I'm 78, knew I had blocked my childhood, and just discovered through Mom's journal that i was ritualistically abused when i was preverbal, 10 months to don't know when it ended - maybe 3. I can not believe how difficult therapy is. My mind seems to be ordered differently. Problems with sense of self, trust, attachment style, life long nightmares, terror- which is unrelenting-wanting to die, etc. I've been a mess all my life and blamed/hated myself. There is a part of me that I cant even look at for more than a millisecond because i hate her so much - she vile plus she hates herself even more. I just hope i live long enough to get it (me) sorted out. It is very hard to listen to this podcast but im making progress by taking days long breaks. It is very beneficial. Thank you Dr. H and Dr. Conti
Thank you for sharing your experience. I hope you are doing well and have found strength and a path to walk to change your relationship with yourself and the world around you. It was inspiring to hear your story.
Thank you for the inspiration! Sorry for your trauma. Sending love and prayers for you have many years to live truly authentically, after you get it all sorted!!🙏❤️love and light to you!!
Seriously, the shit some people did to thier kids. You never deserved that. In my imagination, I save you as a little baby and love and cherish you in the way you deserve to be loved. You are perfect and lovely. I know it is hard for you to see yourself this way. But your beauty and value is not based on how you were treated. Never stop walking down this healing path. You deserve to live in the beautiful present. ❤❤❤❤
I've listened to dozens (maybe hundreds) of Huberman podcasts - and I love them all - however I'd have to say this conversation has been the most impactful in my life. Andrew - if you're reading this, you are AMAZING. I am now more inspired to talk about my traumas and I DEEPLY appreciate Dr. Conti for sharing his expertise with us. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for helping millions of people.
I went through LIFT program of Tim Fletcher and it divided my life into before (existence) and after (total presence). I would recommend this program to everyone who really wants to heal and is tired of changing therapist who are just trauma informed. This is a crucial point missing in this interview that most therapist are not trauma TRAINED, but simply traumd INFORMED, thus they have no idea whatsoever how to help you. It would be really amazing to see Tim Fletcher in one of your interviews as he helped thousands of people to literally start their lives anew.
Yeah, I like Mr. Fletcher. I really appreciate how he separates out his faith based stuff from the other items. He has helped me, as someone that oscillates between atheist and agnostic, far more than maybe even my own psychologist and most other talented and well trauma trained and informed shrinks here on this platform. Thanks Dr. H, Conti, you fellow viewer, and Mr. Fletcher! ❤
Paul Conti has to be one of the most intelligent people I’ve ever had the pleasure of listening to. Everything here and in the mental health series was highlighted in an incredibly well structured and easy to understand manner. In my eyes, being able to convey such complex topics in a way for the layman to grasp it with ease, is true mastery of a field. Well done once again, Dr H and Dr Conti !
Thank you, Sir. I’m am a disabled veteran with ACES and CPTSD. I’m also a graduate level Education Psychologist, who always searching for new information and awesome research for veterans. This interview gives us hope! Say hello to the Stanford University Doctors and Fellows who work at the Palo Alto V.A. Medical center. They’ve been instrumental in my healing, quest for more learning and supportive mental health outcomes for our veterans as well as UCSF San Francisco does excellent work at the NICRE Center in the Bay Area. #SaluteDr.Huberman for all you do! Fan for life, Sir. 🗽 🇺🇸💪🏽😍 🧠
I've been crying for the past couple of days. Finally I gathered my focus and strength to listen to this episode and while I was taking my cold shower this morning I felt so much bliss and peace. I know that I have had a lot of trauma, I know that my mom had them too but I just realized that by continuously telling my mom that it was not her fault and by trying to make sense of it anyway I could I was actually fighting my traumas . Thank you for what you're doing for us, the humans you've never seen and probably never will. Thank you for your curious and inquisitive mind that is lighting our ways.
@nurdinihusnina843 I saw a therapist 4 times that's how much my insurance covers annually, not enough at all, barely scratched the surface.I try to read on my own, and learn as much as I can. I read Dr.Conti's book on trauma, it helped. I went on antidepressants (I live in Canada and my doctor saw me for 5 mins and that was it, but it helped a ton to at least think straight and not cry 10 times a day) Hope that helped.
It is incredible what you are doing for society. Truly helping individuals with science based data, truly helping people one person at a time. You sir are the type of people who have a tremendous effect on the world by changing lives one at a time in a positive way, each life touched will touch others, butterfly effect. You're single-handedly shaping the world into a better place.
I am his biggest fun!! I have learned so much since I discovered Dr. Huberman podcasts than my education in school in regards of science, biology itcis truly amazing 👏
I was just thinking the same! Words cannot express how much this knowledge has helped me to change my life. That what seemed impossible, I managed to pull myself out of. Like Baron Munchhausen pulling himself out of a swamp by the hair together with the horse. Dr. Huberman says he is not a doctor, but he is. He heals the world.
I almost didn’t watch this episode because I thought it would be a trigger for the trauma I’ve been through. I’m so glad I watched…thank you so much!!!
Standing ovation! Practicing licensed counselor in Ohio. This is how I think of and approach my work and my clients. THANK YOU for the message you send and work you do.
When I'm upset and feel I'm losing control over my negative thoughts, the almost only thing that helps me is journaling - writing down my feelings and thoughts helps me see things more clearly. Sometimes I get small insights when I label my feelings or reactions. Thank you for the video!
I love the pop up advising us on how to talk to eachother..We are still real people even tho we are not nearby. Thanks for that. Wanted to say, so hard not to spiral. Remember we are under incredible stress from all angles. Sounds like you got a handle on it. God bless
Thank you Dr. Huberman and Dr. Conti for such great & clear conversation. I hope Dr. Huberman will consider in the near future to invite Dr. William Samek PHD from Miami, FL to continue this conversation on trauma. Specially trauma after child sexual abuse. Dr Samek is a compassionate forensic Psychologist that specializes in treating the victims of sexual abuse as well as the predators . We need to continue to talk about this subject and stop the stigma. We must believe the victims and change the culture. Thanks again.
On the topic of sharing trauma and deep-seated issues that weigh on us: it is true that sharing is part of the solution, but I feel that therapists don’t mention enough that we should use discernment when confiding our deepest wounds. A good therapist can hold space for us and help diffuse the shame and guild that bind us; however, sometimes good friends/family members can be triggered by our traumas or, due to ignorance, they can even devalue the experiences shared. Always choose someone that makes you feel safe and heard, that doesn’t shy away from complex topics and isn’t tempted to quickly find a solution. No shade on Dr. Paul Conti here, a brilliant empathetic psychiatrist! Thank you so much to him and to you Andrew - I am beyond grateful to you!
once again, perfect timing. Ive been checking out Gabor Mat'e and he believes that trauma is at the root of most illnesses. especially autoimmune diseases. unresolved trauma kills and must be taken seriously. I can see many of my friends and family getting tossed around in life by the effects of childhood trauma, not knowing that its a real issue and may be able to be dealt with to some degree. there is no health without mental health.
I just left a comment suggesting an interview with him! So I'm not the only one who thought of him during this episode. His work is definitely very interesting.
Btw, There's a channel simply called: gerlach. He is so very insightful, and talks about the childhood trauma, and true self. I'll post a link separate from this comment
I've spent decades in a journey of personal growth. Beggining at age 19, I worked intensly with a therapist to overcome PTSD. I transitioned from healing to growth with each overlapping in the early years. Now in my 50s, I love myself and am living a life I cherish. 2 years of Prozac helped me at age 20. The guidance of a therapist, meditation, journaling, crying and learning self love were of more value to me than the Prozac. Dr. Huberman's guest offers much valuable advice, and I agree when he stated early in the podcast that we can heal and to be careful with what we use as tools to aid us. I am fortunate to have found strength, with these methods, to overcome the shame that bound me. Best wishes to everyone on their journey.
I've lived with a mental health disorder for over 4 decades, I've endured every type of abuse since the age of 4 and a number of very traumatic events. I learned more from this episode than the myriad therapists, prescription drugs and psychiatrists I've seen and used over 40 years. Dr. Conti was and is a rarity in his field as is this podcast!! I thank you!!
Huberman's interviewing skills are phenomenal. The timing and types of questions raised drive the conversation to produce invaluable content. Goes without saying, this works in large part due to the wonderful experts Huberman has invited, like Dr. Paul Conti, to publicly discuss and share their knowledge.
Wow! As someone who has been dealing with severe childhood trauma and the mental health system for over 35 years, THIS GUY KNOWS HIS STUFF! One of my psychiatrists was more interested in assigning DSM labels and prescribing drugs to me than listening to my story. The pharmaceutical conglomerates take advantage of peoples suffering and make people addicted to their drugs. Feeling heard, validated and like you matter is what helps most. Also finding meaning in your life through a true passion to focus on. Thank you Paul 🙏
Gentlemen, you are my soul brothers. I have been a pharmacist for over 35 years, board certified Geriatric Pharmacist since 2015. When I began my career, medications were prescribed because of their mechanisms of action, as opposed to being “risk reducers”. For example, we did not need randomized double planned placebo controlled clinical trials showing non-inferiority of morphine to a placebo for pain relief. Long story short, Technology and medical knowledge has exploded over the past two decades, and it always seems like we’re chasing this nebulous thing called risk reduction as opposed to quality of life. I so appreciate your work, and you Dr H , have literally saved my life. It’s a very long but good story, perhaps I will email you. Thanks so much for all that you do and more importantly who you are.
My son has finally accepted that he needs help. I am so grateful. I've listened to the podcasts that are relevant to his situation and it has been so helpful to have a view that is grounded in human behaviour and science. All I can say is thank you.
thank you so much. this episode (and the grief one) i imagine might have less viewers than other topics but are SO incredibly valued by us who need and want it! All your content is fantastic .. but episodes of this sort help people who need it most. youre a good man Andrew. thanks again sir !
The small changes I've been able to make in my life from this podcast are so impactful. I don't think any of us can say enough how incredibly grateful we are for you and the content you put out! Thank you!
