TheNBTtherapist

In the final video of this series we explore the recently emerging trauma response of 'tend and befriend' or 'faun'. This trauma response can be observed in bully victim response behaviour, 'Mean Girls' relational conflict or Machiavellianism in corporate or power politics. Additionally this trauma response: 'going along to get along' or a perverse acquiescence to a trauma prompt might be part of what so confused our society and culture during the 'Me too' era. This video argues that in the later stages of the covid era (at least) what might have been occurring psychologically to a chronically stressed, burned out, amygdala hijacked population was a 'go along to get along' consent, an acquiescent consent, rather than a fully informed 'wise mind' consent in response to increasingly totalising and authoritarian covid measures. Those psychologically 'bruised' by the pandemic may be dealing with the consequences of such a trauma response.

Video 7/9 discusses a possible day in the life of a chronically Amygdala Hijacked (AH) person. AH can manifest biologically, psychologically or sociologically. For example if you've been struggling with being often tired during the day but then wired and unable to rest, unwind and sleep at bedtime since the covid era, you may be struggling with pandemic era AH. Another example might be your alcohol, drug, gambling or addictive technology habits got their fangs into you during those long, lonely shutdowns, and now you're struggling with them in a way that didn't trouble you pre-covid era?

Video 5/9 (Part Two): Covid and Amygdala Hijack: This video continues to explore the multidimensional toxicity of long term stuckness in stress, fear or trauma states, and begins to reflect on how and why we might have found ourselves stuck in an amygdala hijacked state during covid with thanks to: 'Gigachad', the 'Sydney toilet paper meltdown ladies', Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, An Australian senior politician, Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and Joe Biden.

Video 5/9 (Part one): Covid and Amygdala Hijack: This video explores the multidimensional toxicity of long term stuckness in stress, fear or trauma states, and begins to reflect on how and why we might have found ourselves stuck in an amygdala hijacked state during covid with thanks to: 'Gigachad', the 'Sydney toilet paper meltdown ladies', Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, An Australian senior politician, Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and Joe Biden.

Video 4/9 reflects on all the crazy stuff we might have thought/ said/ done through the covid amygdala hijack period, and that we would be well served by forgiving ourselves and each other in a 'Covid Amygdala Hijack Behaviour Amnesty'. Trigger Warning: This video contains footage of distressed people.