Oct 7, 2020
Trauma. Postal Traumatic Stress Disorder. Those words might spark a reaction in you. Imagine being able to change the culture around trauma and PTSD. Imagine when people seek treatment, it feels the same way as recovering from any other injury.
Special Guest
Dr. Tim Black is an Associate Professor of Counselling Psychology
at the University of Victoria. He has been working with the
Canadian military and Veteran community for over 20 years and has
delivered programs to help people with trauma.
Highlights
- What causes trauma in a military setting
- 5:28 The effects of a traumatic injury
- How do you know if you need help?
- Stigma
- 19:06 Could receiving treatment for trauma be as accepted as getting physiotherapy on a knee injury
- With trauma, it is a social responsibility for us to foster resilience
- 26:12 The role that families can play
Quotes
"If you're suffering you're suffering, you don't have to have anybody's permission to seek help when you're suffering. If you're upset and you're suffering, go talk to someone. I wouldn't wait." - Dr. Tim Black
"Part of the reason I agreed to do this is really trying to help people understand when someone's traumatized, they're just not finished a process, and their brain is trying to finish it. And that's why and it's exhausting. When your brain continually tries to finish off this process, it's exhausting, because it never stops, it never takes a break. So if we can help people finish what they need to finish and support them to do that, then they can come out the other side." - Dr. Tim Black
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