I’m in tears!! Going to take the plunge and volunteer to attend addiction and mental health center provided by my employer. IM READY!! Thank you so much Andrew. Huge crush on you! Innocent , just love how smart and how much u care about your content. God bless you!!
Conti is beyond amazing. I have an empowerment program based on my trauma and the events that relived it in me, decades later and Contis way of understanding trauma is so succinct, apt and resonated within me and how I aim to teach others how to understand and move thru their own trauma. And I mean trauma that changed the way we ARE, how we think, feel, express, live, love ... our ways of being that we as a species are learning to ask about more n more and thus leads to such a deeper understanding of our ways of being and opens us to our higher awareness and endless potential. Thank u Huberman, for ur amazing qs and guests and for sharing ur personal insights, too
More often than not, regarding questions I could only fantasise about having the words to articulate them have been eloquently laid out podcast to podcast as well as descriptive in defining my own confusion around a matter and giving me clarity. Truly effective, insightful and gratifying to be touched by the efforts of someone I dont know and can watch this for free. SIncerely grateful. And I also agree with your comment 100 percent.
One hour - which I’ve already repeated 3 times - into this podcast and I am already struck with realization deep inside me by what has been explained and said. THIS has just unlocked everything inside me which was hidden in plain sight for decades under fear, guilt, shame and self destruction. The relief you both already brought to my mind is out of everything I have ever experienced. Thank you both so much for this, my gratitude will always be with you! I am looking forward to see the rest of this precious work. Again, thank you so much for this!
That is the most osteopathic psychiatrist I have heard! Lovely to hear the whole person approach and viewing medicines as a component of healing instead of the only solution.
Many thanks to Dr. Conti for this discussion. Truly grateful for the tools presented here. It’s very helpful in the ways this podcast provides protocols for healing and mitigating stressors that would otherwise overwhelm our ability to function. What would also be a really helpful accompaniment to episodes like this is how one can recognize when they are the stressor, how to know what triggers them and when they are triggered, how in those moments they can engage autonomic control instead of allowing it to manifest in destructive ways. I can attest to how brutally heartbreaking it is to see a wee child so riddled with fear that they’re trapped inside themselves because they have a parent or caregiver who can’t control their anger when they most need to. And not just children, even as adults all the stress mitigation protocols in the world aren’t going to prevent trauma until we deal with those who would perpetrate trauma. Desmond Tutu in his infinite wisdom once said “There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they are falling in.” Take us upstream, ADH.
I've never heard of Dr. Paul Conti before but after listening to this podcast, he's completely changed my outlook on my own future. Both these men are extremely intelligent, professional, and it's clear to me they are passionate about helping people on the deepest level. Thank you Andrew for having this Dr. on the show. You deserve 100M subs, minimum.
I tried therapy off and on for over 25yrs. It always left me feeling retraumatized. I didn't carry guilt for the abuse and neglect I experienced. I just felt/feel worthless because I was treated as if I had no value. Talking about it just felt like reliving it.
Hey, there’s a woman on RUclips who teaches about CPTSD and talks about how for some people , talking about it sometimes makes it worse :) She teaches a practice of writing down fears and resentments and then meditating instead of talking, and her channel has been a really great resource. It’s called The Crappy Childhood Fairy It’s helped me finally understand many of the thing’s I struggle with. Anyway hope to helps X
@@LS-kw2og Thanks! Ya I like her. Found her a couple years ago. I think many ppl diagnosed with CPTSD, PTSD, HSP, ADD and even some lighter spectrum disorders have a lot of crossover symptoms. I tend to think there is no typical diagnosis. Psychiatry had to label us to simplify their ability to treat. Everyone gets put in a box. Easy. In reality we are all people with wide ranging but basic, or critical, unmet needs.
@@LS-kw2og She's really cool. But for me, the focus on romantic relationships sometimes feels beside the point, for me personally. But I'm about to figure out her "daily practice" (free resource, folk s). I feel like I'm already doing a lot of it haphazardly so it's wonderful that Anna has made a structured self healing map for others.
I have had a similar experience and I’m going to try a new type of therapy called “rapid response therapy”. Try reading up on it. the whole idea is that you can heal without having to re-live the trauma or talk about it in detail. Again, I have not done it yet, but I’m going to soon.
A therapist can only take clients as far as he/she can go or has gone in healing and growth. Those therapists who are merely sublimating thru the act of their jobs usually stick rigidly to one methodology and one type of patient. I've been in the profession for 32 years - gotta meet the client where they are and move forward from there. Lots of wisdom in this podcast. Thank you.
And *refer out* when there’s other &/or additional help for the needs of the client! I wasted so much time with an incompetent counselor. The client shouldn’t be seen as a gravy train.
Thank you, Dr. Huberman and Dr. Conti! Great interview! When I heard Dr. Conti say, "The Limbic System does not care about the clock or the calendar.", I shrieked and began sobbing! I know my life has been chaotic from birth and am becoming aware that traumas are involved, but I don't know why I have no internal sense of time. Time perception (and lack thereof) is now a major focus for my personal research. I just bought your book on Audible and hope that solving my trauma issues may also solve my time perception problems. Thank you both soooo much! Keep up the good work! Love, joy and blessings to all. Namasté
What an amazing and timely episode. One key question that I found missing is: "what does healed trauma look like? Is it ever fully healed?" Would have been very insightful to include in your conversation. Any chance of getting back on this?
The book by Bessel van der Kolk talks about trauma as having a beginning and an end...it seems that all of these free, science-based protocols such as eating and sleeping well, taking into account our opportunity to maximise our circadian rhythm; hot and cold exposure protocols; breathwork, including the physiological sigh, etc., all of these tools can equip or train us to manage the negative effects of trauma and to move past it. It also equips us to handle it effectively in the future.
I would say if you're not afraid of the memories or the feelings or the physical pain from it, then you're healed as it has no impact over you anymore. Memories trigger reactions, but they're "just" memories.
It highly depends. If it's CPTSD going back to childhood, with other comorbid serious disorders (i.e., dissociative disorders; addictions), it can take a long time. Sometimes it can be so disabling, one cannot even work anymore. And even if the trauma isn't primarily the upset anymore, if one had a mental breakdown or several, the nervous system is just a wreck. You're still at its mercy, but can go through different levels & modes of healing. But it takes a lot of effort, consistently, over up to & including decades to heal/integrate. Your psychological landscape can change, you may start to be a completely different person in many ways. But it's also dependent: do you have support, family, friends, how major your stressors are... Loneliness is a killer for some.
@@Flusterette I also struggle with these issues and I’ve found lack of resources and support have made it extremely difficult to heal not being able to change the environment due to the housing crisis inflation has been so traumatizing for many people in itself losing your homes not able to eat being separated from children because people can’t afford to pay rent or eat anymore when you’re living in poverty on disability it has become impossible financially most people in this situation are homeless and lost everything and didn’t deserve this it’s only because of the series of unfortunate circumstances that followed Covid this alone has left many experiencing trauma over and over again because of the circumstances that are out of their control and that’s not to mention that most of the people in this situation have already experienced childhood traumas abuse domestic violence sexual etc.. and haven’t had a chance to heal from them traumas and then a situation like this happens causing homelessness and losses unimaginable and it’s all out of our control at the moment sometimes it feels like trauma is life and asking yourself will it ever change or how do you heal when you’re still experiencing trauma on a regular basis?? Idk life is sad right now not many resources available here at the moment but I try and stay hopeful that someday thing’s will change for us 🙏💜💞
Professor Huberman, no words can express my gratitude for your podcasts, the content, and all the scientists you invite. Thanks to you and all your guests, the world is a better place. I work as an operatic singer.Your podcasts inspired me to study health sciences. At 48, I realized I needed it to continue my education. By following your protocols, I scored A's in all my semester exams at the university. Thank you for everything.
I like my cannabis script for PTSD atm, but am nearly at the end of our daily relationship. It's been two years since complex PTSD diagnosis and treatment. It has been AWESOME walking through all things neuroscience with HBL and his exquisite guests, and I've felt so safe and empowered in my education and application of therapies, thanks in part to this perfect relationship I have with Professor H. You are the only man I enjoy beach walks in that you talk and I listen. The science is spectacular in insightful questionings. Thanks HBL. You're the right man for the right job at the right time for humanity x
Finally!!!!! People who have the balls to discuss the handcuffs Pharma puts on ‘our’ medical system. And- the complicity of medical professionals. Conti says it in his nice voice- but he says it.
Thank you. This was such a profound episode to listen to as I was resting after a clinical Ketamine treatment for CPTSD. I appreciated how Dr. Conti explained trauma and how to heal in such simplified and easy to understand terms. Great episode 🙏🏼
I also suffer from CPTSD. My father unexpectedly and suddenly drooped dead in front of me at 15. I grew up with a mother who is physically and emotionally abusive, since I was a child. My best friend died from cancer days before her 30th birthday. And my boyfriend of four years, by one safe constant, walked out the door to go to work, and never came home. This grief and sadness bringing up so many abandonment issues, and I just cannot seem to move forward. I have to pick myself up and get another job, I cannot pay rent in a couple weeks. I’m wondering if a ketamine therapy session would be beneficial for something like this. I don’t even know where to begin. I feel like I’ve been surviving since I was a teenager, but for the first time in my life, I’m completely lost and just so grief stricken.
Awesome podcast! I know I’m not the only middle aged man who had father who never dealt with his own issues then he put it on me! I was lucky, he died more than 20 years ago, but it has taken me all these years, and probably many more to deal with my resentment toward him, remorse over the way I acted based on my upbringing, etc. thanks again for the podcast.
I worry about my teen, he’s obviously struggling inside because his dad is a malignant narcissist and very verbally abusive. I try to explain it to him but he’s only 15 😢
@@AJLORACLE Hopefully you've already left the father because I know from experience that as a teen with that type of father changes you for the worst. The only way out is through actually wanting to change within. I know from experience. I just got lucky that I met the right friend group during my youth. But many are not and will make mistakes they will regret.
