Dr. Paul Conti is a general psychiatrist and expert on treating trauma, he is also the founder and CEO of Pacific Premier Group, PC. Some of his clients include Lady Gaga, Kim Kardashian & Tommy Hilfiger

00:00 Intro
02:41 The Invisible Epidemic
04:48 What Percentage of the Population Has Traumas?
07:15 Your Brother's Suicide
10:19 Trauma Is Causing All Sorts of Illnesses in Our Bodies
13:11 How Trauma Speeds Up Your Ageing
15:07 How Trauma Affects Us at a Cellular Level
16:25 Trauma Leads to Early Death
18:37 Is There Anything Killing More Than Trauma?
19:51 The Different Types of Trauma
24:22 What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Weaker
27:06 Why Some People Experience Trauma Stronger Than Others
30:43 The Impact of Being Different
33:30 Developing Trauma Later in Life
36:57 How Do We Know If Trauma Is Being Passed On?
40:31 Do We Need to Understand Our Parents' Trauma to Understand Ours?
44:58 Post-Trauma Syndrome
45:47 How to Know If We Are Traumatised?
48:54 Trauma Shows Up as Addiction
51:54 What Tests Can Be Done to See If We Have Trauma?
52:48 Self-Destructive Shooting Methods
56:09 People Are Dying from Prescribed Meds
58:14 How Does Trauma Change Our Brains?
59:53 Trauma Creates Cognitive Blind Spots in Our Brain
01:03:50 We Tend to Seek What Harms Us in Order to Fix It
01:06:25 Becoming Addicted to Our Victimhood
01:08:03 What's the Role of the Limbic System in Our Traumas?
01:11:37 Shame Keeps Us Alive
01:13:33 You Can Build a Different Story Around Your Shame
01:17:44 How You Are Treated Determines Whether a Situation Becomes Traumatic or Not
01:19:22 How to Alleviate Our Shame
01:21:07 How Bringing Up the Trauma Helps
01:24:23 The Link Between Sleep and Trauma
01:26:04 The Importance of Sitting Alone with Your Thoughts
01:28:43 Sleep Problems Need to Be Urgently Addressed
01:30:09 Why You're Not Sleeping
01:31:26 Link Between Weight and Trauma
01:33:21 Advice for People That Think They Can't Change
01:36:16 Training Your Brain
01:38:40 Can You Completely Get Rid of a Trauma?
01:39:39 How to Stop Being Triggered by Trauma
01:40:54 Saving Lady Gaga's Life
01:44:29 Last Guest Question

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Studies mentioned in the episode:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11282817/

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