I am unsure. Had 10 ECT; no relief and barely a headache. EMDR; no. CBT; somewhat. EFT; more helpful than other methods. It’s my understanding that trauma shrinks the hippocampus, affects the amygdala and neuropathways. Permanently elevated adrenaline and stress hormones, which in turn is encoded on your DNA, and the altered DNA is encoded on new cells forming. I have also read that the sooner someone receives treatment after trauma, then the treatment is potentially more effective. What about people who experienced sustained trauma over a long period of time… got diagnosed late… and it was even much later before finding a skilled trauma therapist? Once you have experienced trauma outside the norm of expected human experience, “safety” becomes a shattered illusion. How do you ever regain that? Advances in neuroscience are exciting. Out of all the organs, it seems like the brain is the least understood.
I wish I could use it. The technology people will actually use in the future for this will probably be very different and maybe it'll even be possible to do it yourself at home. Still, I'd try the tech even in its current state to help people of the future. I'd even be willing to fly out somewhere. What do you have to lose? Time? You already lost your life if you don't deal with your trauma.
@@Catlily5 Hi! EFT is Emotional Freedom Tapping. There are some good videos about it here on RU-vid. Once you get the gist of it and resolve any perceptions of “this looks or is silly”… you can customize the verbiage specific to your trauma. It helps me to reduce the intensity of my emotions and anxiety associated with triggers and memories. It took me awhile to accept and trust the foundational premise for EFT, as well as the process itself. I was initially very skeptical. It didn’t eliminate the PTSD, but I view it as a tool for coping. I sometimes use the method to deal with frustrations that crop up with daily life. Afterwards I am able to better analyze the thoughts, assumptions, and beliefs that influenced my feelings and actions. I lucked out and found a trauma therapist who taught me EFT. I hope it is helpful for you.
It’s not natural waves, trauma is a devastating storm, every day on repeat. This quote is absolutely profound and valid, but in this context confuses people into thinking they need to manage with a constant storm, and feeling worthless if they can’t. The truth is, it’s not normal to have a storm every day, not even out in the sea. Yes waves we must bare, but a huge wave crashing onto you constantly, this is unnecessary and in fact unnatural pain. The goal is to recognise pain which is a consequence of actual damage and fix it. In the same way you would remove the pain of driving a broken car. It wouldn’t make sense to drive it broken just for the sake of enduring pain and not feeling weak and worthless.
Man… the first minute of this video hit me like a truck. I've been dealing with a lot of trauma recovery and it is _SO_ hard to explain why I can do things under stress, but feel next to useless at everything else when things are calm. Moreso than that, because trauma eventually gets to a point where you have a massively REDUCED threshold to dealing with stress, even the things you used to excel at become suddenly out of reach, and you just want your brain to start working again. These videos are IMMENSELY helpful in communicating about difficult concepts to people who haven't experienced them before, so thanks for this whole series. It's been something that I always come to check out as soon as a new one gets posted.
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I realized, after having my trauma experience, that my brain had stopped. I couldn't explain it. I felt like before the traumatic experience I was always doing small calculations, I was a very fast thinker and smart teen but suddenly it all stopped. I wouldn't think at all, it was like my brain calmed itself down. I remember looking around at all my surroundings and not being present at the moment or even being able to process information: I would look at a random object in the room and "blank", I was neither in the present nor in my head, it was just blank. After another traumatic experience later in life, my brain woke up again. It is the weirdest thing ever. Thanks for putting this into perspective
Sometimes I forget things or i feel dumb in school like it’ll never amount to anything because im always spacing out or not remembering lesson but everyone else does
I read "The Body Keeps the Score" by Bessel van der Kolk and have completed all recommended neurofeedback sessions. I've experienced profound improvements in every area of my life. NO MORE soul-crushing insomnia, anxiety, depression, impulsivity, learning problems, fight, flight, freeze, fawn, no waking up in a cold sweat, inability to keep a job, self-loathing / shame and WAY more. And the best part? After 30 years of self-medicating I'm 3 years sober, all credit going to NF. I am now reveling in my sanity.
@@sonyaberkenpas5071 sorry, but there is difference between these ? What is the name of the therapy that send electrical currents ? I thought that are working in same way😪, because in my country we just have this (send electrical currents) , reply please
That's amazing! It's really incredible to hear how many people have been helped by that book - we knew it was popular but have still been blown away by the extent of it.
Bessel van der Kolk taught me how the trauma I experienced as a boy affected my development and it wasn't a pretty story. I'm doing my healing work but there is a great deal of fragmentation. This is not easy work but it is much better than living with the belief there is something wrong with me. There's not... I'm simply living with the residue of trauma.
