The Body Trauma Expert: Medicating Kids Can Harm Brain Development! Eye Movement Trick That Fixes Trauma! The Secret To EMDR Therapy! - Bessel van Der Kolk

I've proven how helpful EMDR can be for PGSD and depression. Why Well trauma is a real living and whatever you're feeling is real as opposed to feeling like a memory. But in our research you discovered that if you move your eyes back and forth as you recall traumatic experiences, your brain is able to say, This is what happened to me in the past. And seventy eight percent of the people we studied who Can you do it on me? I could. What did you see? Bessel van der Koalk has been described as maybe the most influential psychiatrist of the 21st century. And for over 40 years, his clinical research has revolutionized how we understand trauma and its impact on our brain and body. Your early childhood experiences create who you are. And how many of the people that you treated in your practice have childhood trauma? About ninety percent. And it's very difficult to change. Are they changeable? Yes, that is the great news. But the problem is the focus is not on helping people.

The focus is on funding successful financial organizations. And even though I was the first person who studied yoga for a PGSD, which was very effective. And then there's psychedelic and murder feedback. Our results were stunning. People are so conformist. We already know the answers, let's not explore anything new. But let's do the science and see how well it works in for home. And what about psychedelic therapy? Have you ever done the psychedelic drug? Yep, of course. What did you learn? That my quest for understanding trauma had to do with my own childhood trauma. All the payment. You're suffering. Earlier on I asked if people could heal from their trauma.

Have you healed from yours? The diary of a CEO is independently fact checked. For any studies or science mentioned in this episode, please check the show notes. Quick one before we get back to this episode. Just give me thirty seconds of your time. Two things I wanted to say. The first thing is a huge thank you for listening and tuning into the show week after week. It means the world to all of us, and this really is a dream that we absolutely never had and couldn't have imagined getting to this place. But secondly, it's a dream where we feel like we're only just getting started.

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