Brain Model of PTSD - Psychoeducation Video

I can see why I’m so bitter about the whole situation with my mom now, I see...

I have complex PTSD and this is exactly what traumatic memories are like. This was helpful because I usually forget the difference between the hippocampus and the amygdala.

As someone who suffers from PTSD through my workplace, this video made such sense to me. I could feel myself getting triggered whilst watching it as I was getting flashbacks as each stage was explained. This video brought me to tears

This video and its explanation is brilliant. Thank you!

Its like you looked inside my brain and read it like a book. I have been trying to explain how PTSD affects me but my family struggles to understand. This is the best explanation I've ever heard. Thank you...

My therapist showed me this at the start of my second ever session yesterday, here in Los Angeles. Thank you.

My doctor sent me...I'm glad I came. T.Y! HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

I have been diagnosed with Complex-PTSD. I have had it for decades. Recently, I have found relief through self administered EMDR. My traumatic memories have repeatedly come flooding back when triggered to be relived over and over. However, I can verbalize them and place them in time.

Please spread the word!!! Please Neurologists in all the world, come together and bring this world back in track again! I cannot find any therapist here who is familiar to these insights, no matter how clear i explain my childhood trauma

the more info i hear and get is going to help me in the long run.

Brilliantthank you. This has helped me to understand my complex ptsd perfectly....enough to know explain it to my family. Thank you

Excellent simple example! Thank you!!

I just saw this video in 2019. I truly hope you come back with more!

Great video, simple and concise! Thank u 😊

this explanation is so creative and helpful! i really like the aesthetics of the visualization and the way you speak. thank you

Thank you for making this!

The truck symbolism is helpful so I can attempt to explain some things to my loved ones. A huge struggle/frustration for me and my friends/family is how long and hard the process of getting ready to leave the house for simple activities is for me to accomplish. While performing those basic tasks, I get hit with memories of one trauma which snowballs into images and sensations from multiple traumatic experiences I've had . This snowballing feeling is just like that truck speeding towards you as u cross the street. Everything else I was thinking of, the tasks I need to do, and normal everyday thoughts of what I have to do that day, come to a screeching halt, as I am faced with the fight or flight survival feelings from my traumas. I can't ignore the mental truck(s) barreling towards me and continue my normal daily process of getting ready to leave my house. I have suffered with agoraphobia most of my life, in relation to the ptsd and physical chronic issues I have, but i am trying as hard as I can to fight to be able to live. I want so badly to be normal and get out of my house in a reasonable amount of time. It destroys me so deeply to go thru it every single day and more importantly, to put my loved ones thru it also, that part really gets to me. I never want my husband or children to have to deal with the stress of waiting for me or missing out on life like I've had to, it's not fair at all and that's why I will do anything to work on it and reason thru it and prioritize my thoughts and STAY GROUNDED IN THE PRESENT. It's one of the biggest struggles for me and it makes me feel so worthless and dumb sometimes to know it's so simple for most people and I cant seem to JUST GET OVER IT AND MOVE ON like I dream of. sorry for the rant. Lol. Thanks for the video, I related to and liked the analogies...obviously haha.

excellent video, thanks for making it!

Thank you that is so astute and succinctly articulated it perfectly described and set me on a scientific path of discovery regarding my own potential PTSD.

Thank you. I sent this to my Mom so you can better understand why I am how I am.