When the echoes of past traumas linger, finding a path to recovery can feel like navigating a labyrinth in the dark. Our latest episode brings a poignant, yet uplifting discussion to the forefront, as we weave through the complexities of trauma and its varied impact on individuals. With a touch of humor to ease the weight of the topic, I recount a surprisingly lighthearted moment from a high school prom hypnotist show, setting the stage for the serious conversation that follows. We explore the nuances of personal and witnessed traumas, from the deeply personal to collective grief in the aftermath of events like 9/11, and delve into the importance of recognizing how trauma can uniquely shape our lives.
The journey of healing from PTSD is as intricate as the mind itself, and it's something we must not brave alone. In a heartfelt dialogue, we investigate the common but often isolating avoidance behaviors that characterize PTSD, discussing ways to reconnect with the world while safeguarding one's mental health. We also tease an upcoming segment on how PTSD manifests across different age groups, offering insights and advice for those navigating the aftermath of traumatic experiences. Before the episode wraps, we share a tender appeal for compassion towards our furry seniors, using the story of Betsy, a senior dog in need of a forever home, to underscore the special care that aging pets deserve. Join us for an episode that promises to enlighten, support, and perhaps even bring a gentle smile to your face.
FIND ME: My Website: https://motorcityhypnotist.com/podcast My social media links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/motorcityhypnotist/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCjjLNcNvSYzfeX0uHqe3gA Twitter: https://twitter.com/motorcityhypno Instagram: motorcityhypno FREE HYPNOSIS GUIDE https://detroithypnotist.convertri.com/podcast-free-hypnosis-guide Please also subscribe to the show and leave a review. (Stay with me as later in the podcast, I’ll be giving away a free gift to all listeners!)
Change your thinking, change your life! Laugh hard, run fast, be kind. David R. Wright MA, LPC, CHT The Motor City Hypnotist
When the echoes of past traumas linger, finding a path to recovery can feel like navigating a labyrinth in the dark. Our latest episode brings a poignant, yet uplifting discussion to the forefront, as we weave through the complexities of trauma and its varied impact on individuals. With a touch of humor to ease the weight of the topic, I recount a surprisingly lighthearted moment from a high school prom hypnotist show, setting the stage for the serious conversation that follows. We explore the nuances of personal and witnessed traumas, from the deeply personal to collective grief in the aftermath of events like 9/11, and delve into the importance of recognizing how trauma can uniquely shape our lives.
The journey of healing from PTSD is as intricate as the mind itself, and it's something we must not brave alone. In a heartfelt dialogue, we investigate the common but often isolating avoidance behaviors that characterize PTSD, discussing ways to reconnect with the world while safeguarding one's mental health. We also tease an upcoming segment on how PTSD manifests across different age groups, offering insights and advice for those navigating the aftermath of traumatic experiences. Before the episode wraps, we share a tender appeal for compassion towards our furry seniors, using the story of Betsy, a senior dog in need of a forever home, to underscore the special care that aging pets deserve. Join us for an episode that promises to enlighten, support, and perhaps even bring a gentle smile to your face.
FIND ME: My Website: https://motorcityhypnotist.com/podcast My social media links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/motorcityhypnotist/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCjjLNcNvSYzfeX0uHqe3gA Twitter: https://twitter.com/motorcityhypno Instagram: motorcityhypno FREE HYPNOSIS GUIDE https://detroithypnotist.convertri.com/podcast-free-hypnosis-guide Please also subscribe to the show and leave a review. (Stay with me as later in the podcast, I’ll be giving away a free gift to all listeners!)
Change your thinking, change your life! Laugh hard, run fast, be kind. David R. Wright MA, LPC, CHT The Motor City Hypnotist
Speaker 1:
In this episode of the Motor City Hypnotist Podcast we're talking about something a little bit heavy but don't worry, I'm going to get you through this but we're talking about how to deal with trauma If you've had a traumatic event or something that's happened to you. We're going to kind of walk through that and kind of analyze that and, like I said, I know a lot of mental health issues are a little bit heavy, but we do our best to make it interesting and fun. Trauma is a big one.
