TRIGGER WARNING: This episode deals with rape and self-harm. Please watch with caution.

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In this episode, we explore a devastating Reddit post from a 20-year-old woman who was sexually assaulted and then abandoned by her boyfriend because she couldn’t be sexually intimate afterward, and I unpack what I would do to help her heal—mentally, emotionally, and somatically.

If you’ve ever felt broken, unlovable, or ashamed after trauma, this episode is for you.

Topics we cover:

• Why trauma often doesn’t start with the event—it starts with unmet needs

• How shame takes root after sexual violence

• Why the nervous system shuts down or disconnects from intimacy

• What healing looks like with neuroplasticity/ memory reconsolidation

If you or someone you know has been affected by sexual trauma, know that you are not alone—and you are not broken. You can heal.

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This week’s episode will hit home for a lot of people. Pulled from Reddit’s Am I the a**h***?, our main subject is upset with her aunt for belittling overweight people in front of her fiancé who has been battling an eating disorder since he was 12.

But that’s not the only thing going on in her life: She comes from a long line of alcoholics, had a horrible childhood, and everyone in her family thinks they’re the victim of… something.

But our Aita is committed to breaking the cycle, healing herself and her fiancé, which is probably why she suddenly decided to lash out and uninvite her aunt to the wedding.

Overreaction? That part is for to decide.

Join Patrick and Lauren to hear what is likely going on beneath the surface for everyone involved and what Patrick would encourage them to work on if they came to him for a memory reconsolidation session.

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