Well, you just described me. My Mother was killed when I was 13. I was left My Father, who I had Never really known. He did a Horrible job, and I appreciate his position, but he should've stepped up. That  incident has Traumatized for my Whole life. I began using drugs age 15. Thank you for the work that you do. I have seen more than 100 Therapists, Psychiatrists, and the like. None of them ever helped me. Most of them look horrified after I tell them my life story. That in itself was Frightening! 👌

My brother sent me this video.  We both, in fact all four of us, had a difficult childhood.  My father was a World War II veteran.  A tank commander, wounded at Anzio.  He had a mental breakdown when I was nine.  It affected each of us differently because we were all different ages and had different understandings. I want to thank my brother for sharing this. We lost my oldest brother who developed severe mental illness.  Perhaps because of him, we didn’t recognize that we too were wounded.  Little by little we are learning.  Little by little we are making progress.  Always too slow, but that goes with evolution.

Wow. Well done for holding such a beautiful space and for bringing Dr. Van Der Kolk to an Irish audience. This was special. Thanks so much for all your work 🙏

Dr Bassel  reaches everyone even the outskirts of small irish city Cork where I'm from living now in UK social worker working with traumatised adults ..I also have  and read the book the body keeps the score the most practical tool I have read thank u Dr Bassel Youte a gift to the world for sure ❤

Trauma leaves such a mark on people's lives. I agree a child who suffers trauma struggle with learning as their minds are in turmoil. I would love to be brave enough to do the treatment that Timmy did. I was never in addiction but I know the destruction of it as I lived it. It's harrowing. Great talk. Keep up the good work. Congratulations

With all respect to this professor, No need to always compare their calm life with others bad life. It doesn’t add value to the discussion. There is a young therapist who is your Uber and she has numerous subscribers and she always says we to refer to bad experiences. That is how they get into others hearts

Thank you. Growing up in the Irish home can be a shameful, guilt ridden experience.

Wow! Timmy! I also meditate and you showed SO much courage in persisting in doing this, which for you was really difficult- much more than for me. Like Bessel, I am in AWE of you.

Dr. Van der Kolk makes such an important point in being capable of articulating what took place, being able to name what happened.

“The Holistic Psychologist”, an online community on all the major platforms, has helped me immensely — commiserating with others, reading others’ remarks and the content all have contributed greatly to my understanding AND healing and growth.

Thank you for this.

Postscript: Another important point about growing up with a single parent in a rather isolated set of circumstances, which my experienced: “exiled” from the remainder of the extended family, and therefore completely overlooked and disregarded.

I’m not a man, but when you talk about team sports— I found team sports traumatizing as a kid, but a few years ago during Covid I got a particular job where I experienced being a team in the most beautiful, healing, beneficial, and life changing ways. And a lot of that experience was healing my relationship with men too, as they were so supportive to me on the team, and continue to be.

Wow, So much respect for the two men who worked so much on themselves and have the bravery they show in assisting Besser in creating this video that can help so many people.

So proud of how far he and they have come and all people who take this journey
This is what we are to be doing with people with trauma and get in trouble withe the law etc.. understanding developmental trauma brain gives us compassion for each other.. and of course we hold people accountable, yet we have to show them the light. The light with an is there.
It’s hard and if you can be gifted with a friend or someone who truly understands and supports you it will be easier

Ty guys.i am doing emdr and I'm processing a bad lsd trip I'm 53 I was 14 that trip had catastrophic  effect on my life doing drugs for 40 years.just be careful of psychedelic  drugs.all the best for us recovering  addicts.

I could listen to Dr Bessel all day. So powerful, so raw, so honest  from all of ye but most importantly so gracious, kind and transformative. Amazing work!

Violence was my only friend for most of my life because of being battered as a kid for everything and everyone else's failures. Well at 43 I'm off the drugs after 20 years heavy abuse and my treacherous family have the police knocking their doors now about what happened when I was 4. I hope for justice as I don't want to deal with it myself and they definitely don't want 😞

Great talk unheald trauma holds us back

So profound, Timmy you're amazing, thanks for your honesty.

Music and drama are often “team sports” too

To the Two Norries and Tim, thank you for sharing your strength hope and courage.

Boys this was amazing..I can relate to a lot of what was said... great work Norrie boys! Love from a Norrie girl and her Norrie dog❤️❤️