Speaker 2:
Trauma is a big one.
Speaker 1:
I'm glad I had a couple drinks in there, I feel like it's important that we address it and, as usual, yeah, like we do every show, we'll give something away. Free stuff, free stuff. Hang in there, folks, we'll be right back.
Speaker 3:
Get ready for the Motor City Hypnotist, David R Wright. Originating from the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, he has hypnotized thousands of people from all over the United States. David R Wright has been featured on news outlets all across the country and is the clinical director of an outpatient mental health and hypnosis clinic located just south of Detroit, where he helps people daily using the power of hypnosis. Welcome the Motor City Hypnotist, David R Wright.
Speaker 1:
What is going on, my friends? This is David Wright, the Motor City Hypnotist, and we're back with another episode of the Motor City Hypnotist podcast.
Speaker 2:
Thank, God, I mean welcome back.
Speaker 1:
Yes, welcome back. That's Matt Fox, the other voice you hear. Hello, david, as we record this, we're here live in the Podcast, your Voice, southfield Studios. Yes, we are the palatial Southfield Studios. I love that word. Yeah, it is. Well, it is palatial. We've got a full bar. We've got people running around. It's crazy, it's palatial, it's great we're enjoying. I sat on the man Cave Happy Hour podcast. Oh, yes, out their podcast. I just sat in and we're enjoying a blackberry bourbon. Yes, old-fashioned, yes.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, we made it with Yezhnivka.
Speaker 1:
Yes, Watch your mouth.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, watch your mouth Gesundheit.
Speaker 1:
No, it was the.
Speaker 2:
I like this in the background. What the fuck is it with you? No, it was the LaRue black brandy.
Speaker 1:
Yeah.
Speaker 2:
Blackberry brandy, and then we did it with Woodford. And we put a blackberry in it.
Speaker 3:
It's fancy.
Speaker 2:
There it is, yep.
Speaker 3:
Thank you, August. I'm very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany.
Speaker 2:
So, yeah, we're just sipping on a couple of cocktails. Yeah, thank you for sitting on the man cave. So, yeah, we're just sipping on a couple of cocktails.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, thank you for sitting on the man cave. It was fun, absolutely. It's always fun. You know you guys have drinks. It's always fun to sit in on. I mean Monday fun day, I don't care what you're talking about.
Speaker 2:
I'm just here for the drink, you know so it's crazy. Oh great Odin's Raven. No, it's a good heavy topic tonight and uh, I'm looking forward to absolutely kind of ptsd and around the trauma that I've had in my world.
Speaker 1:
Well, you know, here's the thing, and before we get into it, because we're gonna, you know, do some other stuff first, but you know, I I think of course everybody has some trauma. Some are worse than others. Yeah, you know, understandably, you know some, some things are much worse, but but I think we've all had types of trauma in our lives.
Speaker 2:
So, yeah, we're going to talk about that, and it doesn't have to be the biggest thing ever.
Speaker 1:
It could be something small, that happens. It could be, and I'll give you an example of that once we get into this Okay, fair enough.
Speaker 1:
Before we get into that, let me tell you where you can find me. My website is MotorCityHypnotistcom so hypnotistcom. So I know I've been pushing this the last couple of months, but, uh, prom and grad season is here. Yeah, in fact, my prom season has started. I just spent a a day in iowa on saturday night into sunday.
Speaker 1:
So a big shout out uh, mccoketa high school, who had me I would think it's my fifth or sixth year doing their high school prom show and, uh, I don't know what was in the water there, but, um, so so I have a routine and I don't know what was in the water there. So I have a routine, and I don't know if I've told you about this, matt, before, but I have a routine where they become YouTube stars and their channel is really original and really something that nobody's done before, and from the first person. This bit went off the rails because the first person was a girl. She was in crutches because she had a shit looked like she had a broken foot, oh and she said well, I said what's your youtube channel? First one, right off the bat, she goes um, I hit old people with my crutches in the mall.
