Hello Trauma Brain
A podcast about living with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and what I am doing to heal and get better. This podcast is for anyone who has C-PTSD, thinks they might have it, or has a loved one with this diagnosis.
Episodes
⚠️ Content warning: This episode touches on place-based trauma triggers, institutional gaslighting, references to a dangerous situation (no specific details), financial abuse, and OCD/rumination. Please take care of yourself while listening.
In this episode, I get real about what happened during my latest vacation. It was three days, a lot of layers, some real joy, and some genuinely hard stuff, and my C-PTSD showed up the whole way...
Episode Overview
This bonus episode is a quick update from me: I was recently a guest on The Chaos to Connection Podcast with Diane Sorensen, where we talked about C-PTSD, estrangement, boundaries, and inner child reparenting. I'm sharing a few reflections on what came up for me after listening back, plus a preview of what's ahead for Hello Trauma Brain.
In This Episode
- I announce my guest appearance on The Chaos to Connection Pod...
⚠️ Content Warning: This episode mentions trauma and references to suicidal ideation. Please take care of yourself.
Heads up: some audio distortion + no YouTube this time (copyright claim). Full video on Spotify. 💛
Have you seen K-Pop Demon Hunters? This award-winning animated film is stunning, but what stopped me cold was how accurately it portrays toxic shame: where it comes from, how it's used to control us, and how we begin to h...
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Michael J. Greenberg, licensed clinical psychologist and the director of OCD Associates, to talk about something I've lived with since childhood but only recently learned has a name: rumination OCD. For a long time, I thought rumination was something that happened to me, a side effect of trauma. But Michael's work helped me see that rumination is actually something we do, and if it's something w...
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and in this episode I share my personal experiences as a survivor of sexual abuse and emotional incest. For a long time, I didn't have names for what happened to me. I just knew something felt wrong.
Chapters
- 00:00 Sexual Abuse Awareness Month
- 05:20 Trauma Anniversaries
- 09:40 Emotional Incest
- 25:27 Consent and Boundaries
- 33:21 Spectrum of Sexual Abuse
- 36:13 Grooming and Why Survivo...
Welcome to Hello Trauma Brain, a podcast where I share my personal journey of living with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD), and the tools and practices I'm using to heal, recover, and grow.
🎙️ In this episode, Sara Avery, executive director of the Learned Distress Removal Process, joins me to discuss why healing from complex trauma can feel so difficult, even when we're doing all the "right" things.
Sara Avery shares ...
Welcome to Hello Trauma Brain, a podcast where I share my personal journey of living with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD), and the tools and practices I'm using to heal, recover, and grow.
🎙️ In this episode,
Dr. Sherrie Campbell shares her personal experience of recognizing emotional abuse from her own parent and the tools that helped her cope and grieve as she began to distance herself.
Dr. Sherrie defines emotional...
Welcome to Hello Trauma Brain, a podcast where I share my personal journey of living with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD), and the tools and practices I'm using to heal, recover, and grow.
🎙️ In this episode, I explore why current events hit differently when you have C-PTSD, and what happens when the world around us mirrors the original system of abuse we survived.
Why news cycles about ICE raids, Epstein files survi...
Welcome to Hello Trauma Brain, a podcast where I share my personal journey of living with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD), and the tools and practices I’m using to heal, recover, and grow.
🎙️ In this episode, I reflect on my healing journey from complex trauma over the past year. I share what has worked and what hasn’t, and I talk about how important self-compassion, boundaries, and recognizing the ...
Welcome to Hello Trauma Brain, a podcast where I share my personal journey of living with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD), and the tools and practices I’m using to heal, recover, and grow.
🎙️ In this episode, join me, Raysa, as I talk about my experience with estrangement. As I reach my third year estranged from the main abusers in my life, I share what it has been like to make, and maintain, this decision. I ...
Welcome to Hello Trauma Brain, a podcast where I share my personal journey of living with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD), and the tools and practices I’m using to heal, recover, and grow.
✍🏽 I’m excited to share that I’ve collaborated with the blog About that Jack. I did my first Q&A series called Raysa on CPTSD Recovery & Healing.
🎙️ In this bonus announcement episode, I briefly share my ...
Welcome to Hello Trauma Brain, a podcast where I share my personal journey of living with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD), and the tools and practices I’m using to heal, recover, and grow.
✍🏽 I’m excited to share that I’ve collaborated with The Healing and C-PTSD Chronicles (A Virtual Magazine). My very first published article, Listening to My Screaming Body, is featured in their Summer 2025 i...
In this heartfelt episode of Hello Trauma Brain, I sit down with Franceska McCaughan, author of SurThriving, to talk about what it really means to heal from childhood trauma and find ways to thrive after surviving.
Franceska and I explore the complexity of going no contact with a parent, how boundaries can protect your peace, and why allowing both survival and thriving to coexist is an act of deep self-compassion. We also talk about...
Welcome to Hello Trauma Brain, a podcast where I share my personal journey of living with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD), and the tools and practices I’m using to heal, recover, and grow.
In this episode, join me, Raysa, as I talk with Cathy and Geraldine, founders of Transcend Trauma, about the healing journey after complex trauma. We dive into the importance of trusting your gut when finding a therapist, how...
Welcome to Hello Trauma Brain, a podcast where I share my personal journey of living with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD), and the tools and practices I’m using to heal, recover, and grow.
In this episode, join me, Raysa, as I reflect on my recovery from perfectionism and how embracing the “good enough” standard has allowed me to be more human.
References & Resources Mentioned
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Welcome to Hello Trauma Brain, a podcast where I share my personal journey of living with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD), and the tools and practices I’m using to heal, recover, and grow.
In this episode, join me, Raysa, as I kick off Season 3 of Hello Trauma Brain. I’ll be exploring why rest often feels unsafe for people with C-PTSD, how trauma impacts the nervous system, and why this can lead to cycles...
Welcome to Hello Trauma Brain — a podcast where I share my experiences living with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and what I’m doing to heal and grow.
🎙️ You are invited to join me, Raysa, for Season 3, premiering September 25, 2025. In the meantime, you can listen to Seasons 1 and 2 anytime on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen to your podcasts.
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Welcome to Hello Trauma Brain. A podcast where I share my experience living with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and what I am doing to heal and get better.
In this Season 2 Finale episode, Raysa celebrates her progress so far and talks about the vicious inner critic and how it was created. Raysa reflects on how she is fighting back against her own inner critic that has bullied her for a lifetime. Raysa also celebrates the p...
Welcome to Hello Trauma Brain. A podcast where I share my experience living with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and what I am doing to heal and get better.
In this episode, Raysa continues her show illustration on how Bluey (a children’s animated series) depicts examples of healthy and realistic parenting. This is Part 2 and you are invited to check out Part 1 before listening to this episode.
References (this podcast ...
Welcome to Hello Trauma Brain. A podcast where I share my experience living with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and what I am doing to heal and get better.
In this episode, Raysa shares how Bluey (a children’s animated series) shows examples of healthy and realistic parenting. This is Part 1 and you are invited to return next week for Part 2 of this Show Illustration.
References (this podcast is not sponsored by any of...
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