The Secret to Healing From Pain, Grief, and Loss: One Essential Element You Can't Ignore.

Liverpool Hope University December 2016

[@RICHARDGRANNON]

0:10 - What Is It About? 5:09 - Isolation 9:38 - Pain Is Okay 15:12 - If You Keep Concentration On The Issue Is It Danger To Reinforcing This? 20:42 - Drill Down The Emotions 26:16 - Why You Need To Improve Your Emotional Literacy? 31:09 - Why You Have No Memories From Your Childhood

[@williamdevine2428]

Your teaching came at a crucial time for me. Close to the last minute. I was told long ago it seemed like I had PTSD, I had never heard about CPTSD and always lived in a flashback looking for the clue, or something. I have known about focusing on what i want to be like instead of always dealing with the past through the twelve step program I was even teaching others. Even in that, i knew i was still a screw up so i just tried harder. Ha! Thank you, I love you brother.

[@coach_balakshina204]

31:38 -yes!!! yes!!! I knew that!!! as an aphantasic I have no audio, sensory, visual.. and when you strated saying that I wasn't crying, but I feel like every single cell in my body weeps and screams... I can't explain that... How would you advise on dealing with that? I have some memories, but they are like data. I know I was about 6 y.o, I know I was wearing my favorite dress with red stripes, I know how it's fabric felt against my skin, I know I was telling my mother I didn't like this dress, but I really did. and I know I riped the pocket off climbing over the fence. What happened next... no clue And all memories are like that, I can't see it, recall any sensory info, I just have "digital data'" and bits of scenarios.

[@mariknutson6378]

I can't believe there are empty seats. Your wisdom helps so many!! Thank you, Richie!

[@integrityisnotforsale1531]

It was three years ago...I doubt there would be any empty seats today....Ritchie is awesome and makes this subject so much easier to understand

[@scarlettbrown4385]

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[@Karlsz]

I wish I could find a therapist like him. He’s the support my brain needs.

[@maryholton162]

When my spiritual director encouraged me to journal, I was very resistant. Talking about it, we discerned that if I were to journal, I would need to be honest when I journaled and this was my block. So, when I finally sat down to journal fir the first time, my entry was all about giving myself permission to be totally honest and how growing up I was not allowed to show my emotions and was shamed for doing so. Looking back now, years later, I can see how powerful journaling was. Layer upon layer was peeled away like an onion and years of suppressed pain was processed resulting in more and more healing.

[@warrenl4186]

Wow Mary. Thanks for writing this and making it available. I'm 52 and struggling emotionally with the fallout of divorce (discard) from a narc woman I was with for 15 years. If course there are children involved! I've wanted to journal but never been a writer. After reading your comment I now know I must get past my obstacles and journal! You've made it so clear to me how healing this can be for me if I do it! Thanks again. Kind regards Warren

[@nadegenazaire4356]

And what do you both intend to do with this ? I guess a lifetime won't be sufficient to be geld by this

[@damanodrama]

My confession: I journal my way out of severe codependency, mental illness and a rock bottom collapsed life gone to extreams with Richard Granon’s work. I have been working inwards for years with this beautiful man’s guide. Thank you for giving so much!

[@StKrane]

I don't think I can ever thank you enough.

[@liznorth4028]

I feel the same..he's a real hero!

[@londoncalling7895]

THIS..THIS is everything. Learn this and you will find yourself. Ta Richie ♡

[@hiddeninformation8661]

I recently had an experience that led me to your channel. I am amazed at how far l have travelled since listening and practicing your advice.

[@michaelarmstrong4033]

Congratulations Robert! You truly deserve the highest acclaims for your work! Thank you ! Cheers!

[@tealbell4140]

Wow richie ya doin such a great job of drip-feeding us good medicines Thankyou bro

[@gloriblair3568]

I am learning still to make friends with my sadness and pain, my husband was killed in a tragic accident 2.5 years ago. I isolated myself from everyone in my life and thought that being tough and strong that I could handle the grief on my own...... Yes, I was wrong in that thinking, after eight months started therapy and am doing much better now. The pain, anger, sorrow is still with me, butI look at it differently now. I know now that it makes me a stronger person that is able to ask and receive help, and don’t feel so alone now. The cbt allowed me to experience my grief without being consumed by it. I do still have bad days and moments, but am able to to see and understand that it’s okay and that there is no timeline for this process that I’m experiencing. Thank you for your videos 😊

[@andmardin]

Hello Richard from Romania! I m grateful for your sharing! I m listening you for over 2 years now! You’ve been a companion for me:) I m going for almost 3 years on cognitive therapy and i m in 12 steps program for almost 2 years ! Thank you Richard!