Speaker 2:
Oh, there's an honest statement and it went downhill from there.
Speaker 1:
I mean, I think everybody else kind of took her lead and it just got weirder and weirder. Was she hypnotized when she said that yeah yeah, these were all hypnotized people. But I even said, after I got through most of the volunteers, I'm like is this a correctional school? What is going on?
Speaker 3:
here what is?
Speaker 1:
happening. Well, yeah, it was crazy.
Speaker 1:
Just run with it. What in blazes are you talking about? Yeah, so anyway, great show. They had a blast Again. I return there every year. Excellent Makoka to high school, good job.
Speaker 1:
So if you're interested in a show and I know again, grad season's coming up and my dates are quickly filling up so if you're interested in having a hypnotist for your grad night MotorCityHypnotistcom shows, check it out. You can book me online without talking to anyone. Right, you'll get your quote. You can sign it online. You can book it online. You never have to talk to anyone, okay, so check that out. My social media Facebook and YouTube are both MotorCityHypnotist, and Snapchat and Instagram are both motor city hypno. That is hypno.
Speaker 1:
And for your free hypnosis guide, which you give away on every episode. Again, the hypnosis guide is a pdf that I wrote and kind of in basic terms, explains what hypnosis is, what it's not, some dispels myths and misconceptions and things like that. So that's yours free. Just text the word hypnosis to 313-800-8510. And if you need to find that number again, you can look in the show notes or you can go right to my website, because the phone number is right there. You can text the word hypnosis to the phone number. That's on the website, that is this number the biggest thing. Wherever you're listening, whatever podcast platform you're listening on, spotifyer, itunes, whatever, uh, leave a review and and subscribe, link, connect, pledge, whatever you do on, whatever you do on your, because every platform is different, they call it something different, but firstborn.
Speaker 1:
Connect with the podcast. That way, you get it every time it drops and you don't have to look for it. All right, it'll hit your, your device as soon as it drops. That that works Awesome, cool and the biggest thing, like I said, leave a review. That helps us out, helps more people get to the show and, of course, it just helps us grow. So fantastic, yep, so I would appreciate it very much. Alright, it is time, here we go, here we go.
Speaker 2:
That's how winning is done. I almost want to take a stab at what the winner of the week is.
Speaker 1:
Okay, give it a try.
Speaker 2:
Based on your apparel, based on my apparel, I'm going to say it's going to have to do something with the draft.
Speaker 1:
It does not Darn it. I'm in my apparel today and those of you watching Facebook Live where you can see me I don't typically wear ball caps in my podcast, but I was golfing today. So, yeah, I did 18 holes this afternoon and just thought okay this is what I'm wearing.
Speaker 3:
18 on a Monday Okay yeah, 18 on a Monday, that's it.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, I know it's crazy.
Speaker 2:
No no.
Speaker 3:
Don't shut me up.
Speaker 2:
All right, so who is our winner of the week?
Speaker 1:
Let me read the story. Becky Arbaugh, a manager at the Taco Bell in Richboro, Pennsylvania, saved a woman's 11-week-old son in the drive-thru by performing.
Speaker 2:
CPR, I was going to say were they choking on a quesadilla?
Speaker 1:
Well, I don't know, maybe a taco hit him wrong or something. All right, at the Richboro Taco Bell outside of Philadelphia, manager Becky Arbaugh wasn't working the lunch rush but was around nevertheless. She heard a scream coming from the drive-thru window followed by the harrowing words Call 911, the baby isn't breathing. Okay, yeah, that's freaky. The phone would have to wait as arbaugh threw off her headset and rushed to see the situation.
