The most taboo, weirdly romanticized, yet misunderstood topic of 2025:
Childhood trauma.
Dr. Jordan Peterson says it's why your Dad left, why your Mom cried alone, and why you're always anxious...
Here's how to reverse its damage naturally: 🧵
Dr. Peterson says memories older than 18 months still stirring up emotions are a red flag of trauma that needs unpacking.
1st understand trauma happens in 2 stages:
1. Embodied terror
2. Conceptual processing
Terrible memories stay terrible until intentionally deconstructed.
When broken into manageable parts and challenged they dissolve.
Feel the feelings, but don't let them rule you.
As a Harvard-trained psychologist, here are 5 strategies I use with clients...
1/ Reframe distorted thoughts to loosen trauma's grip.
-Identify cognitive distortions
-Practice self-compassion over self-blame
You can't change what happened, but you can change the meaning you ascribe to it.
2/ Avoid trauma talk during an active crisis.
Dr. Peterson stresses not rushing to analyze trauma in the midst of a crisis.
When the house is on fire, just get out!
Well-intentioned "help" can backfire if mistimed.
3/ Old baggage loves to resurface in relationships.
-Focus on the current issues, not the past.
-Set clear conditions to resolve conflicts.
-Fight over what's happening NOW, not over everything.
One dispute pulls the thread, and suddenly every fight is about everything.
4/ You're not alone.
Shame from trauma is a universal human experience.
And, healing shame takes courageous vulnerability.
But you need to know: that vulnerable child isn't YOU anymore!
5/ Exposure therapy gradually desensitizes you to trauma triggers:
-Retrain your brain to lower reactivity.
-Always work with a trauma-informed therapist.
-Confront memories, situations, sensations in controlled doses.
It may feel slow-- even difficult --but you're reclaiming your life...
As a child, I experienced abandonment trauma.
By age 5, I'd crafted an alter ego that was tough and a tomboy. It
shielded the vulnerable side of me. And, I became self-alienated.
By 20, despite honors in school and blinding success, I fell into deep depression.
Years of therapy, spiritual work and working with others brought me to my true self. This could be your story too.
I have clients who've healed from horrible trauma.
Take the case of Rick, a 42 year-old founder I treated, he was riddled with chronic insomnia.
He would lie awake for hours, around 3 AM.
During therapy, he described growing up in a home where his father would come home drunk at 3 AM...
His father threw furniture and shouted waking the whole family every night.
As a little boy, Rick felt he must stay alert to keep safe and help his mother.
1 month into therapy, Rick was able to sleep through the night.
I've dedicated my life to helping people transform with mindfulness.
-Release anxiety naturally.
-End the cycle of overthinking.
-Transform fear through presence.
If you're facing these issues, schedule an Enlightenment Call to see if
I can help: calendly.com/lorwen_consult…
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