@@chroniclesoftheunknowm oh I left him when my son was a baby, hopefully with my guidance and love I can steer him through the pain of having a narcissistic parent. My mother abandoned me at like 4, but kept me in her life for supply when it suited her. She didn’t even tell me who she “thought” my dad was until I was in my late 20’s! I’ve been surrounded with all kind of narcs all my life, started learning and healing mid 30’s and by the time I was early 40’s I had eradicated them all from my life…… there is hardly anyone left, but I am more at peace now than any other point in my life! At least my son has my love, support and the mother I so desperately yearned for as a child ❤️ He’s 16 today! Fingers crossed 🤞 by the time he’s 20 he will probably see him for who he is. I just got to let him go through the process, it hurts me that he hurts him….. because his dad still tries to hurt me for leaving him! 15 years on! 😂
Hubey and Conti, you beautiful men. It's super-encouraging to be in an era when men can discuss and present such delicate information that benefits the human race. That was possibly as serotonergic and as dopaminergic as Huberman's noted MDMA research experience. I hope you two embraced before y'all bailed.
Psychological Gold! This should be taught in every masters program in the Nation for future Addiction Counselors and Therapists. This would have been helpful in Grad School.
Good timing on this one. I was just released from jail yesterday on a 12 hour hold after getting my 2nd DWI in as many months. The guilt and shame i’m feeling is tremendous. I just want to get better and quit alcohol for good. It has done nothing good for me.
I feel you. So many of the programs the courts and our society will suggest are based on guilt/shame so that we don’t go back to substances. Rather, I found it helpful to seek a program that was based on empowerment and self-reliability. There are so many treatment options out there these days. Finding your fit will take time and energy, but it’s worth it!
Read the naked mind, alcohol explained, the easy way to control alcohol ( free audio on RUclips) should help you immensely, coming from a 25 yr exdrinker..9 months sober, good luck.
I have so much respect for Dr Paul conti. His words of wisdom around treating with medications was so refreshing. To hear reiterated that trauma should be treated with other humans and can’t be fixed with a pill. Thank you
I love Huberman Lab and broadcasts. It really offers a very productive moment to think and grow. I have heard that when we picture a horrible outcome such as someone is going to do something really bad to upset me, or telling myself "horror stories" that don't exist, if you will. I have heard that it is intellectual fear that is generated by the amygdala doing what it does - keeping us safe. But, the problem is that when my amygdala starts firing off on an intellectual level, what it is showing me does not exist. It's all in my head. So, understanding it through that scope for me, has helped me to stop reacting. Or, most of the time being paralyzed by something that isn't real. And, I can go forward instead and try to replace that thought with thoughts about something really great happening. Instead of repeating fears to myself.
I’ve watched many of your podcasts and this one is one my absolute favorites. Thank you Dr. Huberman and Dr. Conti for this incredible gift to the public. I have shared your interview with my two daughters (in their 20’s) one of which is a therapist in her first year of private practice as a therapist. So grateful to you both!!
i endured grief for a number of years, crying is definitely key, glad you encourage that and that dr. conti does too. confronting emotions is key to survival... even if it makes you look weak; you cannot change the past, or predict the future, but you are 100% in control of your emotions ALWAYS. Whenever you feel the need to cry, cry. A person can only accept their circumstances & the way they feel... and i appreciate that this is a talk that communicates the difficulties of going through how trauma rewires a person's brain and the various levels of grief that one has to go through to keep moving forward. Acceptance is key to moving forward to a feeling of accomplishment. ty for sharing!
No greater beauty exists, perhaps, than that which sparks when purpose, intellect and generosity meet. What truly beautiful people you both are. Can't wait to read Dr. Conti's book. Thank you, Dr. Huberman, for bringing so much wisdom into our lives.
Just to note an obvious point which I don’t think was raised: Shame arises when we feel *exposed* as inadequate, weak, helpless, and powerless. In other words, it’s the feeling that one falls short of one’s ideal/how we see ourself. It’s saying to yourself ‘I’m not worthy and now everyone knows it’. Sometimes it’s deflected and manifests as other emotions like anger. It’s perhaps then easy to see how it arises from a traumatic event, which by definition devalues/dehumanises. Great conversation as always! Thank you for covering this fascinating topic.
Thank you for having Dr. Conti. He gave me so much insight. What a great man. Thank you for your deep and straight forward questions. I am grateful for this interview.
this channel deserves 7 billion subscribes. In France few doctors know about this. No specialist can really help you. Only you know yoursel as long as you cultivate introspection without getting selfish and working on external arts and observing the world around. So far the best channel ever seen :)
I heard the first time about you, during a very difficult and heavy episode of insomnia. I watched your video about sleep and exposure to the morning light. it changed my life! Since then you are part of our daily life at home, we mention you as a trusted source and a dear family member who cares. Also, as some other comments mentioned the topics are so on point and useful in the path, interests and personal development that I go through. Having listened to your personal story as well, I really admire your person, your work and passion. may you be blessed by having the opportunity to continue doing what you seem to like and brings so much value to so many lives, mine included :)
I've have healed myself from a lifetime of abuse which started at 2. I have used plant medicines, EFT tapping, writing Fuck you and forgiveness letters and scripting. Thank you for this video 🙏✨💖
@@leonardobanuelos5229 I've been working with Ayahuasca, Yopo and Kambo and Bufo. My very first night of Aya got me off Heroin however I continued with my healing with the medicines until I found my own ways and techniques to continue my healing without the medicines.
People say that the internet and social media are dumbing down society. But the Huberman podcast has 1.1M subscribers and is a direct rebuttal to those negative nellies.
WOW!!! I've gone and ordered Trauma... The best interview! Thank you for being vulnerable and sharing Andrew,and thank you to Paul for all the wisdom. If only our world leaders were of this vain. An example to us all, heal yourself, heal the world. Much Appreciation.
I just bought his book! I really hope this is helpful for me. Trauma defines my life and I want to move forward and actually live. Thank you for your work, supporting people affected by trauma and thank you for your interest in science!
Watching HubermanLab videos makes wannna build the first bot in my life and this bot function will be to send appreciation and thank you notes to Andrew Huberman for the work he’s doing. It’s really amazing that we get such content for free! Hats off to You Andrew 🙏
What a wonderful interview. Paul has such a gentle and eloquent way of expressing his thoughts. The brain and its ability to change through neuroplasticity is fascinating. 🧠
This is phenomenal! I love when people explain the amazing adaptability of the brain to the environment and how that can ill suit the modern world. This is less moral judgement and garbage psychology and more science. Trauma is a biological response that can be processed and healed! Thank you Dr Huberman and Dr Conti!
Paul Conti is a blessing. Such a humble person! So much insight to gain here. Thank you so much Andrew! Trauma is probably one of the most important topics to talk about. We are basically all more or less directly or indirectly impacted..
I am dedicated to regularly tuning in to his podcast, either weekly or almost every day. One of my goals is to continuously learn and enhance myself, and I find immense value in the conversations between Dr. Andrew Huberman and Dr. Paul Conti. Their back-to-back discussions delve into the realms of inner self-care and mindfulness, making this series a must-watch for anyone seeking helpful tools in these areas.
For the record, I've been in therapy for many years on and off, and most counselors and insurers only do once a week for 45min to an hour. Unless you have amazing insurance or lots of extra money to spare intensive therapy is not an option for the average person.
I agree, I went to a spiritual advisor after years of traditional therapy. I’d be happy to refer you to her because she does things through zoom but I don’t think it’s super important. The important thing is is that we have the power to heal ourselves. You need to find someone or some thing or perhaps yourself that you believe in. You can totally heal yourself. What we believe, is. What you believe is not, is not. I believe superman is an amazing speaker and has a super hot body. 😂❤️. I think this is probably a very serious subject so I better straighten up. Maybe this is just my way of dealing with my trauma. Thank you for letting me take your space. God bless you. I know you’re a super beautiful human. 💋
I also suffer from CPTSD. My father unexpectedly and suddenly drooped dead in front of me at 15. I grew up with a mother who is physically and emotionally abusive, since I was a child. My best friend died from cancer days before her 30th birthday. And my boyfriend of four years, by one safe constant, walked out the door to go to work, and never came home. This grief and sadness bringing up so many abandonment issues, and I just cannot seem to move forward. I have to pick myself up and get another job, I cannot pay rent in a couple weeks. I know I need therapy because I am stuck right now. But I really cannot afford the $150 out-of-pocket that they are charging especially since I just lost my roommate flash live in boyfriend and now I have to come up with the total amount of rent and bills in just a couple weeks on very little income. I’m not sure what I’m supposed to do. I’m feeling so isolated, grief, stricken and stuck, and if something doesn’t change soon, the outcome is not going be good.
Most fabulous invitation into the realms of trauma and the good will and great res[ect exhibited here and offered to all of us listeners who are swimming n the many seas of the human experience and human brain. These podcasts are s service that is of the highest to us all and certainly to those of us struggling with so many of the details, insights , epth of field(s) covered in your most powerful and accessible interviews. Thank you for your Love. It is truly felt, Dr. H.
I learned about emotional neglect trauma at the end of last year after 10 years of research. I always felt I didn't have any real trauma as my physical needs were always met but I had no idea how to feel or express my emotions and felt this persistent stuck/numb feeling. I discovered that somatic therapy was the type I really needed in order to learn how to process and understand what my emotions are telling me. The progress is slow but steady which is awesome
@1:00:17 through 1:02. My trauma was being raped from age 7 until 15 when I finally had the courage to say something. My first memories are fear and terror. I definitely have a high tolerance for being manipulated and emotionally abused mainly because I’ve always had the nagging feeling that I’m the one that wrong. I have been in counseling every decade of my life since my 20’s “working harder” to overcome has been my life’s manta. I don’t understand why however I am mentally strong in spite of it all. Your comment of working more caused me to reflect. Working harder just filled my time and void from feeling the pain of little reciprocation and connection in my core relationships. I was working hard to “earn” place and heart space that I generously gave in every business and relationship. From your perspective do our brains actually need healthy people connections? Or is that just a fantasy? Now in my 50’s setting boundaries has reduced my connections to just a few. Would love to hear your perspective!