Speaker 1:
Just outside the drive-thru window she saw natasha long holding the lifeless blue body of her 11 week old son, miles. Goodness, the mom was panicked. Arbaugh told good morning america. I told her to give him to me and I performed cpr. I was trying to calm her down and comfort her and reassure her that he will be fine. The baby finally started to breathe. The ambulance came pretty quickly and then they took over. Arbaugh said. The emt said I saved his life, the baby. Oh, I'm sorry. The circumstances could not have been more fortunate for miles, because arbaugh, a mother to four children herself, has already restarted the heart of her daughter a few times due to medical complications. Oh my goodness. So so this? This woman has had to do this with her own kid before. So it's like talk about being fortunate or destiny, or whatever you want to call it does work in the right place at the right time in a taco bell drive-thru he works in in mysterious ways.
Speaker 1:
In an emailed statement to ABC News, the spokesperson for Taco Bell said we are incredibly proud of Becky for her heroic act earlier this week. We are getting in touch to express appreciation for her quick actions and kindness and we'll give her a free crunch wrap. I added that I'm sorry that's not true.
Speaker 2:
I was about to reach over the table? What in places are you talking about I'm going to smack you for that what happened?
Speaker 1:
So no, I'm sure they will take care of her more than a Crunchwrap.
Speaker 3:
I would hope so.
Speaker 1:
So I'm just saying as for her Taco Bell family, good Morning America said that store members and those in other locations have showered her with messages of appreciation, while Mother Natasha spoke with Arbaugh on the phone the next day to express what the mother's reading can only imagine would be heartfelt gratitude. Sure, so yeah, fantastic story. I mean, again, these things probably happen all the time, but we don't hear about them. No, we don't. These things don't get reported in general on the news or whatever. Sure, but again, that's why I bring these stories up.
Speaker 2:
So, becky Arbaugh, If Becky hadn't have saved the baby, we wouldn't have a Spider-Man. No, there wouldn't.
Speaker 1:
Wouldn't have a. What Spider-Man Miles. Oh, miles Morales, I got it.
Speaker 3:
Oh, da-da-.
Speaker 1:
Miles Morales, I got it. I like this in the background.
Speaker 3:
What the fuck is it with you.
Speaker 2:
I don't even know what you said. What happened? What happened? Oh my goodness, what happened.
Speaker 1:
There you go. So anyway, Becky Arbaugh, big shout out Definitely winner of the week.
Speaker 2:
That's how winning is done.
Speaker 1:
I couldn't help myself. Well, you never. You don't usually, can I mean? I'm just saying I ain't listening to you no more.
Speaker 2:
Never said you had to.
Speaker 1:
All right, so we're going to get heavy a little. So now we well a little bit. All right, hold on before we so back to it.
Speaker 2:
All right, yeah, okay, so negan, help me out here.
Speaker 1:
so we're talking about um coping with traumatic events. That that's the title of our episode, and it'll be a part one and two, as we usually do. Um, but and I know, like I said in the intro, that this topic can be heavy, but what I'm here to do is to give you some insight and to help you as far as getting through some of these things that many people deal with. And just to start off, I'm going to give you a couple of statistics. 60% of all Americans report having a traumatic event with either physical, emotional or mental abuse. All right, repeat that 60% of Americans report having trauma in their past of either physical, mental or emotional abuse. Okay, 60%.
Speaker 2:
That's a lot.
Speaker 1:
That's a lot. I mean that's a majority of our population. Think about that for a minute. So Some again can be more than others and some things can be something that's like outside of you, and I'm going to give you a couple of examples. For some people, watching the news becomes stress, it becomes anxious, anxiety provoking, just seeing stories of things that happen or bad things. There was a down near oh shoot, I'm not going to remember the exact area. Down in the Monroe area, south of Michigan, there was a children's birthday party going on. A woman drove through the wall.
Speaker 2:
I saw that news story this morning yes, and killed three people.
Speaker 1:
Two of them were siblings, two young siblings under the age of 10.
