Psychology of Trauma & Distress; Helping People Overcome

[znikacz]

Peter Lavine's book "Waking the Tiger" is amazing. I'm in a process of recovering from a long-time trauma, and this knowledge is priceless.

[yaniv4it]

i will more enjoy from this interesting subject if the talk will be faster and well pointed out and well delivered 

[GoGadgetHookerClean]

im happy to come across this video

[LiefyTree]

Please help. My bro came home today crying in his room. Then he made a Facebook status telling everyone how there was a rumor that he was a psychic. And now he's saying how in school he was in a home with himself and there was a piece of paper that showed the word "GOD" on it. He also says there was an article about parent separation. Is he going mental?

[LordShivasServant]

@LiefyTree How's your brother doing?

Thankfully "going mental" isn't an actual process. lol

[ray7685]

Your way of respecting the person is moving and works for those willing to hear.

[VictorYourMind]

the guy ROCKS

peace ALL

[marc09676]

good thank you for posting

[marc09676]

Helpful to get a helping hand if you are suffering with trauma or whatever freaky thing is bothering you but thos video holds alot of power and inspiration have a good 1

[1madaboutguitar]

lol at the beginning I thought he was roleplaying the part of someone suffering from Trauma & Distress :D

[markstar777]

i like this. i think he talks a lot of sense

[lify21]

very nice guy !!

[melanie1anne]

Such an awesome way of thinking. I wish I saw this video clip many years earlier but so glad I did now.

- Melanie A.

[wild4winter]

...how about you just send the traumatized friend to a specialist...if you're not a specialist it's very easy to 1.fuck with their heads; 2.fuck with your own head while "helping" them as though you have the authority/resources/right to

[MyCC2010]

I think this was very good - informative and at the end kind of funny. Unfortunately you did not mention "imagination" as a tool to work on traumas. But i guess i can't expect you talking for hours and hours about traumas. Thank you very much for uploading this!

[Damis101]

I love the calm tone which models how we can speak to those we care about who are in a difficult state of mind or experiencing strong negative emotions. It's hard to avoid getting sucked into the other person's drama or lashing out defensively at the person we want to help.

[Catawba2]

I thank God for you. I have one friend in a 'catatonic state' caused through trauma and depression, and another who is so traumatised by events that he becomes angry very quickly. You have helped me to help them through their pain.

[weetikhet12344]

boring, i'm just traumazided by that creepy shrink himself

[fifthavenuegirl]

thank u needed this

[rumort4]

Thanks I think your videos are insightful and helpful and respectful of all human life!

[bullybehindyou101]

very informative, thanks for posting.

[VeronicaG61]

i was a little traumatized by all that hair.. :/

[medini2]

@VeronicaG61 LOL! I love it! And i am very picky about hair.

[LizRobillard]

You are an inspiration sir, thank you so much.

[klintx]

Very helpful and enlightning. thanks a lot!

[reforest4fertility]

What's the gurbly burbly underwater-like background sound throughout this video doing there, thank you?

[redrumax]

who cares? you missed the point.

[reforest4fertility]

Just cuz what I wrote has zilch 2 do with the point, I don't have 2 weigh in with my POV on every dang vid i watch, ok? I am reading Waking the Tiger by Levine. I know I'm traumatized, acknowledge that, but also engage & get in2 the process of dealing with healing it. "Somatic Experiencing" is akin 2 the mindful paying attention 2 breathing, body sensations & such objects of insight vipassana meditation i've done time & again. Plus I've had considerable involvement in taiji--both R Som experienc

[phfrankh]

including; toxic levels of "adrenalines" and "cortizone".

[papershoot]

Listening to my inner voice...was really strange but finally started to appreciate... It is awkard when closing my eyes and keeping silence, the inner voice is getting louder. And I can see more clearly what it's going on outside and inside of me.

[papershoot]

I like speed, tone of your voice. I can see the mental strength beyond I see thgough video. I hardly thought about that 'take care of me'...

I would've rather thought 'I should take care of someone else' and now I think that the direction of my mind that make me to meet people gave me a pressure...I barely could can stand it or hardly can stand it.. :)

I really want to be happy and other people to be happy.

[GETTINGTOKNOWSHYRA]

This is a very helpful video. I've posted it as the matching video to the word of the day on my blog @ shyra(.)wordpress(.)com. Thank you very much! I've also subscribed to your channel and look forward to learning much more!

[MrBlonde132]

How much does he get payed?

[psychetruth]

Payed for what exactly.

For making videos, Nothing.

He teaches in a college as a professor.

He also has a private practice.

I don't know how much the university pays him or how much he charges in his private practice.

[Struckgold]

@MrBlonde132 Not enough.

[Seabrook78in]

I totally thank you for this video Dr. Breeding. It adds additional depth to all the other things that you've said earlier.

