The 3 stages of trauma recovery

[mmmitchell]

This gentleman’s sincerity and commitment is absolutely phenomenal! I’ve been listening often for a year and I do feel better. Thank goodness for the internet and many professionals, who are willing to share and care about the world and people they’ll probably never see or receive a payment from.

[stevec]

I have just entered the third phase. My second one took away most of my life...right up to the line. Talk about pain! If this is you - Do Not Give Up! You will 'suddenly' take yourself to mental freedom.

[deela]

Thank You ❤❤❤. Hopefully I'll be in stage 3 in 2024

[Cathartesaurea]

I'll be 65 in July. I hope I get to that 3rd stage before I die

[denisel]

Finally getting to the third phase too. It has taken me 7 years...5 of them with a therapist to get to this point. It feels a lot different and much more stable. I am seeing things for what they are now and not feeling like everything is a catastrophe. Life is more doable and there is a palpable sense of calm. Thanks so much for breaking this down for us!!

[senzei]

I really appreciate this. It seems very obvious now that it's laid out, but I haven't been feeling it.

I have had a lot of moments lately where I feel like "trauma processing" has become my identity. I'm not loving that, and I think it helps to have this visual as a reminder that the hill has not just an upslope and a top, but a downslope too.

[Jenna.Im.Just.Saying]

I just started year 15 of phase 2!
I was pretty good at disguising it for the first 5 years; it was initially like a light switch & I just turned everything off.
Then a decade ago it was like a dam broke & I could no longer hold any of it in anymore.
I don't want to be this way, I just can't find my way out.
I've done counseling with over a dozen therapists, tried several medications, moved a couple times but nothing helps.
I'm stuck in freeze mode & nothing seems to pull me out of it, not even losing all of my children because they couldn't stand to be around me anymore & they were my reason for being!
I want a semblance of a life back because this isn't living, it's simply existing at this point & that's no longer good enough...

[louisecampbell]

I'm still going through a traumatic experience from 3 years ago. It feels different than what it did then...but It's still there. It's like I've become the trauma, both mentally and physically

[PeoplesParalegalUSA]

Dr. Scott - I hang on to every word you say. I am there . I won't go into details bcuz it is not a contest who went thru the most trauma. Pain is pain and suicide seems to he the choice of relief in my family. I choose therapy. I Check myself. I HEAR you. Resonate with everything you say and share. I am fighting for my happiness.

[probablypoetic]

Thank you. I hope you will do a video on that last phase, and what helps us get to that. You mentioned it takes pain to get relief, so I'm curious what that means.

[Mgt]

Your charts are so helpful and make things easy to understand! Thank you so much Dr. Scott 🌟

[solarfairyspirit]

Your videos have helped me tremendously, I can’t thank you enough. Helping all generations, especially the young, when researching about oneself. Saved me money I didn’t have. Much appreciated.

[NinaBryant-gr]

Ty my dad hurt me 2-11 and he's dead but I am still dealing with it ptsd.

[evadebruijn]

❤️
So grateful for all your content 👍
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[katherinemnusa]

I am 71, when I was 16 I was so traumatized by my mother…recently that memory came flooding back to me…now I cannot get that picture out of my head..how common is it that later in life memories come back..as if they are happening in this moment..

[rachelturner]

I’ve never seen this explained before, thank you!

[universaltruth]

My stress is chronic. Up & downs every week. Usually to do with not wanting to interact with people because I don’t feel well & too fatigued. But I make myself because I think I should. Then I invariably say stupid things because I’m fatigued and have low impulse control and many thoughts and lack enough regular safe outlets for expressing my thoughts (husband is a dismissive avoidant). So I feel regret and shame for the dumb way I have spoken (been too vulnerable, said something controversial, or just come across as an idiot). This cycle just happens over and over again. An alternative is to stay silent and closed off which leads to loneliness and sometimes depression, or if I could only speak without saying anything I regret later. But I cannot seem to manage that as my mind is too active (I suspect adhd). So over it.

[le_th_]

I was a grown woman with DECADES of life experience behind me at 47 when I was traumatized and developed PTSD. It took *years* to recover. I wish someone would've told me how long it was going to take to heal from PTSD, and how long it would take AFTER the trauma for the PTSD to begin to manifest in my brain.

[donna]

This is helpful to hear this explanation.

[jadedixon]

I guess that's my problem. I'm going to be stuck in phase 1 for the rest of my life because being around other humans is traumatic for me. Can't process it while it's still going on, lol!