Cory Richards

It's the mind storing the memory in the hippocampus. And when it's very traumatic, it then triggers the amygdala in this loop into your sympathetic nervous system. And so that shuts down your prefrontal cortex. So you have no logic and reasoning. And you're just living in this recycling loop because your mind is telling you everything is a threat. That's what we call PTSD, right?

It's the mind storing the memory in the hippocampus. And when it's very traumatic, it then triggers the amygdala in this loop into your sympathetic nervous system. And so that shuts down your prefrontal cortex. So you have no logic and reasoning. And you're just living in this recycling loop because your mind is telling you everything is a threat. That's what we call PTSD, right?

It's the mind storing the memory in the hippocampus. And when it's very traumatic, it then triggers the amygdala in this loop into your sympathetic nervous system. And so that shuts down your prefrontal cortex. So you have no logic and reasoning. And you're just living in this recycling loop because your mind is telling you everything is a threat. That's what we call PTSD, right?

And that recycling system becomes so problematic that then we search for any way to slow that down, to zone out from it. That's why there's so much substance abuse in people with PTSD. That's why there's anger. That's why there's violence, because you're trying to express- through it, then by virtue of that, it becomes sort of a life path that you can't get out of.

And that recycling system becomes so problematic that then we search for any way to slow that down, to zone out from it. That's why there's so much substance abuse in people with PTSD. That's why there's anger. That's why there's violence, because you're trying to express- through it, then by virtue of that, it becomes sort of a life path that you can't get out of.

And that recycling system becomes so problematic that then we search for any way to slow that down, to zone out from it. That's why there's so much substance abuse in people with PTSD. That's why there's anger. That's why there's violence, because you're trying to express- through it, then by virtue of that, it becomes sort of a life path that you can't get out of.

There's two ways to rewire the brain, only two. One is through intense experience and one is through repetition. And so that's why when people have these intense experiences, it changes the brain entirely. And then oftentimes the only way out of that is repetition, which is much, much harder. So what do you mean by repetition? Meaning you have to change your neural pathways.

There's two ways to rewire the brain, only two. One is through intense experience and one is through repetition. And so that's why when people have these intense experiences, it changes the brain entirely. And then oftentimes the only way out of that is repetition, which is much, much harder. So what do you mean by repetition? Meaning you have to change your neural pathways.

There's two ways to rewire the brain, only two. One is through intense experience and one is through repetition. And so that's why when people have these intense experiences, it changes the brain entirely. And then oftentimes the only way out of that is repetition, which is much, much harder. So what do you mean by repetition? Meaning you have to change your neural pathways.

You have to change what's going on in your head by repeating new patterns over and over and over again to get out of the trenches of... the shift that happens during a traumatic event. You can also have profoundly intense experiences that are very positive that change the wiring of the brain. For example, psychedelic use can facilitate that.

You have to change what's going on in your head by repeating new patterns over and over and over again to get out of the trenches of... the shift that happens during a traumatic event. You can also have profoundly intense experiences that are very positive that change the wiring of the brain. For example, psychedelic use can facilitate that.

You have to change what's going on in your head by repeating new patterns over and over and over again to get out of the trenches of... the shift that happens during a traumatic event. You can also have profoundly intense experiences that are very positive that change the wiring of the brain. For example, psychedelic use can facilitate that.

That's why people have this big blowout experience and all of a sudden they're freed from years of addiction because they had a positive intense experience.

That's why people have this big blowout experience and all of a sudden they're freed from years of addiction because they had a positive intense experience.

That's why people have this big blowout experience and all of a sudden they're freed from years of addiction because they had a positive intense experience.

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navigate a new way out of all those what happened well yes is the answer to that question both all of it when we have complex post-traumatic stress which is you know deeply ingrained repetitive traumatic experiences say for example like my childhood it's much more likely that you'll have a ptsd episode when when something big happens like that so what happened was

navigate a new way out of all those what happened well yes is the answer to that question both all of it when we have complex post-traumatic stress which is you know deeply ingrained repetitive traumatic experiences say for example like my childhood it's much more likely that you'll have a ptsd episode when when something big happens like that so what happened was

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