk to a school, holding the hand of a little girl who walk walking in the wet grass because the guy hogged the sidewalk and he just dragged her along as she struggled to step throught the wet grass next to the sidewalk. What does this do to a child, he thinks hes a great dad walking her to school, she feels she better not complain or he will quit giving her this attention. I.m.o this is also immature parent, maybe its something else?

Thank you so much for this discussion on imposter syndrome. This is the most enlightening take I have heard about it. I have been struggling with it as the first from my family with a PhD. The not-belonging part in academia and fear of exposure spoke most to me. And the wisdom to aim for mid-range performance and seek out safe others, true peers to protect oneself from pernicious comparison. This is very helpful and validating.

So I stumbled upon 'Being Well' while walking along a beach with my dog and in a bad mood. "Who the hell are these midwestern dudes? They are so weird." I realized that you were father and son and that explained some of the 'weirdness' ;-) That was almost two weeks ago. I am now a huge fan, you have changed my life. "Though he came to scoff, he remained to pray.." from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. As far as your accents and your way of being and how you interact, it is good for me, (from just north of Boston) to be reminded there are many ways of being, ways of speaking, ways of demonstrating your love, including overtly and deeply. You guys are spectacular. I love you.

This is a great video. It helped me finally start to understand my mother as well as myself.

I definitely wrote this down! Thank you

Thank you for including the adhd group, lol😊 CPSTD has significantly affected my life but through your posts and others (health-care sucks in America) I'm finding traditional meditation and holistic herbs to fight through this.... not the greatest but, Praying things get better.

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Yeah already had it from 7 years of abuse and 4 and a half years of rape

I really love how you do the recap at the end. It's really helpful!

At 31 I have just learned what is my problem. Now I have the knowledge to break down these old habits. Just thank you.

How about when both your parents bad mouth the other parent when they're not around?

I feel like I'm in a secure base until I try to have a romantic relationship. My fear of abandonment sabotages all my relationships with men. Not so much with women. And l don't think it will ever heal...too late in life now

If you grow up with an alcoholic mother you are growing up with another child. And you don't feel safe ever. Sometimes you are lovable and other times you're not or you're not even visible. As a result l became very independent. I didn't stay around the house..in those days you could go to your friend's house on your bike and be gone for hours. I don't recall my mother ever calling anyone to see where I was..as long as I showed up for dinner. When my father left in my teens it was my job to make my mother happy. When l left for college l passed the wan over to my little brother.

What is happening when I am in an extremely stressful situation and I start to feel heavy, limp, lose my hearing, tunnel vision, then can't remember what happened later? Is that freezing?

I love Dr Levine❤

Cool video, My relationship of 5 years ended a month ago. The love of my life decided to leave me, I really love her so much I can’t stop thinking about her, I’ve tried my very best to get her back in my life, but to no avail, I’m frustrated, I don’t see my life with anyone else. I’ve done my best to get rid of the thoughts of her, but I can’t, I don’t know why I’m saying this here, I really miss her and just can’t stop thinking about her.

Thank you ❤

Forrest, your dad is so cool. The laugh you guys share at 38:15 is wholesome.

It's time to get some bookends and put those books on that empty shelf.

Safefy was more critical for me in childhood, hit the nail on the head Forrest.

Very helpful .. Very calming and inviting .. would love to connect

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Wow. Thank you.

This is the most compassionate video I've seen on the topic and when I listen to it I feel such hope. I'm technically in remission and never had a full diagnosis, just traits attached to my bipolar. It's so hard though to fight instincts that are still strong and you really seem to understand our motivations and how painful they are even when resisted.

That was so much! than was much better than just to be asked "so tell me what would be a want or need for you?'It is a hard question to answer when you don't have any emotional weight inside you to help highlight them as being authentic.

There’s one more thing I would put on the trauma list: Hiding. When I was a kid, we couldn’t outrun my alcoholic violent father. Being the oldest, I would grab my brothers and hide us somewhere: in the back of the walk in closet, up a tree, lying down in tall field grass, or in the woods behind our house. As an adult, I still do that to some extent. When dealing with Psycho boss, I tried to keep a low profile so she wouldn’t harass me. Position myself in an out of sight spot, pretend to do something in a place she couldn’t see, etc.Trying to make myself invisible. Out of sight, out of mind.

Holy cats! This is the practitioner who started my journey of looking at my stuck-ness in a whole new way. "The water is still cold. At some point you still have to jump in. It's going to be scary." That is exactly what I need to hear today. What a gift to find a therapist willing to fight with a patient who is hiding out in intellectual bypass.

This and your other videos is spectacular content. Very helpful. Wise, caring, funny, cautious, disciplined, fun, humble. Amazing. So good.

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Let's sue the narcs and their enablers for causing our brain damage.

Gabor Mate is awesome. So what are we doing about this toxic culture problem?

Car accident

You are so mad so mad so mad so mad so mad you 5 year children's five year expire

So excited for this guest and podcast ✨

Thanks!

This was so helpful and insightful. Very touching as well. Made me tear up with how thoughtful these messages were. I am very glad I found this podcast now but it would have been when better if I had found this in my 20s! (I’m in my late 30s now) But hey the 2nd best time to plant a tree is now! ❤

beautiful