[@mishliss]

andmardin same. He’s helped me so much. It’s amazing to think I googled “my ex is crazy” and it led me to “narcissist” which finally led me to Richie

[@andmardin]

Suzana Has Suzana Has buna😊 In romania , sunt din Bucuresti, am gasit pe langa terapia personala, programul 12 pasi ACA! Poti cauta info pe facebook Acest program mai este in cluj si iasi, dar poti lucra pasii si on line🤗 Succes!

[@jennysroad]

This just popped up in my recommended. Hardly 1 minute in and I'm hooked. Dealing with PTSD over here in the US. Never knew I had it and certainly never heard of C-PTSD before stumbling upon your channel. Your approach gives me so much more hope than the psychiatrist who diagnosed me. All she wants to do is prescribe medication. She even said there's a therapy for PTSD (EMDR) but if it gets too difficult, I can give you medication to help you handle that. Say what? Isn't that counter productive? Don't I need to FEEL the process, lady? Erf. You're a breath of fresh air.

[@phoenixd9679]

Jenny's Road I understood the same what was going on the first time I listened to Richards videos !!! I keep learning and getting better going to cancelling aside!

[@shalenb3321]

I did EMDR therapy twice a week, every week for 8 months straight and it saved my sanity, maybe life. I basically just put on headphones that beep in a rythm per ear and looked at a light bright type screen that moved left to right, and I just talked about everything and anything with this stuff on. I was stuck in the fight or flight response for so long that my psychiatrist prescribed Atenol, a high blood pressure med. The trauma I had was tucked away in a little suitcase in the back of my mind and I could access it if I really wanted to but I wasn't stuck holding the luggage anymore. UNTIL, 2 years later I had a steroid injection in my spine and the doctor gave a shot of ketamine without my knowing and I truly believed that I had a near death experience since I wasn't familiar with Special K or a K-hole! That was the day that nearly packed suitcase came flying open and left me with many pieces to pick up. That was probably worse than the original traumas. I ended up taking piece by piece, observing it, feeling it, accepting it and ultimately let it go to the best of my ability. Personally, I don't think there's any shortcuts when it comes to trauma and healing. The greatest healing was when I finally felt that pain, admitted it sucked really bad, and believed that it was okay to feel like total shit for as long as needed. There was nothing I was missing out on, or a race against time to hurry up and be happy, those are the illusions that were working against me creating the panic that I discovered. Also, not minalizing others trauma but I learned that the trauma and the memories that held me like a prisoner, only existed in my mind because I visited them often. May you all feel peace and know you are not alone in this life.

[@warrenl4186]

@@shalenb3321 thankyou! So well articulated! Right on the button for me. I'm in the pain now. I know I need to sit in it. It's devistatingly horrid. I know it's in my mind. I know it will eventually pass. I know all this. But it's so freaking difficult! Reading your comment helps to know I'm not alone and that sitting in it is the way to go! Thanks kind regards Warren

[@lindygrrl658]

Unable or unwilling to feel real feelings, because it's too terrifying, but once we show up and "live through" a flashback...some of us go searching out old crap just to see if we can continue the healing!!! The answer is yes and no. When it comes to this shit, yes, be brave and go dig it up so you can heal it! But also, no! don't trust your newly awakened self to tell you where the line is between therapy and self sabotage. Grief is ok, Joy is ok, the whole gammet between is ok! Being stuck and not processing anywhere in between is not ok...thank you dear man, you are amazing❤❤❤

[@melissah1714]

Fabuluous! I have learned SO much from you, Richard, through the years and have found freedom from narcissistic abuse and am making great progress in my recovery. THIS video is really hitting home right now. Im excited to see the progress I make when I try this. Going to show it to several friends, too! Thank You for all you do for those of us who are/have been stuck!

[@billbirkett7166]

Richard Grannon isn't just hosting another channel saying, "narcissists are so terrible and you're such a victim, poor you!", he's actually offering a real way to heal. That's way more than you can expect from 99% of mental health professionals, let alone KZbin.

