How Trauma Changes Your Thinking

The video discusses how trauma can lead to cognitive distortions, affecting memory, perception, and emotions. It outlines four main distortions: feeling distant from others, feeling unsafe, self-blame and mistrust, and feeling powerless. The video provides strategies like journaling and grounding exercises to address these distortions and emphasizes the importance of therapy for deeper insights.

Discuss the role of a therapist in helping individuals recognize and address their cognitive distortions.

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Explain how self-blame and mistrust can arise from trauma and its impact on decision-making.

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What strategies can be employed to combat feelings of powerlessness after a traumatic event?

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