Are You Addicted to Drama? How to Know & How to Fix it with Dr. Scott Lyons

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Treat Media and Glennon Doyle

Society & Culture, Relationships, Education, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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415. Are You Addicted to Drama? How to Know & How to Fix it with Dr. Scott Lyons Dr. Scott Lyons, a licensed holistic psychologist and author, discusses the concept of drama addiction. He explains the physiological and psychological mechanisms behind this addiction, how to know if you have one, and how we can begin to break free from these cycles. -The top question to ask to yourself to understand your trauma -Why you may feel unsafe when relaxed -How drama addiction shows up in our own bodies -Why boredom is actually a good sign on the path to healing -Beginner steps to start divesting from drama Dr. Scott Lyons is a licensed holistic psychologist, educator and author of the best selling book Addicted to Drama: Healing Dependency on Crisis and Chaos in Yourself and Others Scott is also the host of The Gently Used Human Podcast, a delightfully depthful and often hilarious exploration of what it is to be human, to have lived life, and come out gently used. As a renowned body-based trauma expert and Mind-Body Medicine specialist, Scott also helps people to break free from cycles of pain, limited beliefs, and trauma. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, Dr. Scott Lyon.
0:13.9	A gay boys fantasy.
0:15.1	Yay!
0:19.6	I hope we're recording that because that was a great entree.
0:24.8	I need to know something before we start.
0:27.1	Yes.
0:28.4	First of all, I love you all.
0:29.9	Oh, we love you.
0:31.7	Same.
0:32.1	Thank you for having me.
0:33.1	I, like, I'm sweating.
0:35.4	I am nervous, but I am thriving because of this. So thank you. Well, you know,
0:41.4	I'm always sweaty and nervous. So we are already bonded. We're trauma bonded. We are drama bonded.
0:48.8	So I saw that you had share on the show and I saw how you prepared for it, which was like singing and
0:54.1	dancing. And I'm not going to lie, I wish I was there. How did you prepare? had share on the show and I saw how you prepared for it, which was like singing and dancing,
0:54.6	and I'm not going to lie, I wish I was there. How did you prepare for the drama?
0:59.8	We don't have to, Scott. I've been preparing my whole goddamn life. Oh, my love. Me too.
1:08.9	Truthfully, I did. It's interesting. Well, I heard you a while back on some podcasts and i was like
1:15.2	oh i really i related for myself but i related for all of us yeah it's so pod squad so here's
1:26.2	what we're doing here with this absolute love bug, Dr. Scott Lyons.
1:31.3	So we're in this moment of what could be considered sort of a nexus of fear and drama and the unknown and everyone sort of frenzied. And because I have had so much
1:49.5	drama in my life, I actually always see those as interesting moments. Like when everybody gets
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