Bonus Episode

About this episode

Dr. Heidi explores the impact of toxic relationships on the nervous system and introduces the Survival Mode Assessment for post-trauma behaviors.

As you know I began a second podcast a few months ago so each of my shows can have a focused perspective. This podcast, It’s not normal it’s toxic is an educational resource for you to better understand the toxic relationships in your life through the experiences I had while in mine. Fak’n Tired my other podcast was also inspired by events in my life. Managing the ups and downs, managing my emotions, as well as managing the other relationships in my life did not go as I thought it would. There was so much shrapnel, so many residual effects from the toxic relationship I had been in that I was for a time completely unaware of. Avoiding and ignoring the need for healing became so overwhelming for me I wanted to disappear. So as I write the episodes for Fak’n Tired I often wonder if it would have been different if I had known all this before it did. The bonus episodes you hear are the Fak’n Tired episodes that I believe could possibly make your journey go a little smoother than mine did. Today in part 2 of the Biology of the Battle, Dr. Heidi explores the impact of toxic relationships on the nervous system and how survival behaviors can persist long after leaving such environments…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Heidi

Topics covered

• toxic relationships
• nervous system
• trauma recovery
• Survival Mode Assessment
• post-trauma behaviors

Keywords

• toxic relationships
• nervous system
• trauma
• Survival Mode Assessment
• healing