Using meditation to help make life with PTSD a little better. Sharing challenges and solutions for growing up with Complex PTSD. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

When kids don't see adults advocating for them. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

When things trigger you. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

When a parent belittles their child. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Toxic parenting in relation to condescending people. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Arguing with logical thinkers and Complex PTSD --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Overcoming learning difficulties in school. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

More coincidences --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

My "Cure for Boredom" is working for multiple symptoms of Complex PTSD. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

How trying to be a peacemaker and middle man, is really a quick route to losing friends and being a nobody man. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

How proving yourself in life is like climbing a totem pole, but is the top of the totem pole where you really want to be? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Do we have a higher likelihood of losing friends? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Overbearing people and Complex PTSD. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Abusers and holiday celebrations being neglected. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

The problem with saying Never, it doesn't solve anything. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

How the concept of being focused can be a draw for people with a stressful mind. This relates to cults. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

The importance of saying you're sorry when you get mad about misunderstandings. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

How listening and asking questions can be a remedy for preventing misunderstandings and Interpersonal Difficulties. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

A few signs I've been seeing lately and finishing some things I've been putting off. I'm a big believer in timing. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Dwelling vs Having Fun in life. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Why being dependent is probably very typical for people with Complex PTSD, and how to be aware of where it's coming from. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

When lacking boundaries leads to schizoid feelings. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

The Middle Ground in regards to relationships. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Article about brain trauma. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Being specific about the type of verbal abuse you experienced. Mine was "Anger Talk". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Stress and nutrition. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

An article about meditation that I actually am not fond of because it's making it way too complicated. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

The importance of preventing situations where we feel trapped. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Why our mind shuts down in certain situations. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

I use a quick example of why it's important to make rational decisions. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

A specific subject matter that helped me think less emotionally and, instead, think more rationally. This is very important for people with Complex PTSD. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Letting an arrogant person know that they too can be condescended to. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

When you're being needy, and something that might help. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

When condescending people are wrong. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Some organization tips for staying focused and lowering stress --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Something that I think is not true, that anyone can "drink responsibly". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

I had a few accomplishments today and I wanted to stress the importance of celebrating your accomplishments. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Something, I think, certain support groups, and coping strategies, are missing. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

An interview I came across that brought up Complex PTSD --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

How to see outbursts in a more nonjudgmental way. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Some other points about how to look at your own life in a refreshing way. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Seeing your world differently and not taking everything so seriously. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Some points about Betrayal in relation to Complex PTSD --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

A few recent coincidences that I find really specific. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Book about sobriety and family dynamics. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Resilience building in regards to things that don't make sense. How I've lost the desire to figure things out that don't make sense, and that's a really good thing. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Finding the Middle Ground in relationships. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Breaking the tendency to date the wrong people for the wrong reasons. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Does enabling, spoiling others, and being in denial tend to go hand-in-hand with being condescending? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

A few notes about activities that help calm down your environment --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Current events --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Just a few points about this podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support