EP 247 — Arielle Spring: Silent Torment: Healing Complex PTSD

Arielle Spring describes her journey from untreated Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) that persisted for more than two decades to lasting healing in this Living 4D conversation.

Learn more about Arielle and her book, When Birds Sing: My Journey From Trauma to Triumph, at her website. Check out Arielle on social media via Facebook and Instagram.

For Living 4D listeners: Arielle offers a $25 discount on an initial coaching session or any packages she offers by contacting her on her website.

If you are suffering from the trauma of PTSD, check out Arielle’s resources page that contains a variety of good options that can help you NOW.

Timestamps

• PTSD versus complex PTSD. (12:44)
• Arielle searches for her identity. (26:53)
• When Arielle took off her survival glasses and realized PTSD was a huge problem. (44:42)
• How unrecognized traumas accumulate. (1:10:56)
• A parenting problem buoyed by organized religion. (1:18:05)
• The first step to healing from trauma: Talk to someone you trust. (1:32:12)
• Looking at the patterns and reparenting your child parts. (1:42:42)
• Is trauma part of your identity? (1:47:07)
• Do you recognize that you’re not loving yourself enough? (1:55:54)
• Forming an exit plan to get out of a bad relationship. (2:10:54)
• Letting go to a higher power. (2:25:40)
• Low-cost/free things you can do to heal from trauma on your own. (2:34:01)
• Centered breathing. (2:40:17)

Resources

• Reinventing Your Life by Jeffrey Young and Janet Klosko
• Stockholm syndrome
• The Body Keeps The Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk
• Nonviolent Communication: The Basics As I Know and Use Them by Wayland Myers
• Feelings Buried Alive Never Die by Karol Truman
• Paul’s Living 4D conversation with Wayland Myers,  
• The work of Stanley Krippner
• Schema therapy

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