Speaker 2:
And I believe that alcohol might have been involved.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, it sounds like alcohol was, but think about that. That's a traumatic event even if so. So in in this I don't want this to sound uncaring, but you know, having your children killed, that that's a traumatic event. But I'm talking about just the people who witnessed it. That's a traumatic event, sure. Uh, the law enforcement people who had to deal with it, that's a traumatic event, sure. And again, I I'm not saying this is typically something they deal with, but again, it's trauma, trauma nonetheless.
Speaker 1:
So some things can happen outside of your own life that can cause you trauma, if that makes sense. So the big question is, in general, how do people respond to a traumatic event? And just to define this as something that's shocking or scary, or dangerous or life-threatening, and it can affect people emotionally and physically and mentally. Natural disasters and I'm bringing up things that are outside of our control Hurricanes, tornadoes, things like that, acts of violence, you know, being held up by gunpoint or being robbed or being physically assaulted, these are all things. And then again we get into the larger, outside of us events like mass shootings or terrorist events. Again, I'm not going to say it's not affecting your life directly, but it does bring up that element of fear and just trauma. That's what it does. Hello, covid.
Speaker 1:
So I can remember COVID is a big one and we talked about that, the last couple episodes and how people deal with COVID and the long lasting effects on that mental health effects on that. But I remember one of the biggest ones and again I can say this because it's been a long time now, but not long enough when the 9-11 attacks happened. I swear to you, I'm telling you from my opinion. Again, it didn't affect me directly, I didn't know anyone that was involved in that or victims of that, but for a couple of weeks I had a really hard time sleeping, just replaying that over and over in my head. And this is what happens with traumatic events. And from the therapist's point of view, let me tell you what happens when you're experiencing PTSD, which is post-traumatic stress disorder. When you think about an event that happened to you, you're reliving it. You're reliving it like it's happening again right now.
Speaker 1:
And they do that over, and over and over again Today.
Speaker 2:
I remember exactly where I was when 9-11 happened. I knew exactly what I was doing. I remember my exact environment when it happened. That has never left my brain.
Speaker 1:
And that happens, and that is trauma. That's what happens, and sometimes here's the thing it doesn't have to be something that major or that dramatic. And I was talking to Matt before the show started and we were talking about, well, what is like experience. Trauma is different for everyone. Now, granted, if you're physically assaulted or held up by gunpoint, that's trauma. We understand that, but things that you wouldn't even think could be traumatic to you could be traumatic, the smallest little thing.
Speaker 1:
So I'm going to tell you a story. You know I'm a big Stephen King fan. Yes, I do so without explaining too much. In his Dark Tower series. I don't know if it's in the printed version, but in the audio book they have an after to one of the books near the end of the series and Stephen King was talking about when he was a kid.
Speaker 1:
He got punished for doing something wrong, he and his brother and their punishment they lived with their aunt and uncle at the the time was to go out to the barn and cut wood. Okay, sounds pretty innocuous and pretty innocent, but while he was in the barn, stephen King saw this chicken that was infested with all these tiny red spiders. Yeah, and to this day I mean he acknowledges in this that that traumatized me. I couldn't get it out of my head, I couldn't sleep for weeks. It just even as an adult, he says he still thinks about it in his head.
Speaker 1:
So I mean, again, that wasn't life-threatening or something that was like a major terrorist attack, but for him that was a traumatic event and it stayed in his head and it's affected him. So it doesn't have to be something as big as the things that we've talked to. So here's the big thing. And to start off, if you've been a victim or you've experienced a traumatic event, it's natural to feel fear. That comes along with it, because some people how do I say this? Some people don't like the feeling of fear. Of course, who would Well, we've talked about it's a fight or flight.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1:
And that's. That's exactly the next thing I was going to go into. Flight. Flight or fight or flight is is our, is our, our natural reaction to avoiding potential danger. That's how it works. So you either fight or flight. That, those are the two choices. So a lot of the reactions after a trauma include the following Feeling anxious or sad or angry, Trouble, concentrating and sleeping, Continually thinking and replaying about what happened. It's like this continuous loop in your head that you can't get out. So here's the thing In most cases, most people will recover from these symptoms over time. It's like anything else you know, a traumatic event can the effects can decrease over time. That's fair For some people, though that doesn't. Some people get stuck just constantly going back to that, and I've had a lot of clients over the years who have had childhood trauma and they're in their 50s and they're still.
