How To Create Your PTSD Recovery “Road Map”? – PTSD Recovery Workshop: PTSD TV Episode #16

6 Feb 2019 · 30 min
Overcoming PTSD with Brad Schipke

6 Feb 2019 · 30 min

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In this episode of PTSD TV, hosts Kayleen (a PTSD/CPTSD recovery coach) and Brad Schipke (her partner and fellow survivor) walk listeners through a three‑part framework for building a personal PTSD recovery roadmap. They begin by urging listeners to confront their current reality, quantifying symptom frequency (e.g., days per week of insomnia, flashbacks, anger) and estimating the percentage of daily life consumed by PTSD. Next, they examine the "current steps" people are taking, emphasizing the difference between coping activities (yoga, breathing, distraction, substance use) and true healing actions that move the person toward recovery. The third pillar is the "ideal situation," where listeners set clear, measurable goals—zero PTSD days, 0% time occupied, specific relationship or work targets—visualizing the future to create motivation. Throughout, the hosts stress the need for a mindset shift from self‑criticism to self‑compassion, the importance of taking concrete action, and the role of personal responsibility in changing habits and thoughts. They conclude with practical resources: one‑on‑one consultations, a free online training (overcomingptsd.info/go), and ongoing podcast episodes that blend supportive encouragement with tough love. The episode’s purpose is to give listeners a structured, actionable plan to move from a painful present to a healed future.

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