*Dear Dr Andrew Huberman!* *You are so amazing.* I will have so much work watching the vast amount of your podcasts in the future. Tomorrow I will have the biggest academic exam in my life (the bachelor defence). As you once said about the curiosity - we all are sometimes curious about the outcome and result and that's the definition of a curiosity. That's all I have to say and write for now. You have already achieved so much and you will achieve incredibly much in the future! *Thank you for reading!*
For most of my life I ignored and denied the hurt and pain from past trauma and relied on work, relationships and busyness to stay in denial. I was afraid of losing control and going crazy "if I got lost in pain and didn't know how to get back to normal". Now grown, I am free to journal and express my past and current emotions and thoughts daily. Thank you for this podcast and providing clarification on this topic. God bless you!
Free methods: write the event out as a story, but change the ending, have the version of yourself do the thing you wish you could do, or have your current self help the younger version who experienced the event. - A great Neuro linguistic approach, pretend to watch the event like it is a movie, sit in the back of the theatre, change the event to black and white, fast forward, rewind the screen, hear silly music. This changes how your brain remembers, distances from the event. - meditate daily, teach yourself how to calm down (so you can think and feel at the same time) , learned this from Andrew Huberman, do sniff, sniff, sigh to reset stress response, then just seek to forgive and let go after you have processed the event. If you can afford therapy, look for someone certified in EMDR or who is skilled in Internal Family Systems (parts work).
Another PHENOMENAL podcast, thank you so very much!! The content is so helpful, useful and easy to understand - not an easy thing to do! You inspire me so much and your shared knowledge and wisdom allows me and my family to live better lives.
I cannot describe how much these podcasts have helped me take action in my life. Both the goals and habits pods have *finally* helped me to get into a consistent routine & feel good about it. All of your information about mental health and neuroscience has helped me understand myself and others in ways I never thought possible. Thank goodness you exist and have a global platform, what an amazing time to be alive. Love your latest episode with Lex Fridman, too. And Lex's conversation with Karl Deisseroth is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. Thanks for the introduction to all these magnetic, innovative and oh-so human experts as well!
Such an enriching episode, all around about trauma/the root causes of mental health, it was so well questioned and explained, knowledgeable, wise, informative. Most importantly, it's so clearly and truthfully communicated interview and rare. Huberman asks great questions. Dr. Conti is a gift and pioneer, a desperately needed example in this entire field of health, esp. mental health that is not openly spoken about. THANK YOU.
This is one of the most engaging and captivating episodes about trauma, shame, guilt and the subject of therapy and psychotropic medications. Andrew, you ask the questions we want to ask but you articulate them with much clarity and substance. I’m a huge fan of all your podcasts. Thank you for your generosity.
I would say I have experienced two major traumas. The last one a few years ago and the first one as a child. The experience of the second brought the first one back up, and I don't know if the experience helped me more or made the condition worse. Time goes by and I'm still nibbling away at it. My performance has diminished, but my will and zest for life are still there. Unfortunately, I have become a bit more lonely than I used to be when I was in the prime of my creative powers (and had successfully repressed my first trauma). My environment is rather not so psychology affine and ignores the traumatic experience. This episode is like a balm for my soul, an enrichment for me. Thank you both!
You are my guru. I am blown away by your quality and quantity of knowledge. I have been transformed by this talk. I thank you both. I feel like I am cracking open my brain and being able to see a new dimension of myself and my past. I am writing furiously ever since. I commend you both on the service you both are performing with this talk. Mr. Rogers first changed the way I view myself with his gentle kind words of encouragement. I now can say two other men have rocked my world with kindness and compassion. I thank you both for your extensive knowledge and concise and clear presentation. Cheers
Thank you two genii for addressing prescription drugs. My therapist says there are no studies that show any benefits of long-term use (six months of more..?) of antidepressants. Thanks also for acknowledging pharmaceutical company's role in providing access, and for encouraging us to take our mental health into our own hands to the degree that we can. Therapy is like a PT for my mind, but the awesomeness is when I process a current perceived trauma effectively by myself.
Thank you, Professor Huberman. I just listened to the episode with Dr. Conti on trauma. I am a patient with Stage IV Acral Melanoma (cancer in lymph nodes, lungs, bones, and liver) who has been in full remission (I.e., complete response) for almost a year while continuing treatment in a UCSF clinical trial. With the advent of immunotherapies and targeted therapies, there will be more and more patients like me who may live long periods of time after previously terminal diagnoses. This episode was so powerful in thinking about the shame of getting cancer as a “healthy” person, the trauma of being told you may die and then subsequently that you will likely live, the guilt of living while others die, and the power of this society’s reaction to cancer. My oncologist is a miracle of a human being and scientist. Yet even he, rightfully, is focused on the majority of his patients who will succumb to this disease, and how to extend their lives and ease their pain. As I said, there will be more and more of me as the miracles of science unfold. Episodes like this will help us process what we have experienced and come out stronger and more vulnerable human beings (society thinks that happens as a flip of the switch when you hear good news about your cancer prognosis). Thanks again.
3 or 4 mind blowing moments in this conversation- took copious notes. 🤯 so well prepared too. This is a MUST listen (and listen again) and I shared it with all my close ones. Thank you so much to Dr Huberman and his team for the phenomenal work
Excellent episode. The late psychoanalyst Steven Mitchell said that the choice of therapist is more important than the choice of spouse, and although I'm pretty sure he intended this statement as hyperbole, he made a point. Being a psychotherapist for 30+ years, I completely agree with Dr. Conti regarding therapy for trauma taking time (not a "quick fix") which results in those of us who practice psychodynamically being in adversarial positions pushing against insurance companies that require a diagnosis code making the disorder "medically necessary" in order for the patient to be reimbursed, and limit the number of sessions. As a result, fewer and fewer therapists are accepting insurance (which usually pay much less than the therapist's full fee) making the kind of long-term therapy Dr. Conti speaks of unfortunately unaccessible to all but those who can afford it. Most therapists I know have one or two pro bono patients, and/or work on a sliding scale in order to balance our desire to help those who need help with the need to make a living wage.
Well as a client of therapy here in Australia I thankyou on behalf of those you help. Different system here but still difficult to navigate financially. I started a few years ago with cbt talk and have moved to psychodynamic post sobriety recently. It's hard work but I was ready. It took a few years to be ready. 👍
I wish you good luck! Therapy when you’re motivated and have a good therapist is a great (and sometimes difficult ) adventure. And don't drink, no matter what! Congratulations on quitting drinking!👏🏻
@@prmft94123thankyou, very kind. Yes I understand the triggers and now the mechanism to drink. Avoidance of the challenging emotions and issues. Sobriety affords me the clarity and courage to embrace the challenge so I may be the dad I want to be. It's a beautiful experience. Thanks again 👍
Dr. Paul Conti's insights carry a lot weight given his own personal experience and expertise in psychiatry and psychology. Thanks very much for the podcast. Great questions asked! I really appreciate the fact that Paul shares with us about his own traumatic experience. It's imaginably not something easy to do but that just shows how human-centric he is. I can't agree with him more about self-care. Going back to the basics (what nature endows with us) most often works wonders.
I love this episode. And, I wish people like Dr. Conti would work with the court system where so many children and adults wind up as a result of abuse.
This is incredibly valuable to me and where I am in healing me trauma. I am deeply grateful to live in a time where your work is available to someone like me 🙏🏻 Thank you!
I found this podcast so helpful. Thank you. An idea that I find intriguing is to explore what happens in our brains when we do art, any creative endeavours. I notice that when I am creative, I have so much positive energy and it can be good therapy. It often feels so good to break out of schedules and just let the spontaneity come.
Thank you so much. Can you please make a video on dealing with failure. Academic failure, feeling of not giving your 100%, the guilt associated with it. Trauma of not achieving your dreams. Something that can't be undone unless go you back in time
Thank you Dr Huberman for all that you provide. I am in recovery from drugs and alcohol and loved the Anna Lembke episode(just received her book). Seeking knowledge is a coping mechanism that is helping me in my sobriety, and in that sense I have to thank you for being a piece of the puzzle helping me and many others grow in our lives. God bless you.
I'm 78, knew I had blocked my childhood, and just discovered through Mom's journal that i was ritualistically abused when i was preverbal, 10 months to don't know when it ended - maybe 3. I can not believe how difficult therapy is. My mind seems to be ordered differently. Problems with sense of self, trust, attachment style, life long nightmares, terror- which is unrelenting-wanting to die, etc. I've been a mess all my life and blamed/hated myself. There is a part of me that I cant even look at for more than a millisecond because i hate her so much - she vile plus she hates herself even more. I just hope i live long enough to get it (me) sorted out. It is very hard to listen to this podcast but im making progress by taking days long breaks. It is very beneficial. Thank you Dr. H and Dr. Conti
Thank you for sharing your experience. I hope you are doing well and have found strength and a path to walk to change your relationship with yourself and the world around you. It was inspiring to hear your story.
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Thank you for the inspiration! Sorry for your trauma. Sending love and prayers for you have many years to live truly authentically, after you get it all sorted!!🙏❤️love and light to you!!
Seriously, the shit some people did to thier kids. You never deserved that.
In my imagination, I save you as a little baby and love and cherish you in the way you deserve to be loved. You are perfect and lovely.
I know it is hard for you to see yourself this way. But your beauty and value is not based on how you were treated.
Never stop walking down this healing path. You deserve to live in the beautiful present. ❤❤❤❤
I've listened to dozens (maybe hundreds) of Huberman podcasts - and I love them all - however I'd have to say this conversation has been the most impactful in my life. Andrew - if you're reading this, you are AMAZING. I am now more inspired to talk about my traumas and I DEEPLY appreciate Dr. Conti for sharing his expertise with us. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for helping millions of people.
I second that.
Same
absolutely couldn't agree more!
Paul Conti is on another level. I also love Gabor Maté for trauma knowledge and just humble healing support!
Thank you so much. Paul Conti is brilliant and has so much empathy.
Dr Conti is so clear & thorough on every question raised to him. A true professional. And Andrew is doing God's work as usual.
Conti is what Peterson dreams of in the night.
Its very affirming to hear anwsers for complex issues.
"Crying is one of the best coping mechanisms we have"...love that. Very true.