Speaker 2:
It's something that sparks, it still just comes up and it can come out of nowhere.
Speaker 1:
Sometimes Some innocuous event can have them thinking about it again, right? So that's the difficulty with PTSD. So that's the difficulty with PTSD. So let me give you some symptoms that you might be experiencing, because here's the thing A lot of people have experienced traumatic events and they they're not aware that they're experiencing PTSD. They just know that something's wrong, if that makes sense. So they have a hard time defining what PTSD is and that they're experiencing that. So I'm going to give you some symptoms. If you worry a lot or you feel very anxious, sad or fearful, okay, crying often and uncontrollably.
Speaker 2:
Okay.
Speaker 1:
That can happen, with people having trouble thinking clearly was like brain fog almost brain fog or not recalling things or just having a hard time focusing. Okay, um, having frightening thoughts or flashbacks. Reliving the experience and I mentioned that a few moments ago it's like reliving it over and over again but there's.
Speaker 2:
but is it something that triggers that, or is it just?
Speaker 1:
Something may trigger it, it may just come out of nowhere, you just don't know. It's like this loop in your mind. So when people experience trauma, our mind does a funny thing it notes it, but it tries to move on from it. But that bookmark is always there, it's always sticking out.
Speaker 2:
You can always see it, that's and every once in a while it you just go back to it and and and you think about it. That's why it's so important to remember. You know our vets, you know they serve, they're in a war and they're. They're around, bombs going off and everything. And then fourth of july comes around and everyone's out there shooting well, well, yeah, and these are things that that society kind of.
Speaker 1:
I'm not going to say they ignore it, I'm just saying that they don't think about it because if you haven't experienced it, you you don't get it right, you don't really know. Oh it's, I should be able to light off fireworks. Who cares? But? But you don't realize the effect it may have on other people. My dog, dave, I know no, well, no, but but see, dogs are a good example, and I'm not equating dogs to humans, don't get me wrong. I'm just that's, that's crazy, it's the same.
Speaker 2:
You know, dogs get scared of those loud noises well, sure that's, and they relive it every single year, right well, well, that may have happened in their puppyhood right, and they might have been abused as a puppy, I mean maybe, maybe. So it's not just for humans, this is across all species.
Speaker 1:
Well, sure, sure. And even though they're not self-aware or have deductive reasoning, the noise itself is what sets them off. My dog was smarter than I am, so I'm just going to say that, really, is that true, mm-hmm.
Speaker 3:
He was more in tune to the world that I was. Oh, good for you. Well, no, I get it.
Speaker 1:
I get it. Um, the other thing that happens is feeling angry, resentful or irritable, and this is this is one of the symptoms that a lot of people have difficulty nailing down. They feel like I'm angry all the time and they don't know why, or I'm, I'm feeling, you know, I'm having feelings of I'm resenting someone or something, or I'm very irritable all the time, and they may not know why that's happening. They don't know that this could be coming from a trauma that happened 20, 30, 50 years ago, sure, but, but they know that something is wrong, or they blocked it out and they ended Well, and there is a defense mechanism in our brains that blocks out things like that, right, but it's still there. It's kind of like painting over something that's bad. It's covered, but you know it's still there, sure, and every once in a while it'll pop out.
Speaker 2:
Oh, I'm trying to remember the name of it. It was called. It was like a part three. It was called Red Door. It had something. It was a horror series. Oh, okay, yeah, I don't know that one, and the last one was called Red Door, where he had painted over the door and it was actually Red Door. He painted over black. Okay, it was just. It was one of those. It's a Rolling Stones fan.
Speaker 3:
Yeah, no, they have a brain like a chicken, bok bok but still.