Thanks for your message Curtis. I'm also (very belatedly) now engaging in healing. Online - particularly in some corners of Quora - there are responses asserting the futility of any productive, substantive healing from the impacts of complex, childhood trauma. There is some hope in the video...and in your words. One part of working to heal entails keeping at least a little hope...alive.
Once again, Bessel, great work! Thank you. I wish I had access to you to help with some trauma. The so-called professionals here are just out for the easy $200 per hour. It's puzzling how someone can spend nearly a decade in school and still be incompetent in their field. I expect my experts to be knowledgeable, concise, powerful, and helpful, just like you!
This should be available on a large scale, either that or psychedelic therapy. Hopefully the medical community will develop ways of administering and developing these treatments in cheaper and more accessible ways.
Scale will definitely be a big part of that. If these treatments are approved, established and mainstream hopefully the cost will plummet (though of course that can depend on the medical system of the country in question).
Psychedelic therapy is useful but psychedelics on their own are not that helpful. They increase Neuroplasticity but the connections formed are disorganized and unstructured. You really need psychedelics and behavioural therapy to produce useful results.
Also we have to ask the question why has our society produced people who need to change their brains to function. If it's a reaction to environment stimulus then wouldn't it be easier to just create a better environment for people so they aren't required to change their brains to function?
I’m currently in Neurodiagnostic school… I loved this video! Praying that there is opportunity for me in regards to healing trauma with psychedelics. I noticed the change taking place in 2016. I just felt it, didn’t even have a clue about EEG.. but I knew something was changing in medicine and I want to help others like I was helped ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@@bigthink or, more to the point, the free market of said country's medical system will determine cost. Medicine is highly regulated. Therefore, everything in medicine is overpriced. Other technologies, that are just as sophisticated BTW, are incredibly affordable due to lack of government intervention.
This is one of videos I watched on RU-vid on my TV, and then immediately navigated to the menu to like the video, and then kept going into the menu again to make sure I had liked it. And now I'm on my phone saying how much I like this. 3.5 minute video...I reached went for the like button at least 8 times. At leat 8 times!
I spent 24 years in the army. 4 tours , missing 1/2 my left lung. Had to retire. Now I just sit and wait for it all to end. I tried to talk with the VA. The listen to my for about 3 minutes. Looked at me and said “what do you want me to do “. It was like getting kicked in the balls. I just walked out. Now I just keep my mouth shut and wait for the pain to end. I hope it’s soon
Don't give up brother, there are a lot of good people at the VA who will help you, unfortunately you have to circumvent the people who are there to collect a government paycheck. Don't be afraid to ask for what you need, and require a follow up from your doctor or a nurse. Every single Vet has lost part, or all of their life, there is no greater sacrifice! It's not about them, it's about YOU! Remind them if necessary.
I was not in the army, but I have had very similar experience with doctors after I tried to get help (which in itself was hard enough to get the guts to do). After a few tries I have , just like you, given up all hope that there is any help to be had... so now I just wait for it/everything to end.
Hey guys I never do comments but like this video we can change our brain waves. We should study our behavior little bit and reward ourselves when we do what we like truly.
Fantastic video; I love this concept, it's basically classical conditioning targeted at brain function! So simple but absolutely ingenious. And when he talked about his dream of helping foster kids it restored a little bit of my faith in humans 🙏❤
All dreamers out there keep going this is temporary situation it will pass your success will come be patient never give up just keep moving forward no matter what ✊ ✊
"Your crew are your thoughts and emotions, what the mind produces to direct the body. Here you have a functional crew or a dysfunctional crew, a faithful crew or an unfaithful crew, a competent crew or an incompetent crew. And their competence or incompetence will determine how far this vessel can go, what it can withstand in the winds and waves of the world and how well it can adapt to the presence of other ships and the hazards therein. Then there is the captain. The captain is you. It is even greater than your mind, for you are greater than your mind, for the mind is the crew. You are the captain." *The New Message from God* - The Ship
How the hell do you rewire your brain if you're always in the middle of being traumatized? It's a physical deformity that can be psychologically traumatizing, that if the physical deformity can't be corrected, the psychological trauma can't be terminated, and thus it's a psychological traumatization that's always in progress. There was no "after trauma" for the Elephant Man.
Remember my dear friend: no matter who you were, whoever made you down, still you're unique, beautiful, and talented🌸 how dare someone can rule on you? You're the the king\queen of your own life& happiness. You matter! Get up, go forward, and start doing what you like. You're the best, if you believe ✨ I believe in you, love from a small RU-vidr 🖤
Great short concise video. Rewiring the brain can be done by doing the inner work as well. How does the constant stimulation of negative repeating information in media, social media and lack of fulfillment in career, purpose rewire the brain?