I went through LIFT program of Tim Fletcher and it divided my life into before (existence) and after (total presence). I would recommend this program to everyone who really wants to heal and is tired of changing therapist who are just trauma informed. This is a crucial point missing in this interview that most therapist are not trauma TRAINED, but simply traumd INFORMED, thus they have no idea whatsoever how to help you. It would be really amazing to see Tim Fletcher in one of your interviews as he helped thousands of people to literally start their lives anew.
Yeah, I like Mr. Fletcher. I really appreciate how he separates out his faith based stuff from the other items. He has helped me, as someone that oscillates between atheist and agnostic, far more than maybe even my own psychologist and most other talented and well trauma trained and informed shrinks here on this platform.
Thanks Dr. H, Conti, you fellow viewer, and Mr. Fletcher! ❤
Paul Conti has to be one of the most intelligent people I’ve ever had the pleasure of listening to. Everything here and in the mental health series was highlighted in an incredibly well structured and easy to understand manner. In my eyes, being able to convey such complex topics in a way for the layman to grasp it with ease, is true mastery of a field. Well done once again, Dr H and Dr Conti !
Thank you, Sir. I’m am a disabled veteran with ACES and CPTSD. I’m also a graduate level Education Psychologist, who always searching for new information and awesome research for veterans. This interview gives us hope! Say hello to the Stanford University Doctors and Fellows who work at the Palo Alto V.A. Medical center. They’ve been instrumental in my healing, quest for more learning and supportive mental health outcomes for our veterans as well as UCSF San Francisco does excellent work at the NICRE Center in the Bay Area. #SaluteDr.Huberman for all you do! Fan for life, Sir. 🗽 🇺🇸💪🏽😍 🧠
I've been crying for the past couple of days. Finally I gathered my focus and strength to listen to this episode and while I was taking my cold shower this morning I felt so much bliss and peace. I know that I have had a lot of trauma, I know that my mom had them too but I just realized that by continuously telling my mom that it was not her fault and by trying to make sense of it anyway I could I was actually fighting my traumas . Thank you for what you're doing for us, the humans you've never seen and probably never will. Thank you for your curious and inquisitive mind that is lighting our ways.
Do you see therapist or doing self care only?
@nurdinihusnina843 I saw a therapist 4 times that's how much my insurance covers annually, not enough at all, barely scratched the surface.I try to read on my own, and learn as much as I can. I read Dr.Conti's book on trauma, it helped. I went on antidepressants (I live in Canada and my doctor saw me for 5 mins and that was it, but it helped a ton to at least think straight and not cry 10 times a day) Hope that helped.
It is incredible what you are doing for society. Truly helping individuals with science based data, truly helping people one person at a time. You sir are the type of people who have a tremendous effect on the world by changing lives one at a time in a positive way, each life touched will touch others, butterfly effect. You're single-handedly shaping the world into a better place.
well said
I am his biggest fun!! I have learned so much since I discovered Dr. Huberman podcasts than my education in school in regards of science, biology itcis truly amazing 👏
He is truly amazing.
Agree, and he's just one man...now imagine if everyone had the desire to add value and positively impact the human race :)
I was just thinking the same! Words cannot express how much this knowledge has helped me to change my life. That what seemed impossible, I managed to pull myself out of. Like Baron Munchhausen pulling himself out of a swamp by the hair together with the horse. Dr. Huberman says he is not a doctor, but he is. He heals the world.
I almost didn’t watch this episode because I thought it would be a trigger for the trauma I’ve been through. I’m so glad I watched…thank you so much!!!
My teenage daughter and I are able to watch these together. Thank you for breaking things down so simply. 🙂
Oh,your teenage daughter watch these programmes....really nice..children and teenagers should watch educational programmes...
Standing ovation! Practicing licensed counselor in Ohio. This is how I think of and approach my work and my clients. THANK YOU for the message you send and work you do.
When I'm upset and feel I'm losing control over my negative thoughts, the almost only thing that helps me is journaling - writing down my feelings and thoughts helps me see things more clearly. Sometimes I get small insights when I label my feelings or reactions. Thank you for the video!
Yes. For me it the goto.
I love the pop up advising us on how to talk to eachother..We are still real people even tho we are not nearby. Thanks for that.
Wanted to say, so hard not to spiral. Remember we are under incredible stress from all angles. Sounds like you got a handle on it. God bless
Journaling saved my sanity
@@roguequeen6323 I understand.
Me as well 🙂 I like to put everything into rhyming poetry
Thank you Dr. Huberman and Dr. Conti for such great & clear conversation. I hope Dr. Huberman will consider in the near future to invite Dr. William Samek PHD from Miami, FL to continue this conversation on trauma. Specially trauma after child sexual abuse. Dr Samek is a compassionate forensic Psychologist that specializes in treating the victims of sexual abuse as well as the predators . We need to continue to talk about this subject and stop the stigma. We must believe the victims and change the culture. Thanks again.
On the topic of sharing trauma and deep-seated issues that weigh on us: it is true that sharing is part of the solution, but I feel that therapists don’t mention enough that we should use discernment when confiding our deepest wounds. A good therapist can hold space for us and help diffuse the shame and guild that bind us; however, sometimes good friends/family members can be triggered by our traumas or, due to ignorance, they can even devalue the experiences shared. Always choose someone that makes you feel safe and heard, that doesn’t shy away from complex topics and isn’t tempted to quickly find a solution. No shade on Dr. Paul Conti here, a brilliant empathetic psychiatrist! Thank you so much to him and to you Andrew - I am beyond grateful to you!
An important point, well made.
Yes..the WORST advice....
" she's STILL your mother"
"but they are family"
"I am sure she did the best she could"
"she MUST have been abused, herself"
once again, perfect timing. Ive been checking out Gabor Mat'e and he believes that trauma is at the root of most illnesses. especially autoimmune diseases. unresolved trauma kills and must be taken seriously. I can see many of my friends and family getting tossed around in life by the effects of childhood trauma, not knowing that its a real issue and may be able to be dealt with to some degree. there is no health without mental health.
I just left a comment suggesting an interview with him! So I'm not the only one who thought of him during this episode. His work is definitely very interesting.
@andrewhubeemen please get Gabor he is amazing
Gabor Mate, please! :))
Btw,
There's a channel simply called: gerlach.
He is so very insightful, and talks about the childhood trauma, and true self. I'll post a link separate from this comment
Facts
This conversation is so important. I am so grateful for you and Paul.
Thank you for your interest in science! Best wishes, Andrew
What about talking about “Limerence”, is it a science? Thank you.
I've spent decades in a journey of personal growth. Beggining at age 19, I worked intensly with a therapist to overcome PTSD. I transitioned from healing to growth with each overlapping in the early years. Now in my 50s, I love myself and am living a life I cherish. 2 years of Prozac helped me at age 20. The guidance of a therapist, meditation, journaling, crying and learning self love were of more value to me than the Prozac. Dr. Huberman's guest offers much valuable advice, and I agree when he stated early in the podcast that we can heal and to be careful with what we use as tools to aid us. I am fortunate to have found strength, with these methods, to overcome the shame that bound me. Best wishes to everyone on their journey.
I've lived with a mental health disorder for over 4 decades, I've endured every type of abuse since the age of 4 and a number of very traumatic events. I learned more from this episode than the myriad therapists, prescription drugs and psychiatrists I've seen and used over 40 years. Dr. Conti was and is a rarity in his field as is this podcast!! I thank you!!
I find many psychologists are not helpful at all.
Huberman's interviewing skills are phenomenal. The timing and types of questions raised drive the conversation to produce invaluable content. Goes without saying, this works in large part due to the wonderful experts Huberman has invited, like Dr. Paul Conti, to publicly discuss and share their knowledge.
Wow! As someone who has been dealing with severe childhood trauma and the mental health system for over 35 years, THIS GUY KNOWS HIS STUFF! One of my psychiatrists was more interested in assigning DSM labels and prescribing drugs to me than listening to my story. The pharmaceutical conglomerates take advantage of peoples suffering and make people addicted to their drugs. Feeling heard, validated and like you matter is what helps most. Also finding meaning in your life through a true passion to focus on. Thank you Paul 🙏
It based on the person perception about drug. Cause for me, i am not into drugs much and prefer holistic approach.
Gentlemen, you are my soul brothers. I have been a pharmacist for over 35 years, board certified Geriatric Pharmacist since 2015. When I began my career, medications were prescribed because of their mechanisms of action, as opposed to being “risk reducers”. For example, we did not need randomized double planned placebo controlled clinical trials showing non-inferiority of morphine to a placebo for pain relief. Long story short, Technology and medical knowledge has exploded over the past two decades, and it always seems like we’re chasing this nebulous thing called risk reduction as opposed to quality of life. I so appreciate your work, and you Dr H , have literally saved my life. It’s a very long but good story, perhaps I will email you. Thanks so much for all that you do and more importantly who you are.
Thank you for another wonderful podcast. I live in Australia, but I want Paul Conti for President ❤
My son has finally accepted that he needs help. I am so grateful. I've listened to the podcasts that are relevant to his situation and it has been so helpful to have a view that is grounded in human behaviour and science. All I can say is thank you.
thank you so much.
this episode (and the grief one) i imagine might have less viewers than other topics but are SO incredibly valued by us who need and want it!
All your content is fantastic .. but episodes of this sort help people who need it most.
youre a good man Andrew. thanks again sir !
Hi are you from Germany?
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The small changes I've been able to make in my life from this podcast are so impactful. I don't think any of us can say enough how incredibly grateful we are for you and the content you put out! Thank you!
I’m in tears!! Going to take the plunge and volunteer to attend addiction and mental health center provided by my employer. IM READY!! Thank you so much Andrew. Huge crush on you! Innocent , just love how smart and how much u care about your content. God bless you!!
Conti is beyond amazing. I have an empowerment program based on my trauma and the events that relived it in me, decades later and Contis way of understanding trauma is so succinct, apt and resonated within me and how I aim to teach others how to understand and move thru their own trauma. And I mean trauma that changed the way we ARE, how we think, feel, express, live, love ... our ways of being that we as a species are learning to ask about more n more and thus leads to such a deeper understanding of our ways of being and opens us to our higher awareness and endless potential. Thank u Huberman, for ur amazing qs and guests and for sharing ur personal insights, too
Dude, every episode is spot on with some aspect of my interest, personality, or stage of development. Your timing is impeccable 👌 THANK YOU!