[@naida6958]

You helped me so much Richard, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart Y came as a angel x

[@reg8297]

I don't know any counsellor who has your level of care understanding and empathy u have such a deep understanding of others and thorough knowledge of the stories of people's lives and the depth of pain a person can carry and u have a toolbox to help heal a person in crisis

[@Grace.AlwaysGrace.]

I’ve listened and watched quite a few of your videos in recent days. Perhaps more than once for particular ones. It strikes me anew each time, this feeling as if you have taken a wander through my head, both in the cycle of receiving wounds and in the journey to regain a sense of self. The perseverance to keep on and to help others along the way speaks volumes. Thank you. There are unexpected and magnificent treasures in a life learned to pursue wholeness, balance and authenticity. Carry on, indeed.

[@shae809]

I admit about five years ago, I totally wanted someone to wave a magic wand and make it all vanish. You challenged my thinking in helpful ways. At first, I was kicking rocks, still resisting that I had to do it, but began at least being somewhat willing to sorta have a go at it lolz. From there, I’ve gradually increased that to the point where I love that responsibility, see it as a powerful thing, and actively pursue getting better at it. Just because I really want to, and enjoy it most of the time. I still get my arse kicked once in a while, but I know what to do about it, so it’s no big deal anymore. There’s a lot of freedom in that. I even enjoy that I feel all my feels now.

[@AugustAdvice]

these are my favorite videos of yours, your lectures like this

[@SoBossItHurts]

Me too

[@nessauk2786]

This is the best advise ive ever followed..

[@nicoletalmadge7276]

Ive always known that feelings were facts of some kind...or our emotions... they are there trying to tell us something. Many people ive spoke with about this wholeheartedly disagree with me. Im so glad I listened to this. Thank you Richard I appreciate you!

[@marianasalles242]

So true, someone was there but not emotionally...hard to accept . ❤️✨🙏🏻

[@iw9338]

No one on my side of family(10 siblings) or my husband's side talk about emotions or the real deal. Oh ,how is the weather? Sad that nothing is ever addressed.

[@Illuminated333]

I think you are quite possibly the perfect man. Physically and emotionally.

[@integrityisnotforsale1531]

Thank you Ritchie....Your reaction to your audience and their questions is refreshingly respectful, sincere and helpful....😊

[@lindygrrl658]

Your work is soooooo important, and has changed my life! Emotional flashback actually IS the big damn deal...most of us have blacked out all of the rest of it just to keep on moving. I actually remember my childhood trauma in full detail, but I'm only ever triggered emotionally, as though it didn't really happen, but fear shows up in similar situations or in similar talk...Full hypnosis is NOT a good thing for this girl

[@sparkedperspective]

Emotional flashback, I finally unwind. 10 months since the discard on Thanksgiving morning from my covert narcissist husband, I hadn’t sat still long enough to allow myself to even watch a movie. I pick Stranger than fiction with Will Ferrell’. The scene where they are laying in bed and he kisses her forehead and says “ I adore you.” I lost it... it was a scene from my husband’s “love bombing “” phase. How can I get over this. 1 month after, I was in Home Depot and lost it. It was a place we would frequent for home improvement and such. I no longer go to Home Depot. Do I no longer watch anything on tv or movies. I listened to the radio and flip songs. It’s all flashbacks.

[@Mum2William]

True brilliance and service. Thank you.

[@monicacruz4407]

Excellent seminar for understanding how to begin the steps towards emotional literacy and dealing with flashbacks. The broad spectrum of questions also contributes. RG super calm and collected here. Takeaway is - if you want to move out of victimhood, stop looking at the traumatic events, look instead at the emotions, understand the emotions

[@brightstar4321]

This is so brilliant that I have to savor each sentence like a sip of fine melted chocolate.

[@nolitedesbastardescarborun51]

Came yet again when I needed a kick up the proverbial. Thank you Richard and your Spartan reminder to "focus on the emotions dudes".

[@nolitedesbastardescarborun51]

@Kat S I use the photo cos I like the colour of his top and his not being afraid to be himself without fear. I'm just a mum finding my way out of the maze and quite often getting it wrong haha xxx

[@HeatherDMorris]

This is so true . I looked back on my journaling and said wow!! I really felt that sad ?? Day 1 , day 2 , day 5 , week 2 . .by week 6 there was nothing written in my journal. I healed fast ! Praise jesus for wisdom and and knowledge for people like Richard.

[@kimalexander8276]

Love your work Richard . You have helped me and continue to do so in my journey. Love and light ⭐️

[@KimsLantern]

Thanks for this. I've been trying to get back into journaling and this was a good eye-opener.