Speaker 2:
But yeah, that's kind of the same mentality you just paint over and just move on.
Speaker 1:
So some other symptoms that you may. It may be PTSD and you don't know it, having nightmares or difficulty sleeping. A lot of people have insomnia. I'm part of a lot of groups on Facebook that deal with mental health, and I'm part of this insomnia support group that I kind of chime in on every so often.
Speaker 2:
The 3 am thing is just kind of new, well, but these people.
Speaker 1:
I'm telling you these, and here's the thing, and I have to take it with a little grain of salt, because this is what people are saying. I don't know what reality is, because I just read a post. I'm not kidding. Today, when I was in that group, they said I haven't slept in a month and I'm like, well, that's not true, because you'd be dead, right? Have you read, david?
Speaker 2:
King Insomnia. Well, I'm just saying.
Speaker 1:
So I always take that with a grain of salt, as far as okay. Yeah.
Speaker 3:
I'm sure you have insomnia, but you have slept in the last month or you wouldn't be posting here Just saying what are you people On dope?
Speaker 1:
That's why they haven't slept in a month. Right, yeah, they could be, you know. Or maybe they need dope, right, you know, take an edible or something I don't know, do something. I mean, if you here's the other thing, and I don't even know who this person is, I don't know. They're probably not listening so I can say this, but oh wait, kendra said no sound on.
Speaker 3:
Facebook Live. I already took care of it.
Speaker 1:
Oh, you got it. I just took care of it. I already took care of it. You're good, Matt.
Speaker 3:
Clean out your desk. You're gone Bye.
Speaker 1:
Good luck. I just saw it and I know it was like a half hour ago, so we're good. That totally threw me off. What was I saying?
Speaker 2:
You were about to tell us about somebody that had posted.
Speaker 1:
Oh yeah, somebody posted they hadn't slept in a month. Okay, that somebody that I posted oh yeah, somebody posted that and slept in a month, okay, listen, yes, I know you're exaggerating and I know, but but I don't doubt that you're dealing with something. Sure Doubt that you have some insomnia and some issues and that that was one of the big thing that that you know, especially having nightmares and I know the subconscious mind is a crazy place, as our, as an episode that we did 100 or 150 episodes ago. Clint Malarchuk the goalie yes, remember, he got his throat slit by a skate, yes, and almost died on the ice yeah, that's a traumatic event. Yeah, that's a traumatic event. And Clint Malarchuk, his quote, and I'm going to paraphrase because I don't have it in front of me Was it.
Speaker 1:
What going to paraphrase, because I don't have it in front of me, was it what? What in blazes are you talking about? I am listening to you no more so.
Speaker 1:
So anyway, he stated afterwards. He ended up recovering from that and then going into a deep depression again part of PTSD. And he said something that I use it all the time with my clients. He said my mind is a dangerous place. I never travel in my mind alone. That's why I have a therapist. I mean it's a profound statement because I've never heard it be put quite like that. Sure, it's a profound statement because I've never heard it be put quite like that Sure. So those of you who are having nightmares or difficulty sleeping, it could be something much deeper. So just be aware of that. All right, avoiding places or people that bring back unpleasant memories.
Speaker 2:
I want to dig into that a little bit more. Yeah, because you know personally. You know I've had a lot of things happen, sure, and there are certain times where I will go and visit certain areas and I'm like I can't, I just have to leave.
Speaker 1:
No, and that's your. I don't know if you call it your brain or your soul or whatever More of an auditory response.
Speaker 1:
Telling you that I just I don't feel right. I need to change my environment and, honestly, that that's a good. That's a good thing to do, because if you're somewhere and you don't feel comfortable, that that's your body telling you. I, I now it can be. To be fair, that can be taken to extremes where people just shut in and never leave their house. That's not healthy either. That's fair. But you have to listen to your. You have to listen to your mind and your body. All right Again.
