We are living in an epidemic of trauma, causing disease and death, so why are so few of us ready to face it?

Dr. Paul Conti is a general psychiatrist and expert on treating trauma, he is also the founder and CEO of Pacific Premier Group, PC.

In this conversation Paul and Steven discuss topics such as, our current epidemic of trauma, why trauma is making you age faster, how you inherit trauma, and the ways that trauma can lead to an early death.

00:00 Intro

02:04 The Invisible Epidemic

04:12 What Percentage of the Population Has Traumas?

06:39 Your Brother's Suicide

09:43 Trauma Is Causing All Sorts of Illnesses in Our Bodies

12:35 How Trauma Speeds Up Your Ageing

14:31 How Trauma Affects Us at a Cellular Level

15:49 Trauma Leads to Early Death

18:01 Is There Anything Killing More Than Trauma?

19:15 The Different Types of Trauma

23:46 What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Weaker

26:30 Why Some People Experience Trauma Stronger Than Others

29:07 The Impact of Being Different

31:54 Developing Trauma Later in Life

35:21 How Do We Know If Trauma Is Being Passed On?

38:55 Do We Need to Understand Our Parents' Trauma to Understand Ours?

43:22 Post-Trauma Syndrome

44:11 How to Know If We Are Traumatised?

47:18 Trauma Shows Up as Addiction

50:18 What Tests Can Be Done to See If We Have Trauma?

51:12 Self-Destructive Shooting Methods

54:33 People Are Dying from Prescribed Meds

56:38 How Does Trauma Change Our Brains?

58:17 Trauma Creates Cognitive Blind Spots in Our Brain

01:03:14 We Tend to Seek What Harms Us in Order to Fix It

01:05:49 Becoming Addicted to Our Victimhood

01:07:27 What's the Role of the Limbic System in Our Traumas?

01:10:01 Shame Keeps Us Alive

01:11:57 You Can Build a Different Story Around Your Shame

01:16:08 How You Are Treated Determines Whether a Situation Becomes Traumatic or Not

01:17:46 How to Alleviate Our Shame

01:19:31 How Bringing Up the Trauma Helps

01:22:47 The Link Between Sleep and Trauma

01:24:28 The Importance of Sitting Alone with Your Thoughts

01:25:09

01:26:07 Sleep Problems Need to Be Urgently Addressed

01:27:33 Why You're Not Sleeping

01:28:50 Link Between Weight and Trauma

01:30:45 Advice for People That Think They Can't Change

01:33:40 Training Your Brain

01:36:04 Can You Completely Get Rid of a Trauma?

01:37:03 How to Stop Being Triggered by Trauma

01:38:18 Saving Lady Gaga's Life

01:41:53 Last Guest Question

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