[@nolitedesbastardescarborun51]

Me too. I need to so iv got mine back out of the cupboard of dissociation 😜

[@ahamoment3626]

Wow I'm watching this now and wondering how much worse it got during covid. 😕. And yes you are so right we couple up in relationships with our unfinished business. It is so important to focus on the emotion and not solving an unsolvable problem.

[@tarahall6905]

Easy to understand and really good explanation of the core matter of everything (at least a great deal of what) we have learnt about healing. Thanks a million 🤗

[@deannak.s.3135]

Amazing timing... I was just on my lunch walk reading the How To Stop am Emotional Flashback course and was alerted to this excellent video!! Thank you from Chicagoland ❤️‼️

[@arthurcurry7688]

The "emotional flashbacks" do bring back pain & sadness"! Then, I start to feel the anger & frustration set in. It's not fun. But, it has been 8 years and they still occur!

[@maggiegarrison9220]

I never noticed this before but you kind of remind me of Bruce Willis. More importantly, thank you for posting this. I have the Emotional Flashback course and the Inner Critic, but it's good to hear this lesson in this format with some really good questions. I will say committing to do the emotional literacy exercise even once a day has made a big difference. I can regulate myself and bring myself back from the brink of a flashback just about all day just by remembering the journaling I did in the morning. Obviously if you're doing nothing you won't be as self aware. Also, forcing myself to sleep more regularly has helped. You can't just work on the mind, your body has to be in it too. I'm doing stuff around the house and having garage sells to get it ready to sell so I haven't been doing my jogging, but I am still doing physical work and it helps so much. I used to be a very physical person. Depression has had me sitting humped over my computer or phone disassociating for years, so it feels so, so good to get exercise again. Thank again for posting this, it is excellent.

[@SuperLotus]

Wait. You're covertly hypnotizing us in your videos?! 😱 So that's why I feel compelled to watch so much of your content 😂

[@irenam9817]

This is genius... Life changing. I'm watching my son struggling. What a night I had. Gets so though, then I run into videos like this one. So greatfull. Can't express it enough. ❤️🙌

[@murieloduro1274]

❤️🥰😍it’s the way he’s navigated through life that impresses me, not money or anything shallow.. this dude don’t even know what an impact his words have had on me.. Imagine all these waste men swapping stories about what u can say to trick girls & women.. And this guy comes along to empower everyone.. he’s so empowering to me. I write comedy. This dude has inspired me to continue healing myself.. catching feelings.. I done even know him, that’s Cray Kray🤪🥰😍

[@murieloduro1274]

He’s soo funny too.. in an classic English Sarcastic way, funny & fine.. He’s doing to much❤️

[@bodymindsoul60]

Precise and Invaluable, thank you!!

[@disappearingremedy7400]

So very enlightening and helpful at this time of getting my feet wet with your stop your emo flashback material. Thank you for all that you give.

[@gracelewis6071]

The thing I'm still stuck on is not being able to feel my grief all the way through. I think it comes from abandonment, and probably being born. It just feels completely endless. I've cried myself to sleep multiple times, tried to spend weeks just feeling it all, and it's still there - this endless aching of never actually being welcomed into this world, nor seen for who I was my entire childhood. There's no specific memory attached to anything other than some possible birth things when I really tried to feel this one time, but I think I just ended up re-traumatizing myself.

[@theblackswordsmanguts]

I know how it feels but lets try to hope there is an end to this feeling..

[@gracelewis6071]

For anyone reading this and relating in the future, go watch Richard's video titled "2 Key ElementsTo Crack Emotional Literacy" - it made some things make a lot more sense, and changed my perspective on this. Super helpful. (You too General Maximus if you haven't already :) )

[@laughteraddict1003]

@@gracelewis6071 thanks. I'm just seeing this and can relate. My mother always told me I was supposed to be a girl even what my name was supposed to be. I wonder what the delivery was like when the Dr.said it's a boy. She must have flipped out.

[@gracelewis6071]

@@laughteraddict1003 That must have been incredibly painful to hear.

[@laughteraddict1003]

@@gracelewis6071 it was. Although I did feel like there was something wrong with me I always knew there was something wrong with her that she was coming from a dark place or something.

[@12kdog21]

Thanks for putting this up Richie. I love this kind of stuff.

[@marianamenendez3245]

Why didn’t KZbin tell me about this?? Go to the thinking corner KZbin!