Any image can be triggering to anyone who has experienced trauma in their life, whether that be through war or simply pictures of families. I think the point is that war is not the only way we can experience trauma. It's understood that these images can be extremely triggering but these videos are about education as a whole and not necessarily pinpointing just one source of the trauma. I think it was a well put together clip that clearly a lot of people benefited from. We just need to remember that someone's body can have a similar traumatic response in their own home just as someone has had overseas. The Body Keeps Score right?
@@GoodVBZ unless you're responding to a comment that was deleted, you're missing the point. Of course any imagery could be tied to traumatic memories, but we're not gonna pretend like certain visuals don't have a disproportionately high association with PTSD. Putting clips of active warfare in a video about treating severe trauma that is obviously likely to be clicked by most individuals with war trauma that happen to notice it, is just unnecessarily risky, ethically. It's a given that war is likely to come up often in discussions of severe trauma, but there's no inherent reason you need to show actual footage when it has such a high chance of causing intense distress to much of the intended audience. You can find other stock footage to fill the time.
Are we not shaped and wired by the company and experience we keep? By understanding that surely we can rewire and reshape perception. Takes time and determined patience.
I was told Once that I react normally to abnormal situations and abnormally to normal situations. I’d like to try this therapy. I’d wager I’m a good test subject. But what’s with the tiny backdrop? The auditorium would have been better.
I work in the medical field in a position where people sometimes are violent. Now I realize why whenever stuff pops off, my brain is like "same stuff different day, let's do this". I'm always in the on state. Guess I have to thank my abusive parents for that.
When I was around 10 my mom got robbed in front of me and pistol whipped, it traumatized me. I was never taken to therapy, probably because my parents are immigrants. Had a hard time in school and in life, took me years to be able to function appropriately.
To the *incredible person* that's seeing this, I wish you all the best in life❤ don't ever blame yourself, accept things and go forward. Your smile is precious and the keys to a happy life is in your hands. Stay Positive.
As much as I admire your sentiments, sometimes the state we find ourselves in is directly the result of bad decisions. There are times where we are to blame. Choose to be real. All fantasies fall apart. Even if based on pure intentions.
@@NoNo_IStay What if free will is an illusion? Are you really to blame - i mean why have blame? This doesn’t mean u should not do good bc ‘ohh im not free to be good’ just abandon pride and you will abandon guilt
The U.S. military systematically sexually abused and tortured P.O.W.S. and other civilian non-combatants in their military prisons in Cuba, Iraq, and Afghanistan. To my knowledge, the U.S. government has denied any wrong doing despite acknowleding a lawsuit by Canadian citizens. Victims of these abuses probably suffer from PSTD symptoms you've never heard of...just like their stories. This is fact, but I look forward to once again being banned or censored by American social media outlets for bringing it to your attention.
He says he wouldn't give abused children psychedelics, but what about edible CBD? I think edible CBD is a fantastic option for young children suffering from ADHD / Bi Polar and various trauma disorders...
I believe I banged my head as a kid, and my nan hid it from my mum. After that point I remember weird things happening. Things that a child doesn't usually go through. But all that matters is what can help me now. I heard neurofeedback can help with TMI related psychosis. Maybe that will help
I really want to get my hands on experimenting with eeg and neurofeedback. Does anyone knows if the software used open sourced? And sourcing inexpensive eeg, any tips?
Check out openbci.com/, an open source solution! Our sister channel Freethink actually did a video with them awhile back - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tqP7QyGW6rg.html
Have there been any large scale studies about the effectiveness of neurofeedback? I was reading about it recently, and this technique has a lot of critics.
