Description

Tune in to today’s episode as we dive even further into what exactly trauma is, why we must be specific in diagnosing it, and why we need to work towards supporting people by helping them understand what they’re actually going through.

Topics/Triggers:

• The three different usages of the term trauma: Traumatic Exposure, Traumatic Response, and Ongoing Traumatic Symptoms.
• Why pain does not have to be trauma in order to warrant getting support.
• The Fight-Flight-Freeze response & how our genetic code determines which one we do in a given circumstance.
• How the expanded definition of trauma into “big T trauma” and “little t trauma” has led to less resilience and more psychological damage (Referenced Study: )
• The detrimental efforts of pathologizing normal human behaviors.
• The dangers of turning actual diagnoses into casual colloquialisms.
• The importance of specificity.
• How we, as mental health professionals, must have a science-based practice rather than an ideological one.
• The diminished response to trauma due to the rise of trying to validate everyone’s suffering.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

If you took anything away from today’s podcast, please share it with someone who may need to hear it. And if you really want to support the podcast please give us a rate/review.

If you or anyone you know is suffering through trauma contact the National Sexual Assault hotline at 1-800-656-4673 or online for 24/7 support. (This podcast is not a replacement for psychotherapy or mental health care. You can obtain a referral for mental health care provider from your primary care physician, or search on Psychology Today’s Find a Therapist directory)

Find more Initiated Survivor content here and on Instagram!

All Links to Materials Mentioned in today's podcast:

https://instagram.com/actualpsychology?utm_medium=copy_link

https://instagram.com/seerutkchawla?utm_medium=copy_link

Does broadening one's concept of trauma undermine resilience?

Helping or Harming? The Effect of Trigger Warnings on Individuals With Trauma Histories - Payton J. Jones, Benjamin W. Bellet, Richard J. McNally, 2020

Childhood maltreatment is associated with distinct genomic and epigenetic profiles in posttraumatic stress disorder

How 'Concept Creep' Made Americans So Sensitive to Harm - The Atlantic

psychologytoday.com/us/blog/rabble-rouser/202007/are-all-childhoods-traumatic