[@jenjenhenry]

Yt doesnt want to encourage this

[@tashastarling870]

this is one of the first videos that got me hooked funny how I am coming back I know I'm further now and my languages are better, but here I am again :)

[@gilmourishgilmourish6205]

Richard, this was a huge eye opener for me. Leaving a narc just froze me in the beginning but today 11 months later I am writing it all down and you are making me see the feeling behind it. Narrowing it down. Thank you

[@judycrissman7396]

ty for your help. Your information that you share has been incredibly helpful. Grateful in USA...

[@ap4146]

I work in mental & addiction your material is exceptional... thank you all that you do 🙏💞...Timely information for sure

[@yewneek82]

Thank you for sharing your brilliant mind. You have helped me so much!

[@ilookdownonyou]

Wish I’d found your channel sooner. Thanks for sharing your wisdom. Keep ‘em coming please. ❤️

[@murieloduro1274]

Omg.. he’s the homie, lover friend.. triple the love 💓 💕 teaching u how to love urself.. keys to life. 😍

[@wordivore]

Good timing on this. I am just getting myself organized to journal. This was really helpful.

[@gallomphrattlebone329]

Thanks and greetings from Germany

[@musakui]

This is great stuff, thank you ♥️

[@arthurcurry7688]

That is probably why I feel so much sadness & anxiety! On a daily basis.

[@suzannemaroney4579]

This is awesome 😎👍. Thank you.😊

[@jenellekitson1429]

Love your work Richard !

[@borealisland]

Your "staircase" reference to hypnotherapy is literally true. My mind would not go there during hypnotherapy, and recovered memories later included confinement to crawlspaces and basements starting before my pre-school years. It was a dangerous metaphor. It's a place to tread carefully.

[@939449]

Thank goodness for Ruchard's work! Great stuff to chew on this weekend.

[@holdyourself7003]

Richard Grannon is a legend.

[@HarleenMokha]

You are legendary & brilliant!!! 🙏❤️

[@stephaniefrances]

Currently making notes on this for my counselling next week, Really enjoyed this thank you just saying how I'd love to meet people like you in life meant as a compliment as was said to my partner Lol, To have these kind of conversations in real life with others who got it would be amazing and enjoyed watching this because got to use my brain, I'd love to meet others like minded like me as to not have that feels quite self limiting to a certain extent

[@odette8905]

Rich, great work here and very much appreciated. Would be great to hear this whole programme live if you're willing to do so again. Thank you for your brilliant work. x

[@sheilasydneynotyerbizniz2933]

When the man in the audience asked about schema therapy I thought he said "ski mask therapy" lol. Imagine my visual impression and confusion...😁 BTW RICHARD, thank you so much for these video's, you're an inspiration for counselors like myself. I am currently helping a woman getting over an ugly divorce situation where her childhood trauma is flaring up and overshadowing her recovery. Amazing how trauma can seem to not play a role in someone's life anymore until there's another life event. I have known this woman for years and thought she was doing fine, but became the target of an agressive emotional flasback when she lashed out in pain over basically nothing. So sad to see.

[@solutionfocused7147]

Thanks, Richard!

[@serenitygoodwyn]

Wow, I've never met anyone like me. I also have basically no memories of childhood. It is weird though, because as you say the memories must be there, because every now and then, I''ll say something, that although I don't remember it. I also found that as I've done work like you describe I have recovered random small snippets of memory. The thing is when you don't remember childhood but know the problem started there, the only thing you have to work with is the emotions, I can't try and rationalise the events, because I don't remember them. For a long time, I didn't know how I could heal from events that I didn't remember, but listening to you makes me realise that in someways it was an advantage because it didn't give me a choice other than to work with the emotions something I didn't want to do.