More often than not, regarding questions I could only fantasise about having the words to articulate them have been eloquently laid out podcast to podcast as well as descriptive in defining my own confusion around a matter and giving me clarity. Truly effective, insightful and gratifying to be touched by the efforts of someone I dont know and can watch this for free. SIncerely grateful. And I also agree with your comment 100 percent.
Same here. Useful for my life and my loved ones. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Same
Yup
Same! 💕
Dr. Conti’s summarization of the failures of our current healthcare system was so articulate and spot on! Thank you!
One hour - which I’ve already repeated 3 times - into this podcast and I am already struck with realization deep inside me by what has been explained and said. THIS has just unlocked everything inside me which was hidden in plain sight for decades under fear, guilt, shame and self destruction. The relief you both already brought to my mind is out of everything I have ever experienced.
Thank you both so much for this, my gratitude will always be with you!
I am looking forward to see the rest of this precious work. Again, thank you so much for this!
That is the most osteopathic psychiatrist I have heard! Lovely to hear the whole person approach and viewing medicines as a component of healing instead of the only solution.
Many thanks to Dr. Conti for this discussion. Truly grateful for the tools presented here. It’s very helpful in the ways this podcast provides protocols for healing and mitigating stressors that would otherwise overwhelm our ability to function. What would also be a really helpful accompaniment to episodes like this is how one can recognize when they are the stressor, how to know what triggers them and when they are triggered, how in those moments they can engage autonomic control instead of allowing it to manifest in destructive ways. I can attest to how brutally heartbreaking it is to see a wee child so riddled with fear that they’re trapped inside themselves because they have a parent or caregiver who can’t control their anger when they most need to. And not just children, even as adults all the stress mitigation protocols in the world aren’t going to prevent trauma until we deal with those who would perpetrate trauma. Desmond Tutu in his infinite wisdom once said “There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they are falling in.” Take us upstream, ADH.
Also, greatly appreciated your transparency throughout this conversation. Thank you for that.
I've never heard of Dr. Paul Conti before but after listening to this podcast, he's completely changed my outlook on my own future. Both these men are extremely intelligent, professional, and it's clear to me they are passionate about helping people on the deepest level. Thank you Andrew for having this Dr. on the show. You deserve 100M subs, minimum.
I tried therapy off and on for over 25yrs. It always left me feeling retraumatized. I didn't carry guilt for the abuse and neglect I experienced. I just felt/feel worthless because I was treated as if I had no value. Talking about it just felt like reliving it.
Hey, there’s a woman on RUclips who teaches about CPTSD and talks about how for some people , talking about it sometimes makes it worse :)
She teaches a practice of writing down fears and resentments and then meditating instead of talking, and her channel has been a really great resource.
It’s called The Crappy Childhood Fairy
It’s helped me finally understand many of the thing’s I struggle with. Anyway hope to helps
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@@LS-kw2og Thanks! Ya I like her. Found her a couple years ago. I think many ppl diagnosed with CPTSD, PTSD, HSP, ADD and even some lighter spectrum disorders have a lot of crossover symptoms. I tend to think there is no typical diagnosis. Psychiatry had to label us to simplify their ability to treat. Everyone gets put in a box. Easy.
In reality we are all people with wide ranging but basic, or critical, unmet needs.
@@LS-kw2og She's really cool. But for me, the focus on romantic relationships sometimes feels beside the point, for me personally. But I'm about to figure out her "daily practice" (free resource, folk s). I feel like I'm already doing a lot of it haphazardly so it's wonderful that Anna has made a structured self healing map for others.
I was just going to say this!! Definitely recommend her!!!
I have had a similar experience and I’m going to try a new type of therapy called “rapid response therapy”. Try reading up on it. the whole idea is that you can heal without having to re-live the trauma or talk about it in detail. Again, I have not done it yet, but I’m going to soon.
This video is one of the best I’ve found on RUclips
A therapist can only take clients as far as he/she can go or has gone in healing and growth. Those therapists who are merely sublimating thru the act of their jobs usually stick rigidly to one methodology and one type of patient. I've been in the profession for 32 years - gotta meet the client where they are and move forward from there. Lots of wisdom in this podcast. Thank you.
And *refer out* when there’s other &/or additional help for the needs of the client! I wasted so much time with an incompetent counselor. The client shouldn’t be seen as a gravy train.
Thank you, Dr. Huberman and Dr. Conti! Great interview! When I heard Dr. Conti say, "The Limbic System does not care about the clock or the calendar.", I shrieked and began sobbing! I know my life has been chaotic from birth and am becoming aware that traumas are involved, but I don't know why I have no internal sense of time. Time perception (and lack thereof) is now a major focus for my personal research. I just bought your book on Audible and hope that solving my trauma issues may also solve my time perception problems. Thank you both soooo much! Keep up the good work! Love, joy and blessings to all. Namasté
What an amazing and timely episode.
One key question that I found missing is: "what does healed trauma look like? Is it ever fully healed?" Would have been very insightful to include in your conversation. Any chance of getting back on this?
The book by Bessel van der Kolk talks about trauma as having a beginning and an end...it seems that all of these free, science-based protocols such as eating and sleeping well, taking into account our opportunity to maximise our circadian rhythm; hot and cold exposure protocols; breathwork, including the physiological sigh, etc., all of these tools can equip or train us to manage the negative effects of trauma and to move past it. It also equips us to handle it effectively in the future.
I would say if you're not afraid of the memories or the feelings or the physical pain from it, then you're healed as it has no impact over you anymore. Memories trigger reactions, but they're "just" memories.
Excellent point, yes we need another episode on this.
It highly depends. If it's CPTSD going back to childhood, with other comorbid serious disorders (i.e., dissociative disorders; addictions), it can take a long time.
Sometimes it can be so disabling, one cannot even work anymore. And even if the trauma isn't primarily the upset anymore, if one had a mental breakdown or several, the nervous system is just a wreck.
You're still at its mercy, but can go through different levels & modes of healing.
But it takes a lot of effort, consistently, over up to & including decades to heal/integrate.
Your psychological landscape can change, you may start to be a completely different person in many ways.
But it's also dependent: do you have support, family, friends, how major your stressors are... Loneliness is a killer for some.
@@Flusterette I also struggle with these issues and I’ve found lack of resources and support have made it extremely difficult to heal not being able to change the environment due to the housing crisis inflation has been so traumatizing for many people in itself losing your homes not able to eat being separated from children because people can’t afford to pay rent or eat anymore when you’re living in poverty on disability it has become impossible financially most people in this situation are homeless and lost everything and didn’t deserve this it’s only because of the series of unfortunate circumstances that followed Covid this alone has left many experiencing trauma over and over again because of the circumstances that are out of their control and that’s not to mention that most of the people in this situation have already experienced childhood traumas abuse domestic violence sexual etc.. and haven’t had a chance to heal from them traumas and then a situation like this happens causing homelessness and losses unimaginable and it’s all out of our control at the moment sometimes it feels like trauma is life and asking yourself will it ever change or how do you heal when you’re still experiencing trauma on a regular basis?? Idk life is sad right now not many resources available here at the moment but I try and stay hopeful that someday thing’s will change for us 🙏💜💞
Professor Huberman, no words can express my gratitude for your podcasts, the content, and all the scientists you invite. Thanks to you and all your guests, the world is a better place.
I work as an operatic singer.Your podcasts inspired me to study health sciences. At 48, I realized I needed it to continue my education. By following your protocols, I scored A's in all my semester exams at the university. Thank you for everything.
Thanks for letting us sit in the third chair. What an amazing interview and resource.
I like my cannabis script for PTSD atm, but am nearly at the end of our daily relationship. It's been two years since complex PTSD diagnosis and treatment. It has been AWESOME walking through all things neuroscience with HBL and his exquisite guests, and I've felt so safe and empowered in my education and application of therapies, thanks in part to this perfect relationship I have with Professor H. You are the only man I enjoy beach walks in that you talk and I listen. The science is spectacular in insightful questionings. Thanks HBL. You're the right man for the right job at the right time for humanity x
Finally!!!!! People who have the balls to discuss the handcuffs Pharma puts on ‘our’ medical system. And- the complicity of medical professionals. Conti says it in his nice voice- but he says it.
I love how these 2 super intellectual men always have the ability to deliver content in such a way that's so easy to digest.
Thank you. This was such a profound episode to listen to as I was resting after a clinical Ketamine treatment for CPTSD. I appreciated how Dr. Conti explained trauma and how to heal in such simplified and easy to understand terms. Great episode 🙏🏼
How was your Ketamine experience? Hope you've received some healing through your processes. :)
@@benavitra definitely healing! It was a catalyst so my trauma healing journey
I also suffer from CPTSD. My father unexpectedly and suddenly drooped dead in front of me at 15. I grew up with a mother who is physically and emotionally abusive, since I was a child. My best friend died from cancer days before her 30th birthday. And my boyfriend of four years, by one safe constant, walked out the door to go to work, and never came home. This grief and sadness bringing up so many abandonment issues, and I just cannot seem to move forward. I have to pick myself up and get another job, I cannot pay rent in a couple weeks. I’m wondering if a ketamine therapy session would be beneficial for something like this. I don’t even know where to begin. I feel like I’ve been surviving since I was a teenager, but for the first time in my life, I’m completely lost and just so grief stricken.
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Awesome podcast! I know I’m not the only middle aged man who had father who never dealt with his own issues then he put it on me! I was lucky, he died more than 20 years ago, but it has taken me all these years, and probably many more to deal with my resentment toward him, remorse over the way I acted based on my upbringing, etc. thanks again for the podcast.
My father was the same, refused to take responsibility. Destroyed everyone who was in close contact with him. His death was a huge relief😌😌
I worry about my teen, he’s obviously struggling inside because his dad is a malignant narcissist and very verbally abusive. I try to explain it to him but he’s only 15 😢
@@AJLORACLE Hopefully you've already left the father because I know from experience that as a teen with that type of father changes you for the worst. The only way out is through actually wanting to change within. I know from experience. I just got lucky that I met the right friend group during my youth. But many are not and will make mistakes they will regret.
