Two people experience the same trauma but only one develops PTSD. Brad Schipke explains that it depends on how each brain processes the event, not the event itself. Your genetics, support system, and personal history determine whether your nervous system gets stuck in survival mode.
Can 2 people experience the same trauma, but only one of them get PTSD? The answer is 100% yes. And this is one of the most misunderstood parts of trauma. It's not the event that determines PTSD. It's how each person's brain processes the event. One person's system might recover quickly while another person's might stay stuck in survival mode. It doesn't mean that one is tougher or one is weaker. It just means that one person's body was able to process it and release it, and where the other one's wasn't. And this can come down to a person's history, their genetic, their support system, their skill level, and the way that they interpret the trauma. And that's all PTSD is. It's an alarm system that never got shut off. So if you still feel triggered or anxious long after it ended, it's not about willpower, it's about wiring. But the good news is, after all of this, is that PTSD is 100% treatable, healable. You can get rid of it for good. And if you want to learn how, make sure to subscribe and watch some of my longer videos.
