Anonymous Man - Facing PTSD, Childhood Trauma, and How Lack of Discipline Impacts Relationships

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Connor Beaton

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Education, Mental Health, Relationships, Self-improvement

4.8 • 591 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2019

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Connor interviews a former Army veteran who spent time in Afghanistan in the EOD unit (explosive ordnance disposal). His job was to go out into the field and support clearing bomb, potential explosive, and hazards so the rest of the command could travel freely. This episode digs into a lot. The guest talks about coming back from war with PTSD, the impact it had on his marriage, the infidelity, divorce, and childhood abuse he witnessed between his mother and father. AND it dives into the light that has kept him going through it all: his children and his mission to heal. This episode is powerful and sheds light on how men can break the cycle of passing on trauma from their pasts, heal from their dysfunction, and take the next step on the road to building a better future for them, their families, and the world around them. Are you looking to find your purpose, navigate transition or fix your relationships, all with a powerful group of men from around the world? Check out The Alliance and join me today. Check out our Facebook Page or the Men's community.Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify For more episodes visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Did you enjoy the podcast? If so please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. It helps our podcast get into the ears of new listeners, which expands the ManTalks Community Editing & Mixing by: Aaron The Tech See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Man Talk Show. I'm Connor Beaton. Today we have a very special episode. So moving forward, you'll notice that some of the episodes will say anonymous guest. And these
0:22.3	anonymous guests that I have on the show are men from around the world who are going to join
0:27.4	me on the podcast and share their life story. They're going to share a bit about their
0:32.0	childhood, some of the challenges, obstacles, trauma that they've faced. They're going to share some of their
0:39.1	lessons in growth, but they are here because they're looking for some help on something.
0:46.3	And today, the gentleman that's joining me is looking for some support on being able to
0:51.4	build his level of self-worth.
1:01.6	And we know when we start off the podcast, we dive into his family of origin story and kind of talk about his childhood and some of the challenges that he sort of to face.
1:07.1	He shares a little bit about going through the military.
1:09.6	He flashed forwards to, you know,
1:11.5	the divorce that he just went through and about a year and a half ago. And he shares not only his
1:19.5	life story, but he starts to unpack what really is a bit of a tale of trauma. And we go back to these moments of his life post-war where he's struggling with PTSD
1:32.9	because of some of the things that he's seen.
1:35.3	We see these traumatic moments happen from his childhood where he recalls just scenes that
1:42.3	no young boys should see. And then starts to piece together how those
1:47.6	things have impacted his current life how they impacted his relationship how they impacted his
1:54.8	level of happiness and joy and you know that he's been sort of dealing with depression and
2:00.4	battling you know battling with depression and battling, you know, battling with
2:02.1	depression behind the scenes and starts to see how, you know, he went through some of the darkest
2:07.9	moments of his life. He talks about suicide and really not being able to bring himself out
2:15.8	of the hole that he felt like he got himself in after the war
2:20.0	and after being in the military fighting in Afghanistan. So this is a really deep dive in his
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