I can't breathe through the grief. I simply cannot. The grief and the rage consume every fiber of me. I am raped. On the inside. On a soul level; I am raped. I'm desperate to die. I'm in anguished agony. I've been discarded like garbage. Betrayed and abandoned. My soul is raped. Life is hell for me. I want to die. I'm in hell with no escape. Been suicidal almost all my life. I'm submerged in darkness and drowning in grief and rage. My only wish, my only prayer, is to die. I miss him with all my soul and with every fiber of my being. I have debilitating paralyzing daily panic attacks. He used me while he needed me and then he discarded me like garbage. And I'm learning the most alchemical magical lessons because of it... Like: - Nope, he didn't really actually truly discard me. THAT'S A LIE! The devil is a fucking liar!! What he actually did is set me free. Only fear and the enemy/the devil, would have me see it as being "discarded". HE! SET! ME! FREE! HALLELUJAH! - No such thing as good or bad. Both are just judgements. AND EVERYTHING IS A GIFT! EVERY THING!! Look for the gold. Find the gold. - I manifested his leaving. In two parts. Part one: my lower-self (fearful-self) was always scared that I wasn't good enough for him. Part two: my higher-self (God-Self) knew/knows I deserve, and am worthy of, SO MUCH MORE than the breadcrumbs he offered me. I AM WORTHY OF A FULL FEAST. I AM READY FOR MY TWIN-FLAME (RE)UNION. I am worthy and deserving. I am royalty: daughter of the most high; king of kings! - Smother all of it with love. The PTSD. The grief. The unbearable darkness. I rebuke it by smothering all of it: with love! I have DIVINIE AUTHORITY over all of it! I am royalty. I am an alchemist. This is MY transmutation/purification process. - His coming was a gift. His leaving is a gift. All a gift. - Spend intimate deliberate intentional daily time with Jesus. A candle/light with a framed photo of him, at night... Chanting/repeating: * I love you * Thank you * I invite you * I need you * I welcome you * How can I serve you? * Let me serve you * Let me serve your name * Let me serve your holy kingdom - Our thoughts/feelings create reality! - Fuck manifesting *THINGS*. Manifest peace/love. And watch the miracles unfold! - In every memory, in every moment, look for, and find: the love and the gift. Those are the only things that are actually really real. - Self love is EVERYTHING!
I had about 40 Neurofeedback sessions, I only significant improvement I had was the ability to shoot basketball 🏀 at almost 100 % accuracy for a few weeks.
I don’t have war trauma but I have 3 year sa childhood trauma and as I got older even at 18 it never went away bc it went on for so many years and now I litteraly can’t remember anything and I just act so different and I don’t like it. I wanna learn how to rewire after all the trauma and abuse from my mom growing up.
I need help doing my brain again I am 44 years old and I feel like a child at times I know what I’m supposed to do but sometimes I have to be forced to do it even taking care of myself I’ve been through a mental I don’t know but my husband it’s a massive abuse to me and I got out and I just need help
My people in the comments here. Stay safe and look after yourselves, read The Body Keeps the Score and live the best life you can. (What's so funny 'bout) Peace love and understanding.
The U.S. military systematically sexually abused and tortured P.O.W.S. and other civilian non-combatants in their military prisons in Cuba, Iraq, and Afghanistan. To my knowledge, the U.S. government has denied any wrong doing despite acknowleding a lawsuit by Canadian citizens. Victims of these abuses probably suffer from PSTD symptoms you've never heard of...just like their stories. This is fact, but I look forward to once again being banned or censored by American social media outlets for bringing it to your attention.
Different folks, Different strokes. A friend of mine has PTSD from the mushes themselves. Not everyone finds the right ones or knows what to look for. Typically if one knows what to look for.....they have already had the experience.
I need help. I have been re-traumatised in my childhoodtrauma while being in a clinic for 3 months for acut trauma and depression by two therapists and the actual setting (neglect, too much talk, and too little stabilisation). I don't trust therapists anymore and I want to handle this on my own, but I'm not sure that I can make it.
You probably can handle some of it on your own.....mindfulness exercise self soothing but better if you still seek outside help. Keep trying till you find an adequate therapist someone you trust....I am rooting for you!
The U.S. military systematically sexually abused and tortured P.O.W.S. and other civilian non-combatants in their military prisons in Cuba, Iraq, and Afghanistan. To my knowledge, the U.S. government has denied any wrong doing despite acknowleding a lawsuit by Canadian citizens. Victims of these abuses probably suffer from PSTD symptoms you've never heard of...just like their stories. This is fact, but I look forward to once again being banned or censored by American social media outlets for bringing it to your attention.
I wish it worked for OCD but I didn’t for me. 3 months of going and hooking up wires and watching movies with bubbles floating on screen. If I focused my reward was less bubbles and a clearer image. Maybe I just had a lame practitioner? I don’t know but she was a “professional”.
Geez don't you hate that? I mean you go and find the treatment and still no results horrible. I am in treatment and still have terrible symptoms....but will keep on trying....
"Federally funded" (a tax dollar from you and a tax dollar from me and a tax dollar from everyone else in the polity) neurofeedback and brain rewiring methods that are socially funded and resold as private business. You pay to fund it and get it off the ground. Then if you need it later in life you pay again because the funding was public but access to the finished product is privatized and rationed via price, your income and your insurance coverage..
Please sign me up I actually am involved with the lawsuit against the crown attorney in Ontario for what the children's they did to 8500 of us. I'm in the GTA Canada cannot find this anywhere