[@decoy2636]

Rememberig childhood memories is not good for me. It's like opening Pandora's box and the memories flood out and put you in a spin for days until you shove them back into the closet and slam the door. It's dehabilating to say the least. Usually two or three days of inability to function normally for me. Sometimes kids cope with injustice by blocking the bad and lose anything good in the process. Thanks for the video and your time

[@serenitygoodwyn]

@@decoy2636 That is the beauty of Richards system, you don't have to work with the memories it's the emotions in the here and now that are important. His short course on reducing emotional flashbacks can assist in managing the crisis reducing the severity of the symptoms (something I wish I had available to me when I was going through the difficult times) and over time working to improve emotional literacy will help reduce the frequency and intensity of those crisis (what Richard would refer to as an emotional flashback). The process will inevitably be painful, there is no way around that, the only way to get out of the pain is to go through it and experience it, but you can do that in a controlled way. If you continue to suppress those emotions (the memories are not so important to healing) you will continue to remain trapped in the dysfunctional cycle. I would encourage you, if you are able, given the severity of the symptoms you are experiencing to work with a professional familiar with complex trauma who can help you to navigate the process safely and in a manageable way. I was able to work with a psychologist that understood complex trauma and it literally changed my life. It was difficult and painful but in the end so incredibly worth it. My life isn't perfect, but it's a hundred times better than I believed it could be, and now I have the tools to keep improving it on my own, which is amazing. If you can't work with someone then following Richards advice, while taking care to look after yourself and not push too far too fast, will get you there, just a little slower. It is possible to heal from trauma.

[@JennaDeWeese]

I love you Richard. 💞💞💞

[@el6178]

Thank you Rich. Awesome stuff. You have helped so many people.

[@rachd8462]

This should be nr one to people. So many advice that. Especially after trauma. Just sit at home or in nature and go talk about the pain once a week and you will get better. Never a good thing.

[@andycodling2512]

Thank you so much for this....your work as and continues to be a massive help ... hope to one day see one of your talks live ♥️

[@ewashortnotsofastandfuriou6947]

Thank you 🙏

[@Edelwiess1066]

Might i just say.. Richard Grannon is a beautiful boy I love your ability to articulate so constantly and rapidly what is the most important work on the planet. What if He and Jerry Wise collaborated one day??? Family systems. Systems-thinking and Not

[@susanluscombe2851]

This is brilliant teaching.

[@themodernmeditator]

Amazing work Richard - thank you so much for this!

[@troycullen7087]

Thank u Richerd I got to move to heal its all bad now baby gone hubs gone everyone smh

[@shannnL1]

Good stuff, Thank You! ❤️

[@Betternow1974]

Funny I always feel like i need to journal yet I never do. Glad I clicked on your video. Im in DBT I dont think they ll object on journaling. Doesnt matter i can do it anyway.

[@jacko3852]

I love your accent and method of communication. I hope get to the traction of which you r speaking.

[@gardens2b7]

"You will not recover from CPTSD in a passive state of mind. ..you cannot be passive in the process" Specific Journaling tactic to come

[@dogtraininganytime]

Thank you honor the emotion

[@Violetveil1111]

Really helpful, thank you!

[@alexmannen1991]

if your parents trains you into selflimiting behaviors as learned helplessness, perfectionism, fear of socialisation, comfort eating and such. what are you supposed to do to circumvent the crippling dis-behaviors.

[@Levandetag]

Great listening! Thank you

[@nadiayau3906]

I do this and your re- reminding me ! x

[@tashastarling870]

Needed this a lot Thank you

[@fleece9289]

I could never figure out why I used to, out of the blue, fly into a rage at spouse. I’ve just realised it was the tone of voice used, not the content that would set me off. This has opened my eyes and mind further, thank you.

[@DebbieHappyCohen]

Thank you! This is excellent.

[@teresaskinner5401]

Healing from losing my time & my life being stolen in such a brutal way doesn't exist. You help teach us to become successful NOW. BUT WE DONT HEAL. We learn to live differently, that's not healing it's learning

[@ap4146]

So excellent thank you!!!

[@kulman4295]

Yes bosmang, i will get a coffee and be back in 15 minutes

[@tealbell4140]

Yes empty seat! Uhh Would love to make it to one of your seminars one day

[@kahlodiego5299]

I wish I needed a flashback explained to me.

[@Kristel280]

I did go through a classical hypnosis, the one you don't recommend. I felt totally screwed up after that. I was never myself again and it has been 8 years now since then. These years have been a nightmare for me and I get psychotic episodes frequently. Don't know how to get out of it. In the state of being hypnotized I had flashbacks to childhood and a very scary experience where I saw myself as a monster. Nowadays I have been called just that because I have been behaving like one.

[@carmenlee1117]

It's almost like trauma heightens your intuition skills permanently(primal lizard brain, extreme vigilance) and you gotta patch the system(anxiety causes new-formed needs that's beyond rationality?) maintain the aftershock that comes in waves and learn to not respond with all you've seen/felt on a neurological level or reactions on a psych Lvl.. So interesting