[0:00]If you or someone you love has ever experienced trauma, I'm a psychologist and I want you to imagine for a moment you have this wound and the pain is unbearable.
[0:09]So the most natural response is to keep it covered, hide it away.
[0:14]But inevitably, people brush past that wound and they have no idea the pain that it causes.
[0:20]All they see are these intense emotional responses. And to them, it just seems like an overreaction.
[0:26]And so to try and fit in and feel normal, you numb it.
[0:32]Maybe with drugs or alcohol or staying busy. And that works for now, but it doesn't let the wound heal.
[0:40]Part of healing is to recognize how that sensitivity and the intense emotions that come with it are not a fault in your personality. They're a reaction to that past trauma.
[0:51]And healing happens best when we're safe to open things up and take a look at what we're dealing with.
