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190 - How to heal from trauma and break the cycle of shame — Whalespan

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190 - How to heal from trauma and break the cycle of shame

Peter Attia2h 27m · 2022-01-10

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✓Well SupportedImproving physical, cognitive, and emotional health at any age is superior to being below average for that age.✓Well SupportedMDMA, psilocybin, and ketamine are expected to significantly transform psychiatry, with psilocybin and MDMA likely to be legalized.✓Well SupportedGrief processing can be hindered by guilt and shame.✓Well SupportedTrauma is defined as an experience that overwhelms coping skills, changes brain function, and alters an individual's behavior, mood, anxiety, sleep, or physical health.Partially Supported

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Bringing shame into the light can lead to resolution.

◐Partially SupportedTrauma can alter a person's internal dialogue to be extremely negative, leading to feelings of worthlessness and futility.

◐Partially SupportedMultiple traumas can cumulatively push an individual into a post-traumatic syndrome.

✓Well SupportedMDMA may be useful for treating trauma and PTSD.

✓Well SupportedRecovery from deeply ingrained negative thoughts and feelings developed over years takes time.

◐Partially SupportedTherapeutic success is primarily predicted by the rapport and trust established between the therapist and patient.

◐Partially SupportedDissonance between a person's inner world and external presentation can indicate underlying issues, often related to trauma.

◐Partially SupportedTrauma can cause changes in brain connectivity and alter genetically determined characteristics that can be passed down to children.

◐Partially SupportedEffective screening tools for emotional health are lacking, unlike physical health where numerous tools exist to assess movement, strength, balance, and stamina.

✓Well SupportedSelf-confidence and self-care are prerequisites for effectively helping others.

◐Partially SupportedChronic traumas can have the same effects on the brain as acute traumas.

◐Partially SupportedTrauma can create shame, leading individuals to underreport their experiences.

◐Partially SupportedVicarious trauma can overwhelm the brain's coping abilities and lead to post-traumatic symptoms.

✓Well SupportedNutritional deficiencies, such as B12 deficiency, can explain psychiatric symptoms and may be identifiable through biomarkers.

◐Partially SupportedAddiction, codependency, anger, perfectionism, and eating disorders can all be manifestations of trauma.

✕Not SupportedReducing patients to symptom sets rather than addressing human experience and underlying causes leads the field astray.

✕Not SupportedTreatments for severe substance use disorders often fail because they do not address the underlying trauma driving the addiction.

✕Not SupportedSome programs for opiate dependence fail to discuss medications that can prevent fatal overdoses.

◐Partially SupportedMental health issues like depression, sleep disturbance, panic attacks, and alcohol abuse can often stem from a single underlying cause, such as trauma.

◐Partially SupportedA ruptured diverticulum can lead to an abscess and a state of poor health.

✕Not SupportedPsychiatry lacks objective biomarkers or measurable indicators of illness unlike fields that can measure apob, LDL cholesterol, hormone levels, or use CT scans.

◐Partially SupportedMental health practices can be outdated by as much as half a century or more.

◐Partially SupportedIdentifying and treating type four health issues is more limited than for other types due to inadequate tools.

◐Partially SupportedGrief walled off by shame can manifest as symptoms for years and lead to new trauma.

◐Partially SupportedShame and trauma stigma keep issues in the dark and need to be brought into the open.

◐Partially SupportedTherapy can help individuals ground themselves and reaffirm their sense of self and drive after experiencing trauma.

◐Partially SupportedInventories of signs and symptoms are one element of data in understanding an individual.

◐Partially SupportedNAMI provides access to many helpful mental health resources, often at the local level.

◐Partially SupportedIndividuals with significant trauma in their lives may not score highly on ACEs questionnaires.

◐Partially SupportedGood mental health is characterized by consistency between stated goals and behavioral choices.

◐Partially SupportedTrauma changes the brain, altering an individual's ability to understand their own trauma.

◐Partially SupportedTrauma can lead to negative emotions, depression, panic attacks, and disturbed sleep, often accompanied by hypervigilance and avoidance.

◐Partially SupportedThe identification and treatment of emotional death (Type 4) is the most limited area in healthcare, partly due to shame and inadequate tools.

◐Partially SupportedA significant portion of complaints to general medical providers originate from mental health conditions.

◐Partially SupportedTrauma experienced by a mother before conception can impact the genetics expressed in her child.

◐Partially SupportedGrounding oneself in basic common sense understanding and having all helpful arrows in the quiver of health systems or individual practitioners is essential.

