Josh TrentIdentity Transformation Architect and award winning Host of the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast—a decade-strong show with over 750 episodes and 15M downloads.

Birth Trauma: The Hidden Betrayal Newborns Experience #shorts

22 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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In this short monologue, the speaker explains that a newborn’s nervous system is symbiotically linked to the mother’s, and that immediate separation after birth can trigger a fight, flight, or freeze trauma response, leaving the infant feeling abandoned and mistrusting. The speaker challenges the common belief that a non‑crying baby is “good,” arguing that such infants are actually “frozen” like a lizard in response to perceived life threat. The talk also notes that, through guided breathing and targeted questioning, some adults can later recall vivid birth‑related memories, such as seeing a parent’s face through a glass, indicating that the early trauma can be accessed and processed later in life.

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at the birth, when the child is taken away, which shouldn't be taken away, they need to, they're symbiotic, their nervous systems are symbiotic, they need to remain connected. When the baby is separated and then taken, you know, into another room or whatever it is, and they go into either fight, flight, or freeze because they're experiencing severe pain and trauma to a part of the body that has so many nerves, and they say, "I've been abandoned." Where is she? What happened? Can I trust anyone? Right? And some people say, "The baby was so good, he didn't even cry." I said, "Yeah, he was frozen." He was like, you know, a lizard freezes because they think they're about to lose their life. And so no, the baby wasn't good. And a baby is not bad when it cries. The baby is responding to a violation. And so often when I don't do this intentionally, but sometimes when I've worked with men and we talk about their experience in their own birth, through, through guided breathing and questions that I ask, they'll remember. They'll say, you know, I remember seeing my dad through the glass. I remember seeing his face watching me. Like, they'll have flashes. Wow. They'll have flashes of certain, you know, just pictures.