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Rebuilding Trust After PTSD: How To Stop Swinging Between Fear And Blind Faith
How Trauma Breaks Trust And How To Safely Rebuild It
Trusting Yourself Again After PTSD: Step-By-Step Healing
From Hypervigilance To Wise Trust: Trauma Tools To Feel Safe In The World
Rebuilding Trust In Relationships After Trauma Without Losing Yourself
PTSD, Trust Issues, And The “Trust-O-Meter” Method For Safer Connections
How To Trust Authority, People, And Life Again After Trauma
Trauma, Betrayal, And Learning To Trust Your Own Judgment
Why PTSD Makes Trust So Hard And How To Heal It In Stages
Faith, Safety, And Self-Trust: A New Way To Rebuild After Trauma

Host: Brad Schipke • Overcoming PTSD Podcast • Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching

In this Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching session, Brad and Kayleen break down one of the biggest trauma topics the community voted on: rebuilding trust after it’s been broken. Whether it’s trust in people, authority, the world, or yourself, they show how trauma quietly rewires what you believe is “safe” and what isn’t.

Instead of the classic “I either totally trust or totally shut down,” they introduce a more realistic, compassionate approach: rebuilding trust in stages. Using real examples from their own relationship, they walk through how to move from complete distrust to a grounded, earned trust over time—without ignoring red flags or abandoning yourself.

You’ll learn how processing trauma cuts the emotional “weights” that keep you stuck in blind trust or blind distrust, so you can respond logically to what’s actually happening in front of you. You’ll also hear how to start with the most important piece of all: rebuilding trust in yourself, your choices, and your ability to keep yourself safe.

If you’ve ever felt like you love someone but don’t know how—or if—you can trust them again, this episode will give you a clear framework, language, and mindset to move forward without rushing, forcing, or pretending.

 

💡 What You’ll Learn

• How trauma creates blind trust or blind distrust and what to do about it
• Why trust doesn’t have to be all or nothing and how to use stages of trust
• How to rebuild trust in specific areas instead of labeling someone “all good” or “all bad”
• How to use the “trust-o-meter” idea to gauge what feels safe in each situation
• Why rebuilding self-trust is the foundation for trusting others, authority, and life
• How processing trauma helps you respond logically instead of from old emotional wounds
• Practical ways to “earn back” trust in a relationship through consistent behavior
• How to move toward people and the world safely without ignoring your instincts
• How faith in the future and trust in yourself work together in PTSD recovery

 

🧠 Key Takeaway

You don’t have to trust everyone—or everything—100%; you just need to trust yourself enough to decide who has earned a deeper level of trust and when.

 

🔗 Next Steps

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Introduction to Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching
00:36 Welcoming the Audience and Weekly Recap
01:20 Today's Topic: Regaining Trust
01:46 Personal Experiences with Trust Issues
02:16 Interactive Session: Audience Trust Challenges
06:33 Building Trust in Stages
12:37 Trusting Yourself First
19:14 Logical Trust vs. Blind Trust
29:20 The Complexity of Trust in Relationships
30:24 Trust and Mistakes: A Sliding Scale
31:42 Rebuilding Trust After It’s Broken
33:25 Trust in Different Areas of Life
36:41 The Role of Trauma in Trust Issues
42:56 Upcoming Health and Wellness Session
49:28 Final Thoughts and Farewel

 

Topics Covered:

PTSD recovery • trauma healing • rebuilding trust after trauma • PTSD trust issues • trusting yourself after trauma • relationship healing after PTSD • emotional regulation • nervous system regulation • trauma coping tools • how to feel safe again • trust and vulnerability in relationships • processing trauma memories • overcoming fear of people • trusting authority after trauma • self-trust and confidence • overcoming betrayal trauma