◐Partially SupportedA real understanding of trauma encompasses a wide range of aspects but is grounded in the simplicity of what is needed to help oneself and others.

◐Partially SupportedTrauma is the root cause of many mental health issues, including addiction, maladaptive coping strategies, anger, depression, and eating disorders.

◐Partially SupportedIndividual reactions to identical traumatic events vary significantly due to differences in antecedent history and prior experiences (the 'soil' composition).

◐Partially SupportedPsychiatry residency training involves learning facts about neurobiology and medicines, similar to other medical fields.

◐Partially SupportedPsychological trauma responses may be maladaptive in the modern world.

◐Partially SupportedTreatment of an abscess often involves an initial inflammatory response that temporarily worsens the patient's condition before improvement.

◐Partially SupportedTreatment of an abscess in a hospital setting is rarely fatal but uncomfortable.

◐Partially SupportedHelp can be accessed through loved ones and by paying attention to one's internal state.

✕Not SupportedThe medical system's focus on diagnosing PTSD for insurance purposes can hinder the treatment of underlying trauma.

◐Partially SupportedEpigenetic research shows that gene expression changes after trauma can impact an individual throughout their life and potentially be passed to the next generation.

◐Partially SupportedNon-mental health providers need to be aware of and appropriately respond to mental health conditions presented by patients.

◐Partially SupportedBasic principles of brain function, logic-emotion interaction, and the origins of bullying should be taught in elementary school.

◐Partially SupportedTrauma can negatively impact mental health and well-being by limiting one's horizons.

◐Partially SupportedPeter Attia found psychiatric care and medications helpful for his trauma.

◐Partially SupportedTrauma fundamentally changes a person's experience of life, leading to fear and vulnerability, which then drives subsequent problems like depression and anxiety.

◐Partially SupportedIdentifying and addressing a person's inner state is crucial because inner world problems represent future risks.

◐Partially SupportedIndividuals with private personalities may suffer from depression without it being fully understood.

◐Partially SupportedAddressing trauma by acknowledging and verbalizing the experience can lead to immediate feelings of improvement.

◐Partially SupportedInadequate coping mechanisms following trauma can result in a cascade effect impacting subsequent events.

◐Partially SupportedThe perception of pain can be reduced if the individual understands the reason for the pain and believes it is in service of healing.

◐Partially SupportedShame, as a consequence of trauma, is associated with maladaptive behaviors such as alcohol abuse and negative self-talk.

◐Partially SupportedAddressing trauma and shame by bringing them to light is helpful.

◐Partially SupportedEating disorders are almost always linked to underlying trauma as a significant contributing factor.

◐Partially SupportedEffective psychotherapy can initially worsen symptoms temporarily.

◐Partially SupportedAdverse Childhood Events questionnaires can have high positive predictive value but low negative predictive value for identifying trauma.

✕Not SupportedOver-reductionist approaches in mental health can hinder effective treatment by creating artificial distinctions between addiction types.

✕Not SupportedThe DSM-5's focus on signs and symptoms without causality is a problem because trauma often underlies conditions like depression, anxiety, and addiction.

◐Partially SupportedAn abscess can be survived if the pus is contained to a specific area, increasing the odds of survival.

◐Partially SupportedWestern medicine practitioners should understand new modalities like psilocybin and MDMA to help patients.

◐Partially SupportedA psychological abscess from trauma can manifest as increased alcohol consumption, panic attacks, disturbed sleep, and avoidance behaviors.

◐Partially SupportedEffective treatment for mental health issues requires understanding root causes and individual experience, not just treating symptoms with medication.

◐Partially SupportedExcessive attention to distressing news can lead to health deterioration, sleep disturbances, increased fear, and hypervigilance.

◐Partially SupportedTrauma can lead to feelings of incompetence and ill health, potentially causing depression, panic attacks, and substance abuse.

◐Partially SupportedAddictive processes can hijack brain machinery to provide short-term relief from feelings of being out of control.

◐Partially SupportedDeeply ingrained negative self-perceptions will not disappear overnight due to the 'neurons that fire together, wire together' principle.

◐Partially SupportedShame stemming from trauma acts as a primary defense mechanism that leads individuals to avoid addressing their issues.

◐Partially SupportedEducation about emotional states and their causes, starting in early childhood, can help individuals understand their feelings and behaviors.

◐Partially SupportedAddiction to different substances or behaviors often hijacks the same neural machinery in the brain.

◐Partially SupportedTrauma is an estimated 80% driving force behind dependencies including alcoholism and addiction to unhealthy foods.