Speaker 1:
And this leads into the next thing becoming isolated from family and friends. Right, if you're isolating and you don't want to deal with anyone and you have even some of these other symptoms, you could be a victim of PTSD. You could be experiencing that. So here's the thing we're going to go in and talk about the differences between adults and children and teens and how they react to PTSD. Okay, and then I'm also going to give you some specific things that you can do if you are suffering from some sort of trauma after the fact. All right, and that will be coming up in part two of dealing with trauma. Way to leave me hanging over here. I know, I know those of you on Facebook Live stay there, we're going to be right back. All right, before we go, we have our dog of the week.
Speaker 2:
Oh, yes, we do.
Speaker 1:
We do.
Speaker 2:
Who is it? Who would it be?
Speaker 1:
Betsy, betsy.
Speaker 2:
Okay.
Speaker 1:
Betsy is one of our dogs of the week Now. Betsy is not at Detroit Dog Rescue, she's actually at Woodhaven Animal Shelter.
Speaker 1:
Oh, okay, right in your neighborhood, right in my backyard. Yeah, betsy is still here. I just pulled it off their website today. Okay, this girl needs to be her a home. So here's the thing and I know this is a very specialized population that may do this, but I want to get Betsy a home. Okay, betsy is 14 years old and looking for a nice, warm place to retire. Senior dog, senior dog she is sweet, likes walks, pork chops and just to hang with her people. She likes pork chops.
Speaker 2:
Well, what dog wouldn't? I mean?
Speaker 1:
I'm just saying she's spayed, dewormed and currently with vaccines. Her adoption fee is now sponsored. She weighs about 60 pounds. Not sure how she is with cats. We don't recommend small children. If you have another dog, we would need to do a meet and greet to see if he would be amenable to it. Okay, to see if he would be amenable to it. Okay, she is it a female, it's a her. Yes, if you would like to meet her, please come to the shelter. Monday through Friday, 10 am to 3 pm. Appointment hours available.
Speaker 2:
Is there a photo of Betsy?
Speaker 1:
There is a photo of Betsy. I'm going to show it to you, all right. So here's the thing. And I know sets, it's very specific human quality. Let's say, okay, to take in a senior dog knowing that they're not going to be, might be a year, yeah, might be six months, might be two years, who knows. But but that need I, I and I've, I've, I've shared this with, with the other, the other adoption dogs that we've, we've shared with us. A lot of them have had maybe owners who passed away or somebody who can't take care of them anymore. And it takes a special human being to take a dog and knowing I'm going to love this dog for a year and then they're going to be gone, sure that that's tough. But Betsy's Betsy needs a home, all right. So here's Betsy, I'll show you a photo of her. So here's Betsy, I'll show you a photo of her.
Speaker 2:
Aw, she does not look 11. Well, the gray kind of shows the age.
Speaker 1:
A little bit.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, a little bit, but she does not look 11 years old, 14 years, and there's no information here that shows says what kind of breed she is.
Speaker 1:
So I don't know. You said 14 years. 14 years old, wow, yep, 14 years old, uh-huh. I'll hand that over to you, matt. You can take a closer look.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, I can see the grumpiness a little bit, yeah, that little gray.
Speaker 1:
I can see the grumpiness a little bit in the face.
Speaker 2:
Come on, she's adorable.
Speaker 1:
And I have to give credits, kendra. My wife sent me this one. Okay, she said I just saw this face and I just thought look at her, she's just like she just wants somebody to love her. Yeah, she does so anyway. Betsy at the Woodhaven Animal Shelter. Thank you for that. I'll give you the link and the number to contact them in the show notes, so check that out. Give Betsy a home, please. All right, folks, those of you on Facebook Live, stick around. We're going to be right back for episode number two, part two of Dealing With Trauma. Those of you listening, on whatever platform you're on, you can skip ahead to the next episode or wait till the next Tuesday or Thursday when it drops. In the meantime, change your thinking, change your life, laugh hard, run fast, be kind. We'll see you next time.