[xXanxiusXx]

Thanks for making this video ,this video is actually more helpful then all the therapists,social workers and employes in the hospital were!

First time i ever heard anyone explain/talk about the freezing thing something i had/have all my life.

BTW psychotherapist i had was the worst the man started attacking us in an extreme way perhaps he had a bad day or something or thats the way they do things ,the trange thing is that the psychologist that refered me to him was the best i ever had...

[trailblazer1971]

Thank you! I've viewed several of your videos but this one I had to pause and say "thanks" for.

[jacqninetynine]

Thanks John, that was really insightful. To talk about 'mental illness' not as a defect but as experience and trauma makes so much sense.

To remember our bodies and our own responses while interacting with others during stressful moments is important. To open our hearts and minds instead of reaching to open a pill bottle... Let us be calm, relaxed and confident.

[bipolarorwakingup]

These detailed videos are very informative. Thank you! I'm learning a lot.

[grpenn]

Thank You! Very Helpful. Can you speak on closed head injury trauma? What is the difference between a physical trauma and a psychological trauma, such as a head injury verses a difficult divorce or a death.

Sincerely, Glenna & Joann

[maggiedoda]

It amazes me how people are so caught up with themselves and "their" problems.

Ever hear of get over it?

What did people do before shrinks? Those who had problems had vitamin deficiencies once that was corrected they were fine.

What if you had to live in Iraq? China? What would you do with real living problems?

People pamper themselves with drugs rather than taking control of their lives and growing up.

Dr. Breeding is right.

[xXanxiusXx]

You say "Dr. Breeding is right" but you completely missed the point!

In a nutshell : emotional problems DO excist but you can not fix them with meds and those problems are not not caused by brain damage.

And he NEVER said snap out of it or stop complaining.

I had to say this because you end all your posts like that!

[maggiedoda]

Get your focus off you. Did God make mental health cripples or did the medical field?

What did people do before shrinks? Most people lacked a good diet and that was the cause of their behavior.

Load up on vitamins and exercise and get off the drugs.

Listen to Dr. Breeding and take his advice.

[nesseline]

Thank you very much :)

[potgoddessx420x]

he is always my fav.

[ladybard1968]

The psychiatric dept continually kick off my fight/flight response. I feel like running off to etheopia or bombing the psychiatric dept. They cause me so much stress it's unbelievable.

[luvu4ia]

I understand. My local gov office offers so-called help. EVERY trip to the office feels like it only makes the situation worse. I often wonder why I go at all. I honestly feel they just want to medicate a part of me away. I live in a rural community where the knowledge contained in this video would go over most of their heads. There are so few truly qualified individuals to help. I'm lucky though. My mother is a counselor. She's more help than anything. I get exactly what you mean.

[maggiedoda]

Ever thought about taking responsibility for your own actions?

Why do you put up with it? That's the amazing part. You are whining and don't do anything about it, so if you keep hitting your head against a wall and keep getting a headache, why would you expect a different outcome at the office if you keep going back? Duh.

[KarenEng]

You are awesome!!!

[Kensailogos]

One last comment. Getting back to the 'frustration building until something regrettable having occurred'. Can you imagine the kind of response from someone that lives from a place of fear or anger (and I feel alot of us is in this sort of place, almost driven so)? I don't know about yous but I feel like everything I touch or say or did ended up being like garbage when I was in such a state. Hurting others as I hurt myself. 'Garbage' must be cleared before one may 'help' others it feels.

[Kensailogos]

Oh yes, the subject of the beginning part of the video, trauma. Reminds me of the thought of "As above, so below; As within, as without". It's like there is a psychic wound, and the wound based in the mind manifest real problems in the nervous system then to the body which also affects the behavior. Think about what happens when an event triggers the memory response of the trauma. Get enough of that experience and life force probably diminish. To be free of the "button" that triggers it.....

[Kensailogos]

Thank you!

[Kensailogos]

Traumatic experiences in childhood must be key in 'dysfunction'. This video made me think that we may unintentionally create trauma or have experienced trauma from the suffering based from non-understanding. Can you imagine the frustration building and getting worse as understanding is not reached until, someone's gasket popped and a regrettable action has occurred. That's something to be mindful of. But even more reassuring is that healing is possible by showing/trying empathy understanding

[Kensailogos]

Re-evaluation counseling? This reminds me of the idea of putting traumatic memories experienced during early childhood into the unconscious part of the mind. There because it is unresolved but still present still haunting the present. it seems we must be brave to "go back" but this time to "allow expression" so that it may be released, or reassessment made. Which then changes current reality. I think. It does take bravery to go back though. But reassessment is key I feel. To be free.

[CharlestonArtist]

A delightful video - please do more! :)

[sabeansiy]

Thankyou!

[WakeUnderMoon]

5stars