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4.7 Major-Image Distorting self-Defenses [Splitting and Projective Identification]
When life serves conflictual and confusing information, our brains simplify it to survive... and fuck us over in the long-run. Let's talk about the "ALL GOOD" and "ALL BAD" self-defense mechanisms of ...
29 Jul 202423min
Back to Basics: What IS Abuse? In 2024 terms.
The question that fucks with us all, on both ends of the relationship dynamic. How do we define "abuse"? And how can we spot it in our own lives? Let's redefine it, run through some examples, and ask ...
28 Jul 202421min
Psychosomatic Illness and CPTSD Recovery: Everything you need to know
NOTE: This video is part of the Free Membership on Patreon! For the official Patreon post & comments, check here What is it / what isn't Psychosomatic Illness? How does the Brain-Body Painbrow Bridge ...
20 Jul 202446min
Back to Basics! Somatic Experiencing: Safety and self-Advocacy in Finding the Right Provider
Finding a practitioner for safe Somatic Experiencing is half the battle. Here are 5 easy S's to use as a guide. Free video version. Subscribe as a free member on patreon to get all the bonus freebi...
5 Jul 202423min
Transcripted Video! Back to Basics: Embodiment Tips and Tricks
The real challenge in Somatic Experiencing? In CPTSD it means "working through the memory of being you." Here are my embodiment tips and tricks, hopefully lending some ideas about how to aid yourself ...
30 Jun 20241h 15min
Back to Basics: Somatic Experiencing
What IS somatic experiencing, and how necessary is it for recovery? It's a complex topic for the complex-PTSDers - let's start the conversation. https://www.patreon.com/posts/106982208/
29 Jun 202427min
4.6. Acting out, Help-rejecting complaining, and Passive aggression; The (most) Immature Defenses
Ready to learn about the maladaptive tendencies of your most difficult relational partners? When we don't believe we're "entitled" to a need or emotion, we vent it into (unwise) action. Let's discuss ...
27 Jun 202427min
Back to Basics: Defining "Mindfulness, MetaCognition, and Traumatic Training"
In our last BtB episode I used some poorly-understood words. Let's define "Mindfulness," "MetaCognition," and "Traumatic Training" as we use a common example of a traumatic lesson-turned-maladaptive-h...
21 Jun 202454min
