Dr. John A. KingIndigenous Australian. 100% Human. Neo-Noir Novelist. Poet. Speaker. Performance coach. More than a Survivor. Terrible Golfer, Awkward Dancer🕺

When Trauma Rewired My Brain Meeting John 2.0

5 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief interview excerpt, Speaker A acknowledges the difficulty of hearing Speaker B’s traumatic past but emphasizes its importance for others still struggling, asserting that sharing such stories demonstrates that healing is possible. Speaker B expresses a hopeful desire for a complete turnaround, recounting that the only prayer ever offered was for all things to be turned around for good, and confirms that this transformation indeed occurred. The dialogue centers on the themes of vulnerability, hope, prayer, and the affirmation of recovery after trauma.

And I know parts of your story are difficult to hear, but I believe they're necessary for people who are still in the dark to know healing is possible.
And that's the hope, to turn all things around for good. I never prayed and asked why me. I— the only prayer I ever had really was that it would turn— all things would be turned around for good.
And it did.
It is. It's quite fun. I like this now. I like John 2.0. I never really liked John 1.0. He was always struggling to prove himself, struggling to achieve, struggling to get together. And John 2.0, he just wants to write poetry and smoke cigars under a tree, which was a total mind shift from this goal-driven guy to this poet, creative writer. And I had to spend a lot of time getting to know this guy because your brain changes with recall and changes with trauma.