Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Cynthia Thurlow | Transforming Trauma into Triumph

28 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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A short transcript excerpt from a YouTube video in which the speaker (Cynthia Thurlow) reflects in first-person on how major and micro traumas have been formative teachers. The speaker describes physiological responses (fight-or-flight) triggered by trauma but reframes traumatic experiences as catalysts for personal growth, resilience, and the ability to 'show up' differently than would have been possible otherwise.

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That got me triggered again. That fight or flight response that we get when we're scared or nervous or anxious started all over again. It has really been my biggest teacher. All these experiences, I don't look at them as like, poor me. I look at it as these things have all allowed me to show up in ways that I would not have been capable of showing up otherwise. Like all of the major traumas, micro traumas, all of them have, have helped guide me into being the person that I am today, that I would not be if I had not experienced those things otherwise.