The Complex Trauma Podcast
tekijä: Sarah Herstich
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Why Do I Keep Replaying Conversations? Rumination and CPTSD
Why Do I Keep Replaying Conversations? Rumination and CPTSD
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A podcast for anyone healing from complex PTSD, childhood emotional neglect, and the patterns you've been carrying without knowing what to call them.
Hosted by EMDR and somatic trauma therapist Sarah Herstich, each episode gets into nervous system healing, trauma responses, and what it actually takes to stop living in survival mode.
If you've spent years people-pleasing, apologizing for existing, or holding it together on the outside while unraveling on the inside, this is for you.
We talk about the fawn response, toxic shame, hypervigilance, and why your body still doesn't feel safe even when nothing bad is happening. No bypassing, no Band-Aids, just honest conversation about healing from complex trauma and getting your life back.
Whether you're just figuring out what CPTSD is or you've been in therapy for years, you'll find nervous system education, somatic practices, and someone who actually understands what you're going through.
New episodes every Wednesday.
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Uusimmat 20 jaksoa 153 jaksosta
- Why Do I Keep Replaying Conversations? Rumination and CPTSD · 34 min · Jakso 154Do you lie awake replaying a conversation from three days ago, rewriting what you said and wondering if they're mad at you? In this solo episode, I'm talking about rumination and…
- Why Do I Feel Worse After Therapy? EMDR and Complex Trauma · 40 min · Jakso 153Ever leave a therapy session looking totally fine, then spend the next three days clenching your jaw, snapping at everyone, and wondering if you’re just bad at therapy? Or find…
- What Greek Myths Reveal About Complex Trauma with Dr. Gillian O’Shea Brown · 47 min · Jakso 152Why do we keep reliving the same painful patterns, even when we can see them coming? In this episode, psychotherapist and complex trauma expert Dr. Gillian O’Shea Brown joins me…
- Is It a Part or Is It Dissociation? OSDD, DID, and CPTSD · 33 min · Jakso 151Everyone has parts. So how do you know when a part is just a part of you, and when it's crossed into a dissociative disorder like OSDD or DID? This episode came from a listener…
- Why Do I Want Two Opposite Things? Conflicting Parts in Complex Trauma · 26 min · Jakso 150Why can you feel lonely and then want everyone to leave you alone, or set a boundary and immediately want to take it back? Today, I explore why conflicting parts and…
- Grieving What You Never Had After Emotional Neglect · 42 min · Jakso 149How do you grieve a childhood you never had? If you grew up with childhood emotional neglect, you may have heard that grief is part of complex trauma recovery and still have no…
- How Narcissistic Abuse Shapes Self-Trust, Relationships and Complex Trauma with Amy Marlow-MaCoy · 45 min · Jakso 148What happens when you grow up learning that someone else’s needs, emotions, or version of reality matter more than your own? In this episode, I’m joined by Amy Marlow-MaCoy, MEd…
- Functional Freeze and Why You Feel Stuck Even When You’re Functioning · 29 min · Jakso 147You’re functioning. You may even be the person everyone relies on. But inside, you feel stuck, distant, or like you aren’t fully there for your own life. In this episode, I'm…
- The Longing to Be Understood in Complex Trauma Recovery · 24 min · Jakso 146You finally understand something about yourself. Something that took months of therapy to even name. And now you need someone else to get it too. This week we're talking about…
- Complex Trauma, Brain Fog, Memory & Focus Problems · 40 min · Jakso 145Why can you handle a crisis without blinking but completely blank when someone asks what you want for dinner? Brain fog, forgetfulness, trouble focusing, difficulty starting…
- Why Trauma Memory Gaps Don't Mean You Made It Up · 25 min · Jakso 144Maybe you barely remember your childhood. Maybe you've done years of trauma work, you're finally feeling better, and now you're wondering, was it really that bad? Did I make it…
- The Messy Middle of Nervous System Regulation · 15 min · Jakso 143This week's episode is a little different. Instead of something super polished, I'm giving you the real time version of my own messy middle. What dysregulation actually feels…
- Why Relationships and Connection Feel So Hard After Complex Trauma · 36 min · Jakso 142Why does connection feel so hard after complex trauma? You want closeness, but when someone gets too close, you pull away. You want support, but "I'm fine" comes out before…
- The Impact of Emotionally Immature Parents with Lindsay Gibson · 1 h 5 min · Jakso 141What is the real impact of growing up with emotionally immature parents? Dr. Lindsay Gibson, author of the bestselling Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, joins the…
- Why You Don't Know Who You Are After Complex Trauma · 35 min · Jakso 140If you've ever caught yourself wondering who you actually are underneath the anxiety, the people pleasing, or the version of you that shows up to keep everyone else comfortable…
- When Perfectionism Takes the Joy Out of the Things You Love · 28 min · Jakso 139Sometimes a hobby amplifies whatever relationship your nervous system has with uncertainty. If you've ever found yourself staring at a blank page, putting off a creative project…
- Somatic Therapy 101: The Nervous System Basics Behind Trauma Healing · 33 min · Jakso 138If you've ever wondered why insight alone hasn't been enough to heal your trauma, this episode is your answer. We're going all the way back to fundamentals with a real somatic…
- Why Your Nervous System Craves Certainty (And Why It Looks Like Control) · 19 min · Jakso 137Ever been called controlling? Too rigid? Too much? On today's episode I breaks down why it was maybe never about control. Your nervous system has maybe been trying to answer one…
- Emotional Flashbacks in Complex Trauma Explained · 37 min · Jakso 136Emotional flashbacks are one of the most common and most misunderstood experiences in complex trauma. Unlike visual flashbacks, they don't come with images or a clear memory…
- Complex Trauma and the Belief That You're a Burden · 21 min · Jakso 135Do you feel guilty every time you need something, even from people who love you? Do you find it easy to show up for everyone else but nearly impossible to let someone show up for…
