Sal DiStefano
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Yep. And I mean, you look healthy. You do look healthy. Yeah. I think I think especially considering someone who's having trouble sleep. Yeah. I think you're doing very well in spite of I mean, poor sleep, chronic poor sleep is killer, is absolute devastating for for, you know, people's fitness progress.
Yep. And I mean, you look healthy. You do look healthy. Yeah. I think I think especially considering someone who's having trouble sleep. Yeah. I think you're doing very well in spite of I mean, poor sleep, chronic poor sleep is killer, is absolute devastating for for, you know, people's fitness progress.
Yeah. Do you mind if I ask how long ago your sister passed away?
Yeah. Do you mind if I ask how long ago your sister passed away?
Yeah. Do you mind if I ask how long ago your sister passed away?
Yeah, you were in a vulnerable place. Your sister was younger than you, so she was young. Yeah. Yeah, that'll that'll place a ton of obviously challenge and maybe fear and anxiety. I lost somebody who was young in my life and it actually caused some PTSD in me because, you know, for me, this was my experience when they died. It felt like it came out of nowhere. They got sick and died.
Yeah, you were in a vulnerable place. Your sister was younger than you, so she was young. Yeah. Yeah, that'll that'll place a ton of obviously challenge and maybe fear and anxiety. I lost somebody who was young in my life and it actually caused some PTSD in me because, you know, for me, this was my experience when they died. It felt like it came out of nowhere. They got sick and died.
Yeah, you were in a vulnerable place. Your sister was younger than you, so she was young. Yeah. Yeah, that'll that'll place a ton of obviously challenge and maybe fear and anxiety. I lost somebody who was young in my life and it actually caused some PTSD in me because, you know, for me, this was my experience when they died. It felt like it came out of nowhere. They got sick and died.
And then I thought I got I became very hypochondriac. I thought I had every everything I felt was something because how could this happen to this healthy person? Right. I had this long period of time with this kind of anxiety. So and that that hyper that kind of like, you know, that that hyper vigilance is.
And then I thought I got I became very hypochondriac. I thought I had every everything I felt was something because how could this happen to this healthy person? Right. I had this long period of time with this kind of anxiety. So and that that hyper that kind of like, you know, that that hyper vigilance is.
And then I thought I got I became very hypochondriac. I thought I had every everything I felt was something because how could this happen to this healthy person? Right. I had this long period of time with this kind of anxiety. So and that that hyper that kind of like, you know, that that hyper vigilance is.
it's not going to let you sleep, uh, because your body's in this kind of, you know, like I gotta be, I gotta be, yeah, I gotta be ready. And so relaxing is, is almost impossible. So yeah. Yeah.
it's not going to let you sleep, uh, because your body's in this kind of, you know, like I gotta be, I gotta be, yeah, I gotta be ready. And so relaxing is, is almost impossible. So yeah. Yeah.
it's not going to let you sleep, uh, because your body's in this kind of, you know, like I gotta be, I gotta be, yeah, I gotta be ready. And so relaxing is, is almost impossible. So yeah. Yeah.
Yeah, with trauma, the best, from my experience, my research, I'm not an expert, but this is just from my research, the most effective secular treatments include EMDR. And then if you have any kind of spiritual practice, the data shows that to be very powerful. So people who have a very strong faith, Working with their community and through prayer, that also in the data shows to help a lot.
Yeah, with trauma, the best, from my experience, my research, I'm not an expert, but this is just from my research, the most effective secular treatments include EMDR. And then if you have any kind of spiritual practice, the data shows that to be very powerful. So people who have a very strong faith, Working with their community and through prayer, that also in the data shows to help a lot.
Yeah, with trauma, the best, from my experience, my research, I'm not an expert, but this is just from my research, the most effective secular treatments include EMDR. And then if you have any kind of spiritual practice, the data shows that to be very powerful. So people who have a very strong faith, Working with their community and through prayer, that also in the data shows to help a lot.
If that's you, I would combine the two. Maybe even find a practitioner who follows the same faith as you who does EMDR, which they're out there. Then you can combine the two. If you go to a church, you can even ask them. They might even have a list of therapists. EMDR is not like this weird. There's quite a few people now that practice it.
If that's you, I would combine the two. Maybe even find a practitioner who follows the same faith as you who does EMDR, which they're out there. Then you can combine the two. If you go to a church, you can even ask them. They might even have a list of therapists. EMDR is not like this weird. There's quite a few people now that practice it.
If that's you, I would combine the two. Maybe even find a practitioner who follows the same faith as you who does EMDR, which they're out there. Then you can combine the two. If you go to a church, you can even ask them. They might even have a list of therapists. EMDR is not like this weird. There's quite a few people now that practice it.