The Myths of Trauma

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

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🗓️ 20 February 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Among people who experience some sort of trauma, what percentage do you think go on to develop post-traumatic stress disorder? A third? A Half? More? Actually, the answer is 10%. An overestimation of how common it is to develop PTSD after trauma is one of the misconceptions my guest thinks are leading to its overdiagnosis and an underestimation of human resilience. Dr. Joel Paris is a professor emeritus of psychiatry and the author of Myths of Trauma: Why Adversity Does Not Necessarily Make Us Sick. Today on the show, Joel explains what some of those myths of trauma are, including the idea that it's trauma itself which causes PTSD. Joel argues that PTSD is instead created when exposure to trauma meets an individual's susceptibility to it, and he explains what psychological, biological, and even social factors contribute to this susceptibility. We also get into how the methods used to prevent the triggering of trauma can backfire and how the treatment for PTSD will be ineffective if it only focuses on processing an adverse experience.

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0:00.0	Brat McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:11.4	Among people who experience some sort of trauma, what percentage do you think go on to develop
0:15.9	post-traumatic stress disorder?
0:17.9	A third, a half, or?
0:21.0	Actually, the answer is 10%.
0:23.2	An over-estimation of how common it is to develop PTSD after trauma is one of the misconceptions
0:28.3	my guess-thinks are leading to its over-diagnosis and an underestimation of human resilience.
0:33.7	Dr. Joel Parris is a professor emeritus of psychiatry in the author of Myths of Trauma,
0:39.0	why adversity does not necessarily make us sick.
0:42.2	Tanya in the show Joel explains what some of those myths of trauma are, including the idea
0:46.1	that its trauma itself which causes PTSD.
0:48.8	Joel argues that PTSD is instead created when exposure to trauma meets an individual's
0:53.6	susceptibility to it.
0:55.3	Tanya explains what psychological, biological, and even social factors contribute to this
1:00.1	susceptibility.
1:01.5	We also get into how the methods used to prevent the triggering of trauma come backfire.
1:05.0	And how the treatment for PTSD will be ineffective if it only focuses on processing and adverse
1:10.2	experience.
1:11.2	After the show's over, check out our show notes at a-wim.is-miths of trauma.
1:32.2	Alright Dr. Joel Parris, welcome to the show.
1:35.2	Thank you very much for asking me.
1:37.2	So you are a psychiatrist who specializes in working with individuals with borderline
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