@@chroniclesoftheunknowm oh I left him when my son was a baby, hopefully with my guidance and love I can steer him through the pain of having a narcissistic parent.
My mother abandoned me at like 4, but kept me in her life for supply when it suited her. She didn’t even tell me who she “thought” my dad was until I was in my late 20’s!
I’ve been surrounded with all kind of narcs all my life, started learning and healing mid 30’s and by the time I was early 40’s I had eradicated them all from my life…… there is hardly anyone left, but I am more at peace now than any other point in my life!
At least my son has my love, support and the mother I so desperately yearned for as a child ❤️ He’s 16 today! Fingers crossed 🤞 by the time he’s 20 he will probably see him for who he is.
I just got to let him go through the process, it hurts me that he hurts him….. because his dad still tries to hurt me for leaving him! 15 years on! 😂
Hubey and Conti, you beautiful men. It's super-encouraging to be in an era when men can discuss and present such delicate information that benefits the human race. That was possibly as serotonergic and as dopaminergic as Huberman's noted MDMA research experience. I hope you two embraced before y'all bailed.
Okay!?! 🥰
Psychological Gold! This should be taught in every masters program in the Nation for future Addiction Counselors and Therapists. This would have been helpful in Grad School.
Good timing on this one. I was just released from jail yesterday on a 12 hour hold after getting my 2nd DWI in as many months. The guilt and shame i’m feeling is tremendous. I just want to get better and quit alcohol for good. It has done nothing good for me.
I feel you. So many of the programs the courts and our society will suggest are based on guilt/shame so that we don’t go back to substances. Rather, I found it helpful to seek a program that was based on empowerment and self-reliability. There are so many treatment options out there these days. Finding your fit will take time and energy, but it’s worth it!
People recommend the 12 Step Program for this... And it appears to work.
I pray you get well and sober. Try not to beat yourself up it will only imprison you on the inside. God bless 🙌
Read the naked mind, alcohol explained, the easy way to control alcohol ( free audio on RUclips) should help you immensely, coming from a 25 yr exdrinker..9 months sober, good luck.
I have the book sitting beside me now. Haven’t gotten around to reading it though…
I have so much respect for Dr Paul conti. His words of wisdom around treating with medications was so refreshing. To hear reiterated that trauma should be treated with other humans and can’t be fixed with a pill. Thank you
Dr Conti is amazing! Love his outlook and appreciate his contribution to medicine and science. Communication and dialogue are so important.
I love Huberman Lab and broadcasts. It really offers a very productive moment to think and grow. I have heard that when we picture a horrible outcome such as someone is going to do something really bad to upset me, or telling myself "horror stories" that don't exist, if you will. I have heard that it is intellectual fear that is generated by the amygdala doing what it does - keeping us safe. But, the problem is that when my amygdala starts firing off on an intellectual level, what it is showing me does not exist. It's all in my head. So, understanding it through that scope for me, has helped me to stop reacting. Or, most of the time being paralyzed by something that isn't real. And, I can go forward instead and try to replace that thought with thoughts about something really great happening. Instead of repeating fears to myself.
I’ve watched many of your podcasts and this one is one my absolute favorites. Thank you Dr. Huberman and Dr. Conti for this incredible gift to the public. I have shared your interview with my two daughters (in their 20’s) one of which is a therapist in her first year of private practice as a therapist. So grateful to you both!!
i endured grief for a number of years, crying is definitely key, glad you encourage that and that dr. conti does too. confronting emotions is key to survival... even if it makes you look weak; you cannot change the past, or predict the future, but you are 100% in control of your emotions ALWAYS. Whenever you feel the need to cry, cry. A person can only accept their circumstances & the way they feel... and i appreciate that this is a talk that communicates the difficulties of going through how trauma rewires a person's brain and the various levels of grief that one has to go through to keep moving forward. Acceptance is key to moving forward to a feeling of accomplishment. ty for sharing!
No greater beauty exists, perhaps, than that which sparks when purpose, intellect and generosity meet. What truly beautiful people you both are. Can't wait to read Dr. Conti's book. Thank you, Dr. Huberman, for bringing so much wisdom into our lives.
Just to note an obvious point which I don’t think was raised: Shame arises when we feel *exposed* as inadequate, weak, helpless, and powerless. In other words, it’s the feeling that one falls short of one’s ideal/how we see ourself. It’s saying to yourself ‘I’m not worthy and now everyone knows it’. Sometimes it’s deflected and manifests as other emotions like anger. It’s perhaps then easy to see how it arises from a traumatic event, which by definition devalues/dehumanises.
Great conversation as always! Thank you for covering this fascinating topic.
Thank you for having Dr. Conti. He gave me so much insight. What a great man. Thank you for your deep and straight forward questions. I am grateful for this interview.
this channel deserves 7 billion subscribes. In France few doctors know about this. No specialist can really help you. Only you know yoursel as long as you cultivate introspection without getting selfish and working on external arts and observing the world around. So far the best channel ever seen :)
I heard the first time about you, during a very difficult and heavy episode of insomnia. I watched your video about sleep and exposure to the morning light. it changed my life! Since then you are part of our daily life at home, we mention you as a trusted source and a dear family member who cares.
Also, as some other comments mentioned the topics are so on point and useful in the path, interests and personal development that I go through.
Having listened to your personal story as well, I really admire your person, your work and passion. may you be blessed by having the opportunity to continue doing what you seem to like and brings so much value to so many lives, mine included :)
I've have healed myself from a lifetime of abuse which started at 2. I have used plant medicines, EFT tapping, writing Fuck you and forgiveness letters and scripting. Thank you for this video 🙏✨💖
What plant medicine
@@leonardobanuelos5229 I've been working with Ayahuasca, Yopo and Kambo and Bufo. My very first night of Aya got me off Heroin however I continued with my healing with the medicines until I found my own ways and techniques to continue my healing without the medicines.
@@pocahontas330Do you have sczophernia ,hallucination,delusion?
@@aaymathebest4705 😂 no...why do you ask?
People say that the internet and social media are dumbing down society. But the Huberman podcast has 1.1M subscribers and is a direct rebuttal to those negative nellies.
WOW!!! I've gone and ordered Trauma... The best interview! Thank you for being vulnerable and sharing Andrew,and thank you to Paul for all the wisdom. If only our world leaders were of this vain. An example to us all, heal yourself, heal the world. Much Appreciation.
I just bought his book! I really hope this is helpful for me. Trauma defines my life and I want to move forward and actually live. Thank you for your work, supporting people affected by trauma and thank you for your interest in science!
Which book is this?
Maybe this one by Dr Paul Conti? Trauma: The Invisible Epidemic: How Trauma Works and How We Can Heal From It
Watching HubermanLab videos makes wannna build the first bot in my life and this bot function will be to send appreciation and thank you notes to Andrew Huberman for the work he’s doing. It’s really amazing that we get such content for free! Hats off to You Andrew 🙏
What a wonderful interview. Paul has such a gentle and eloquent way of expressing his thoughts. The brain and its ability to change through neuroplasticity is fascinating. 🧠
Paul is what Jordan Peterson wishes to be in his wildest dreams.
@@mabaker you re just saying that because they kinda look alike, come on!
100% agree
This is so fansinating Paul is right a lot of he has learned should be taught in elementary schools.
@@veronicamelton3531 parents need it also!
This is phenomenal! I love when people explain the amazing adaptability of the brain to the environment and how that can ill suit the modern world. This is less moral judgement and garbage psychology and more science. Trauma is a biological response that can be processed and healed! Thank you Dr Huberman and Dr Conti!
Paul Conti is a blessing. Such a humble person! So much insight to gain here. Thank you so much Andrew!
Trauma is probably one of the most important topics to talk about. We are basically all more or less directly or indirectly impacted..
I am dedicated to regularly tuning in to his podcast, either weekly or almost every day. One of my goals is to continuously learn and enhance myself, and I find immense value in the conversations between Dr. Andrew Huberman and Dr. Paul Conti. Their back-to-back discussions delve into the realms of inner self-care and mindfulness, making this series a must-watch for anyone seeking helpful tools in these areas.
For the record, I've been in therapy for many years on and off, and most counselors and insurers only do once a week for 45min to an hour. Unless you have amazing insurance or lots of extra money to spare intensive therapy is not an option for the average person.
I agree, I went to a spiritual advisor after years of traditional therapy. I’d be happy to refer you to her because she does things through zoom but I don’t think it’s super important. The important thing is is that we have the power to heal ourselves. You need to find someone or some thing or perhaps yourself that you believe in. You can totally heal yourself. What we believe, is. What you believe is not, is not. I believe superman is an amazing speaker and has a super hot body. 😂❤️. I think this is probably a very serious subject so I better straighten up. Maybe this is just my way of dealing with my trauma. Thank you for letting me take your space. God bless you. I know you’re a super beautiful human. 💋
I also suffer from CPTSD. My father unexpectedly and suddenly drooped dead in front of me at 15. I grew up with a mother who is physically and emotionally abusive, since I was a child. My best friend died from cancer days before her 30th birthday. And my boyfriend of four years, by one safe constant, walked out the door to go to work, and never came home. This grief and sadness bringing up so many abandonment issues, and I just cannot seem to move forward. I have to pick myself up and get another job, I cannot pay rent in a couple weeks.
I know I need therapy because I am stuck right now. But I really cannot afford the $150 out-of-pocket that they are charging especially since I just lost my roommate flash live in boyfriend and now I have to come up with the total amount of rent and bills in just a couple weeks on very little income. I’m not sure what I’m supposed to do. I’m feeling so isolated, grief, stricken and stuck, and if something doesn’t change soon, the outcome is not going be good.
Most fabulous invitation into the realms of trauma and the good will and great res[ect exhibited here and offered to all of us listeners who are swimming n the many seas of the human experience and human brain. These podcasts are s service that is of the highest to us all and certainly to those of us struggling with so many of the details, insights , epth of field(s) covered in your most powerful and accessible interviews. Thank you for your Love. It is truly felt, Dr. H.
