The 3 best ways to treat trauma and PTSD

Treating trauma doesn't mean you need to relive it. It does me you need to feel empowered, safe, and get a new perspective.

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For information purposes only. Does not constitute clinical advice. Consult your local medical authority for advice. The information in this video was accurate as of the upload date, March 23, 2022.

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[drali]

Treating trauma doesn't mean you need to relive it. It does me you need to feel empowered, safe, and get a new perspective.

[briangriffin]

It’s so hard to open up let alone try to forget it. There’s been days where I think about suicide all day and look at someone and smile and say I’m fine but really I wanna cry and want to be held.

[ThyNguyen-mdob]

Ahhh this explains to me why sometimes when I entered a good relationship, it felt like trauma treatment. It encourages safety. That's what it is.
Thank you for your message.

[cccccccccccc]

This is so true!! I feel that for number one, I not only got this from therapy but college as well. Going to college has made me feel seen and heard. I'm a high school drop-out on my way to getting my masters because of so🎉

[Ydce]

I wish I had a trauma therapist with this approach. Emdr really helped me but was one of the most brutal times of my life. The trauma therapist didn’t even explain the process or how difficult it could be. I have a health problem that is really affected negatively by physical or emotional stress, which I informed them off. They didn’t worn me or tell me what to expect or how to deal with feeling such horrible emotions that I never felt before. It felt very wrong like let’s do this intense work and then see ya next week with no support, coping tools or talk therapy

[amysinger]

I feel like some popular manualized trauma treatments are exactly in opposition to these ideas, such as EMDR.

[cfhillen]

You are awesome. I am going through treatment for grief trauma now, and what you say makes so much sense to me. Thank you.

[elizabethpettigrew]

I think I’ve fallen in love with your channel 😢❤ thank you.

[tinaperez]

Notes:
- A BIG MYTH ABOUT TRAUMA TREATMENT: that you have to relive it in order to get over it. That's NOT how it works.

The best / most effective treatments for PTSD and trauma do 3 things:

1) They EMPOWER you. People who've experienced trauma feel like choices were and have been taken away from them. Good / effective trauma treatment RESPECTS individuals, GIVES THEM CHOICES, and AFFIRMS who they are.

2) They ENCOURAGE SAFETY / MAKE YOU FEEL SAFE. They make you feel safe in the room. They teach people ways to regain a sense of control over your emotions and life. And they discuss how community might make you feel more or less safe.

3) They GIVE YOU A NEW / USEFUL / HELPFUL / ACTIONABLE PERSPECTIVE. Good trauma treatment helps you understand who you were, who you are, who you want to be, and how to get there.

[IolcanPK]

Yeah, I'm not sure we get to gloss over the exposure element of trauma healing that easily...
The principles you mentioned I consider sine qua non for treating trauma, but I'm just not sure that the exposure element of treatment (whichever form it takes) is unnecessary. Though it can vary by person, so I guess some people who end up needing trauma therapy could perhaps get better without exposure.

[Adam-dony]

in regards to trauma treatment involving knowing who you were - how does this relate to C-PTSD, where a sense of self isn't developed when the trauma starts early in life and traumatic events happen persistently

[skydivingcomrade]

Taking trauma from a first-person perspective and turning it into a third-person perspective. You no longer relive the trauma, but from a safe perspective are getting to see the details as though it is nothing more than a TV show that you get to dissect and understand better. Getting from the first person to the third person is where most of the work is at.

[whysoupset]

Trauma and paranoia gets over with time it stays there all the time u just gotta carry on and try living with it i feel like all this treatments just teach you the way to look at it and handle it

[denisesiddon]

I was told i was never good enough by everyone and believed it. Made me look out for myself. Didn't want to be like that. Just want to be normal

Learning slowly to trust other's again

[kaizen_]

I love these short clips by Doctor Ali Mattu. So invaluable.

[Raine_without_the_v]

My own tip: think about it until you feel more comfortable with it

[sciencepowerpoints]

Sorry from my personal experience. the only way to get back your 'soul piece' is to re live the trauma. Its literally taking part back of your soul which was is stuck in time by the trauma. You DO have to relive it.

[MayDayBayy]

Ptsd trauma i have from the car accidents
It built me confident it after 2 years of relearning

Car accident impact my life i lost

- lost memories
- loud noise scares me
- after 2 years i learned to accept it
Easy and done and ptsd kinda died down slowly after accepting it without medication its just how u want it to control u

[caramelcheezit]

I was watching videos of people who visibly can be themselves and gas friends that truly cared about them. I recently cane to know my own trauma and how constant it was in every facet of my life. It's actually kind of hard to write this rn ngl haha to get the words out. But I'm realizing I never knew it's actually good and normal to feel the way these tips describe. I feel like crying and when I've opened up to people they often brush things off idk. It hurts .. ah ha

My bf and friends I met thru him live far away from me now and they actually saw me for me and my trauma. Idk why I get brushed off otherwise at times it's actually quite triggering to even know how much people underestimate it at times

[qtwqupn]

I JUST WANT TO SAY IT FOR EVERYBODY WHO HAS PTSD IN THE COMMENTS I DON'T I MAY NOT KNOW YOU BUT I'M SURE MANY OF US ARE HERE FOR A REASON CUZ WE'RE ALL CONNECTED SENDING ALL OF YOU GUYS LOVE AND LIGHT AND POSITIVITY TO YOUR LIVES KEEP GOING YOU GUYS ARE ALL STRONG AND YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF HOW YOU'VE BEEN BATTLING AND FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE❤❤❤❤❤🥺🥺🥺🥺❤❤❤❤❤❤❤