Brad SchipkeFounder of Broken To Unbreakable

Why do most people stay stuck with PTSD for years or even decades?

18 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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In this solo YouTube talk, Brad Schipke explains why many individuals with PTSD or complex PTSD stay stuck for years or decades. He identifies three core reasons: (1) the absence of clear metrics to gauge progress, which prevents people from knowing whether their efforts are effective; (2) a lack of focused processing, meaning trauma work is scattered and unfocused, leading to minimal gains; and (3) insufficient time spent healing, as weekly therapy sessions alone are inadequate. Schipke argues that healing requires many more hours of dedicated work, which can only happen if individuals learn to self‑direct their recovery and take control of the process. He encourages viewers to subscribe and watch his longer videos for practical guidance on self‑healing.

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Why do most people stay stuck with PTSD for years or even decades? 3 reasons: no metrics, no focus, and not enough hours. If you have no metrics for success, you can't tell if what you're doing is working or not working, and therapists don't teach you this. The second one is no focus. If you're not able to focus on a trauma and you can't map things out and really dial in what you're going to be processing, you're going to be bouncing around and making a little progress in a lot of directions and not be making significant progress in any of them. And the third one is probably the biggest one, which is not enough hours. If you're not spending enough time spent processing, then you will never heal. If you're doing one therapy session per week, that simply isn't enough to heal PTSD or CPTSD. You need more time, you need more hours, and to put in more hours, you need to learn how to heal on your own and take back control into your hand. If you want to learn how to do that, make sure to subscribe and watch some of my longer videos.