327. How trauma gets trapped in the body
The Psychology of your 20s
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🗓️ 2 September 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
We often think of trauma as something extreme - a dramatic, life-altering event. But trauma isn’t just what happened to us. It’s also how our body learned to survive. It can be quiet, subtle, and long-lasting, shaping how we live, cope, and exist in the world, often unconsciously.
In this episode, we unpack the quiet, psychological reality of trauma - especially in our twenties. Why do some of us feel numb, disconnected, or constantly on edge? Why do we shut down in relationships or over-function when things get hard? And how do we begin to reconnect with our bodies again?
We explore:
- Why trauma is subjective
- Survival strategies we carry into adulthood (and why they’re hard to let go of)
- Does the body really keep the score?
- How pain and shame are linked to trauma
- What “safety” feels like in our bodies - and how we can begin to access it
Whether or not you identify with the word ‘trauma’, or simply want to understand our bodies’ emotional responses, this episode is for you.
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| 1:04.0 | Hello everybody and welcome back to the psychology of your 20s. |
| 1:09.4 | The podcast where we talk through some of the big life changes |
| 1:13.2 | and transitions of our 20s and what they mean for our psychology. |
| 1:23.5 | Hello everybody. Welcome back to the show. Welcome back to the podcast, new listeners, old listeners, |
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| 1:34.0 | episode as we of course break down the psychology of our 20s. Today, we are talking about a word. We are |
| 1:42.4 | talking about a topic, a concept that carries a whole lot of weight, but is also used pretty flippantly in conversation and is very misunderstood. |
| 1:53.4 | We are talking about trauma. |
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