Episode 54 - Free Your Mind: Childhood Trauma, PTSD & the Cost of Staying Silent

Dr. Byron Jasper and PatientZero tackle childhood trauma and its grown-up alter ego: PTSD. It starts with a (mostly) funny story about raisins, recess, and an unfortunate aversion to a 90s En Vogue song — but the laughs set up a serious conversation about how unresolved childhood trauma reshapes the body and brain into permanent survival mode, raising lifelong risk for everything from heart disease to difficulty parenting.The guys break down what PTSD actually looks like — re-experiencing, avoidance, mood and thinking changes, and hyperarousal — with real examples that make the clinical terms click. They also dig into the data on who gets diagnosed, who gets treated, and why: women are diagnosed more than men, yet Black and Hispanic adults with mental illness go untreated at far higher rates than the national average, often ending up in the ER instead of with a specialist. Dr. Jasper and Patient Zero call out the cultural scripts — "just pray on it," "be strong" — that keep people, especially in the Black community, from getting help, and make the case that faith and therapy aren't in competition.Follow Byja Clinic:• Instagram: @byjaclinic• Facebook: @byjaclinic• Fanbase: @byjaclinic• LinkedIn: Byja Clinic• Website: www.byja.orgFollow Dr. Jasper:• Instagram: @drbjasper• Fanbase: @drbjasperFollow George:• Instagram: @becnelmedia• X: @George_becnelSupport and Donate to Byja Charitable Alliance:- Website: www.byjaca.orgPurchase Your Copy of Byja Blueprint:- Website: www.books2read.com/byjablueprintDPCProduced by Becnel Media