Ali and Rich talk about the reliving elements of PTS; flashbacks and night terrors, and the impact that has on our day-to-day or night-to-night experiences.
We discuss the range of triggers and how they can come from any or all of our senses, bridging to a physiological response and reliving of an instant of experience. We discuss Rich's lived experience of flashbacks, how they impacted him and others and how he experienced them in the moment.
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00:00 Introduction
00:30 Link back to previous episode 5 – the overview of PTS
02:00 Flashbacks. What are they, how are they experienced and Rich's lived experience of them
03:00 Rich's experience of physical flashbacks
03:52 Thoughts and Emotions
04:32 Visual and auditory exclusion
05:06 Tunnel vision. Are your blinkers on?
05:57 Where is this focus more useful? Plant out of place?
06:36 Anticipatory dread as part of the trigger
07:39 Encroachment of boundaries conflicting with military “Can do attitude”
08:22 Bridge to a previous experience
08:49 Impact on others
09:15 The power of other sensory triggers.
10:20 Smell and Sound as powerful links to memory
11:06 Auditory triggers, car back fire, fireworks, children laughing
12:12 Structure of the flashback
12:42 Single representation or sequencing, layers of sensory experience
13:43 Deep set anchors. Underestimating our own brain's ability to bridge our experiences
14:32 Full fiber superpower processing of input to memory to re-experience
16:00 Evidence of a fine skillset. High-speed processing and super bridging
17:18 Night terrors- flashbacks in our sleep?
18:00 Sleep contained Panic Attack. Risk of imminent death
18:30 Re-enactment of the experience. Eyes open but not awake or aware.
19:40 Night terrors as an attempt to process our experiences
20:27 The distribution warehouse model of our mind
21:26 Laundry detergent – nose blind
22:40 Pattern unlock – the impact of when unconscious processing pulled into conscious processing
23:15 Warehouse automation and the role of our nightshift team
24:42 Replay of experience, to close out delivery, leading to night terrors and recurring dreams
25:40 What are our PTS experiences telling us? NS asking for help?
26:08 When sleep is no longer a pleasant experience. Type 1 and Type 2 Insomnia
27:58 Sleep hygiene and sleep deprivation
28:59 Impact on nightshift & dayshift crews. Overwhelmed and overworked.
30:52 Would you like a dedicated sleep episode?
31:25 Ways to help you sleep.
32:23 Impact of our daily habits – Caffeine, mobile phone use, blue light exposure, ambient noise and light pollution/ circadian rhythms
34:33 Summary of the episode
35:10 Question for the listeners: Would
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35: 20 Triggers – share your triggers with those close to you. Talk about coping strategies and how their impact can be reduced for you.
36:10 Sleep hygiene and possible deep dive on sleep later
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