How Trauma Can Paralyze You

people with a history of trauma have

something called a paralysis of

initiation they are not self-starters

and why are they not self-starters

because they've lived in a world where

their goal is not accomplishment their

goal is survival and when your goal is

survival you build an organism that is

reactive you know let's say you're

playing a football or soccer match

people with a history of PTSD and

complex PTSD there's like your forward

right their job is to go and win points

the goalie's job is to protect against

what comes in and the problem in trauma

is that some people are just goalies so

this creates the experience of just

existing and it feels like you're just

waiting for the next bad thing to happen

and your dayto day is like can I survive

the next storm can I survive the next

storm can I survive the next storm