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Nikki Eisenhauer is a licensed professional counselor, chemical dependency counselor, and professional psychotherapist. She is also an incest & abuse survivor.

In this episode, we discuss if trigger warnings are a tool for healing or a crutch for victimhood, we explore symptoms that your entire childhood may warrant a trigger warning, what actual trauma is, how not to manipulate ourselves & the best way to support those with trauma without absorbing their pain.

This episode originally aired October 9, 2023

If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 312: DID THE #METOO MOVEMENT EVEN HELP US?

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0:00 — Are trigger warnings helping or hurting?

0:50 — Nikki's take: good intentions gone sideways

2:55 — What "trigger" actually means

8:25 — How the word trauma got watered down

10:03 — How trigger warnings entered college culture

14:03 — Getting unstuck from a victim mindset

14:33 — Insight: the one thing you can't teach

20:34 — The circle jerk of victimhood

22:31 — Is "seeded trauma" a real thing?

26:04 — When people are addicted to drama

29:17 — Being patient with your subconscious

30:05 — Inner child work and reparenting yourself

32:07 — How to actually support someone with trauma

38:48 — Wrapping up + the Boundaries Course

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