I learned about emotional neglect trauma at the end of last year after 10 years of research. I always felt I didn't have any real trauma as my physical needs were always met but I had no idea how to feel or express my emotions and felt this persistent stuck/numb feeling.
I discovered that somatic therapy was the type I really needed in order to learn how to process and understand what my emotions are telling me. The progress is slow but steady which is awesome
Words won't describe the gratitude of those who've been blessed with your light, You're truly a modern-day Messiah Sir 🙌
@1:00:17 through 1:02.
My trauma was being raped from age 7 until 15 when I finally had the courage to say something. My first memories are fear and terror.
I definitely have a high tolerance for being manipulated and emotionally abused mainly because I’ve always had the nagging feeling that I’m the one that wrong.
I have been in counseling every decade of my life since my 20’s “working harder” to overcome has been my life’s manta. I don’t understand why however I am mentally strong in spite of it all. Your comment of working more caused me to reflect. Working harder just filled my time and void from feeling the pain of little reciprocation and connection in my core relationships.
I was working hard to “earn” place and heart space that I generously gave in every business and relationship.
From your perspective do our brains actually need healthy people connections? Or is that just a fantasy? Now in my 50’s setting boundaries has reduced my connections to just a few.
Would love to hear your perspective!
Dr. Conti is such a delightful person ...
*Dear Dr Andrew Huberman!*
*You are so amazing.*
I will have so much work watching the vast amount of your podcasts in the future. Tomorrow I will have the biggest academic exam in my life (the bachelor defence). As you once said about the curiosity - we all are sometimes curious about the outcome and result and that's the definition of a curiosity.
That's all I have to say and write for now.
You have already achieved so much and you will achieve incredibly much in the future!
*Thank you for reading!*
For most of my life I ignored and denied the hurt and pain from past trauma and relied on work, relationships and busyness to stay in denial. I was afraid of losing control and going crazy "if I got lost in pain and didn't know how to get back to normal". Now grown, I am free to journal and express my past and current emotions and thoughts daily. Thank you for this podcast and providing clarification on this topic. God bless you!
Free methods: write the event out as a story, but change the ending, have the version of yourself do the thing you wish you could do, or have your current self help the younger version who experienced the event. - A great Neuro linguistic approach, pretend to watch the event like it is a movie, sit in the back of the theatre, change the event to black and white, fast forward, rewind the screen, hear silly music. This changes how your brain remembers, distances from the event. - meditate daily, teach yourself how to calm down (so you can think and feel at the same time) , learned this from Andrew Huberman, do sniff, sniff, sigh to reset stress response, then just seek to forgive and let go after you have processed the event. If you can afford therapy, look for someone certified in EMDR or who is skilled in Internal Family Systems (parts work).
Another PHENOMENAL podcast, thank you so very much!! The content is so helpful, useful and easy to understand - not an easy thing to do! You inspire me so much and your shared knowledge and wisdom allows me and my family to live better lives.
I cannot describe how much these podcasts have helped me take action in my life. Both the goals and habits pods have *finally* helped me to get into a consistent routine & feel good about it. All of your information about mental health and neuroscience has helped me understand myself and others in ways I never thought possible. Thank goodness you exist and have a global platform, what an amazing time to be alive.
Love your latest episode with Lex Fridman, too. And Lex's conversation with Karl Deisseroth is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. Thanks for the introduction to all these magnetic, innovative and oh-so human experts as well!
Such an enriching episode, all around about trauma/the root causes of mental health, it was so well questioned and explained, knowledgeable, wise, informative. Most importantly, it's so clearly and truthfully communicated interview and rare. Huberman asks great questions. Dr. Conti is a gift and pioneer, a desperately needed example in this entire field of health, esp. mental health that is not openly spoken about. THANK YOU.
One of the places where I click like before watch, and thank you for making science simple and interesting.
Amen.
Hahaha I was just about to write exactly the same thing but you got there first! 😅
Likewise ❤
Valuable and fascinating
This is one of the most engaging and captivating episodes about trauma, shame, guilt and the subject of therapy and psychotropic medications. Andrew, you ask the questions we want to ask but you articulate them with much clarity and substance. I’m a huge fan of all your podcasts. Thank you for your generosity.
I would say I have experienced two major traumas. The last one a few years ago and the first one as a child. The experience of the second brought the first one back up, and I don't know if the experience helped me more or made the condition worse. Time goes by and I'm still nibbling away at it. My performance has diminished, but my will and zest for life are still there. Unfortunately, I have become a bit more lonely than I used to be when I was in the prime of my creative powers (and had successfully repressed my first trauma). My environment is rather not so psychology affine and ignores the traumatic experience.
This episode is like a balm for my soul, an enrichment for me. Thank you both!
I hope you find healing
@@memastarful that's nice, thank you!
You are my guru. I am blown away by your quality and quantity of knowledge. I have been transformed by this talk. I thank you both. I feel like I am cracking open my brain and being able to see a new dimension of myself and my past. I am writing furiously ever since. I commend you both on the service you both are performing with this talk. Mr. Rogers first changed the way I view myself with his gentle kind words of encouragement. I now can say two other men have rocked my world with kindness and compassion. I thank you both for your extensive knowledge and concise and clear presentation. Cheers
I concur
What a humanitarian you are for bringing information to any who care to learn.
I put these on during car rides with my husband and teenage sons and we all benefit so much! I can’t wait to see what’s next every week
Thank you two genii for addressing prescription drugs. My therapist says there are no studies that show any benefits of long-term use (six months of more..?) of antidepressants. Thanks also for acknowledging pharmaceutical company's role in providing access, and for encouraging us to take our mental health into our own hands to the degree that we can. Therapy is like a PT for my mind, but the awesomeness is when I process a current perceived trauma effectively by myself.
Thank you, Professor Huberman. I just listened to the episode with Dr. Conti on trauma. I am a patient with Stage IV Acral Melanoma (cancer in lymph nodes, lungs, bones, and liver) who has been in full remission (I.e., complete response) for almost a year while continuing treatment in a UCSF clinical trial. With the advent of immunotherapies and targeted therapies, there will be more and more patients like me who may live long periods of time after previously terminal diagnoses. This episode was so powerful in thinking about the shame of getting cancer as a “healthy” person, the trauma of being told you may die and then subsequently that you will likely live, the guilt of living while others die, and the power of this society’s reaction to cancer. My oncologist is a miracle of a human being and scientist. Yet even he, rightfully, is focused on the majority of his patients who will succumb to this disease, and how to extend their lives and ease their pain. As I said, there will be more and more of me as the miracles of science unfold. Episodes like this will help us process what we have experienced and come out stronger and more vulnerable human beings (society thinks that happens as a flip of the switch when you hear good news about your cancer prognosis). Thanks again.
3 or 4 mind blowing moments in this conversation- took
copious notes. 🤯 so well
prepared too. This is a MUST listen (and listen again) and I shared it with all my close ones. Thank you so much to Dr Huberman and his team for the phenomenal work
Excellent episode. The late psychoanalyst Steven Mitchell said that the choice of therapist is more important than the choice of spouse, and although I'm pretty sure he intended this statement as hyperbole, he made a point. Being a psychotherapist for 30+ years, I completely agree with Dr. Conti regarding therapy for trauma taking time (not a "quick fix") which results in those of us who practice psychodynamically being in adversarial positions pushing against insurance companies that require a diagnosis code making the disorder "medically necessary" in order for the patient to be reimbursed, and limit the number of sessions. As a result, fewer and fewer therapists are accepting insurance (which usually pay much less than the therapist's full fee) making the kind of long-term therapy Dr. Conti speaks of unfortunately unaccessible to all but those who can afford it. Most therapists I know have one or two pro bono patients, and/or work on a sliding scale in order to balance our desire to help those who need help with the need to make a living wage.
Well as a client of therapy here in Australia I thankyou on behalf of those you help. Different system here but still difficult to navigate financially. I started a few years ago with cbt talk and have moved to psychodynamic post sobriety recently. It's hard work but I was ready. It took a few years to be ready. 👍
I wish you good luck! Therapy when you’re motivated and have a good therapist is a great (and sometimes difficult ) adventure. And don't drink, no matter what! Congratulations on quitting drinking!👏🏻
@@prmft94123thankyou, very kind. Yes I understand the triggers and now the mechanism to drink. Avoidance of the challenging emotions and issues. Sobriety affords me the clarity and courage to embrace the challenge so I may be the dad I want to be. It's a beautiful experience. Thanks again 👍
Shamelessly addicted to Huberman. Thank you for your work.
You comedian 😂 Shameless? Ha
Dr. Paul Conti's insights carry a lot weight given his own personal experience and expertise in psychiatry and psychology. Thanks very much for the podcast. Great questions asked!
I really appreciate the fact that Paul shares with us about his own traumatic experience. It's imaginably not something easy to do but that just shows how human-centric he is. I can't agree with him more about self-care. Going back to the basics (what nature endows with us) most often works wonders.
Ecstatic to find a new source of quality content.
I love this episode. And, I wish people like Dr. Conti would work with the court system where so many children and adults wind up as a result of abuse.
This is incredibly valuable to me and where I am in healing me trauma. I am deeply grateful to live in a time where your work is available to someone like me 🙏🏻 Thank you!
Dr Conti is an actual saint.
I found this podcast so helpful. Thank you. An idea that I find intriguing is to explore what happens in our brains when we do art, any creative endeavours. I notice that when I am creative, I have so much positive energy and it can be good therapy. It often feels so good to break out of schedules and just let the spontaneity come.
A lot of what I've heared here are stuff that my therapist tried to help me with. Bless her and all of you here, trying to get better!
Thank you so much. Can you please make a video on dealing with failure. Academic failure, feeling of not giving your 100%, the guilt associated with it. Trauma of not achieving your dreams. Something that can't be undone unless go you back in time
Thank you Dr Huberman for all that you provide. I am in recovery from drugs and alcohol and loved the Anna Lembke episode(just received her book). Seeking knowledge is a coping mechanism that is helping me in my sobriety, and in that sense I have to thank you for being a piece of the puzzle helping me and many others grow in our lives. God bless you.