When Love Feels Dangerous
Love is often described as healing, safe, and comforting — yet for many trauma survivors, love can feel like danger.In this episode of Numbness Paralysis – The PTSD Podcast, host Olga Costa explores w...
27 Des 202512min
Grief as a Language
Grief is not an obstacle to healing — it is the healing. In this deeply compassionate episode of Numbness Paralysis – The PTSD Podcast, Olga Costa explores how grief becomes the body’s native language...
12 Des 202514min
The Myth of Moving On
We’re often told to “move on.” To let go, to get over it, to stop looking back. But for survivors of trauma, that phrase can feel like erasure — a demand to abandon the very parts of us that still ach...
14 Nov 202512min
Learning to Receive
For many trauma survivors, receiving — love, care, rest, or even compliments — can feel harder than giving. In this reflective and deeply human episode, Olga Costa explores why openness can feel unsaf...
7 Nov 202514min
The Weight of Calm
After years of surviving chaos, peace can feel heavy. In this episode of Numbness Paralysis – The PTSD Podcast, host Olga Costa explores the paradox of calm — why stillness can feel unsafe for trauma ...
31 Okt 202515min
The Silence After Survival
In “The Silence After Survival,” host Olga Costa opens Season 3 with a profound exploration of what comes after trauma—the stillness that survivors often meet once the chaos fades. This reflective epi...
24 Okt 202514min
Fragments of Trust: Rebuilding Safety in Connection
Trust is one of the deepest wounds of trauma—and one of the hardest things to rebuild. In this episode of Numbness Paralysis – The PTSD Podcast, Olga Costa gently explores how trauma reshapes our abil...
17 Okt 202513min
Silent Rooms: Loneliness After Trauma
Loneliness after trauma isn’t just about being alone—it’s about being unseen. It’s sitting at the dinner table surrounded by voices, yet feeling oceans away. It’s scrolling through social media, longi...
10 Okt 202511min
