With a tear in my eye, i feel you man, really feel you. 19 years in the army, 3 tour til Afganistan, Iraq and Kosovo. i can really related, but WE are not alone and We can get through this also, together Brothers and Sister.
Brilliant talk right from the heart thank you. My brother needs this kind of help he's been suffering with PTSD for decades and at this moment he's in a state of crisis and I'm desperate to find a path through it for him. I'm a firm believer in meditation but we're in the UK and I'm telling a veteran to do meditation (not easy) but a programme like this is just what he needs. If anyone could share some pointers on where to find a programme like this in the UK I'd be very grateful. He's ex British army 'Royal Signals'.
Trauma is very strange I can relate to much of what he spoke about wit his physical health. I developed a full blown movement disorder after a car accident. Science says its neural damage but I'm getting my life back through meditation. What I'm learning is every bad thing my body does is in response to trauma. The very promising thing is there doesn't seem to be limits on the healing despite what science says! More research please!
I had the privilege of seeing this talk live and Erik, and his message, have left an indelible imprint on me. Like Annie, I could watch this talk over and over again and continue to have new discoveries.
Awesome. Thank you!! As a psychotherapist working with Veterans I have found it very difficult to get patients to attempt to even try meditation. I am sending your video to those. SO HELPFUL
Can second this video. For me the breakthrough was an eeg measuring headband which tracks brainwaves (muse). Real time feedback and the regular tracking through an app really helped me overcome the stigma. Now my headband is as indispensable as alcohol and herbs were. Keep up the good work Barb!
I understand that my brother has struggled with PTSD for over 30 years "(British Army Signals Regiment) He's in a state of crisis and I'm trying to find him a way through it. This video streams the solution for him as it's a veteran talking to a veteran so I live in hope. 🙏
I have gone through PTSD It's Soo much hard to go through PTSD in Pakistan...... People in countries like America recognize mental illnesses but no one here Recognize these illnesses.... We are not mentally but also physicaly Alone here But My Father and family was able to recognize me and they supported me through intense periods. It was an exceptional case but I wonder how many other people with PTSD go through in countries like Pakistan
Please note that there are a wide variety of meditation techniques and if one technique does not work, there are others to try. Also, meditation practice is a process. It can take time to take hold. So, have patience with letting the process do its work. Meditation is a term that has created confusion. If you go out fishing in a quiet nice place in nature and just enjoy the day...that itself is a meditation on nature. The truth is, everyone meditates, we just don't use the term. Practicing meditation techniques, just enhances a natural process that everyone engages anyway.
Erik Younger, your an awesome person! May i just say your a funny dude! I had some heartfelt laughs thank to you ❤ thank you for your service! May God bless you, heal you completely, keep you safe and use you to help all veterans get healing from their PTSD!
God bless you. Thank you for your service...thank you for your story....thank you for your profound interest in healing yourself and fellow veterans. You are a true hero!
You are soooo correct!! It is so frustrating with the VA, who believe that more and more medication is the solution for everything when it’s Not. My husband has struggled for the past 6 mos after having Covid 19 which exacerbated his PTSD to a point to where he lost his job of 10 years as a police officer in our town, a job he loved!! This was and is no ordinary PTSD it carried along with it some severe and debilitating anxiety and depression. All he does is sleep all day every day. He says it’s his only relief from the emotionlessness that he says he gets tired of talking himself off of the ledge each and every day. I’ve searched and searched and searched since august 2021 for something that would help because the VA obviously wasn’t helping at all. He was on 7 different meds of which NONE were working in the least. And thank GOD I found a non profit organization that is going to pay for him to go and get treatment which includes 40 Hyperberic oxygen treatments and a more Holistic approach to blood tests. Because lord knows the standard doctors and labs in America who test our blood use a scale where the range of “normal” is as wide as the Empire State Building. Which is NOT EVEN CLOSE TO CORRECT.
Well he got HBOT and ketamine infusion, acupuncture, chiropractor adjustments, and vitamin infusions, none of which has worked or even helped. He’s waiting to get TMS therapy as we speak. I hope and pray it works! I need my husband back!
No, thank you. The only relief from PTSD I have ever known, were retreats held by Insight Seminars, meditation is at the heart of them. Though PTSD returns haunting me into old age.
Many of us who dont fight get for their country, do not know how to turn off this stress response. Dr Joe Dispenza teaches how to turn off this vigilance through meditation, he calls it the survival or the fight/flight mode.
With a tear in my eye, i feel you man, really feel you. 19 years in the army, 3 tour til Afganistan, Iraq and Kosovo. i can really related, but WE are not alone and We can get through this also, together Brothers and Sister.
I'm not a veteran but I feel him deeply and I'm sorry for him and for all the people suffering from PTSD like me.
PTSD is so tough
Its tough! I don't have a clue what I'm doing now most of the time now! I miss the brotherhood!
Powerful! He had everyone crying and clapping at the conference. Thanks for showing us masculinity and vulnerability can co-exist.
Brilliant talk right from the heart thank you. My brother needs this kind of help he's been suffering with PTSD for decades and at this moment he's in a state of crisis and I'm desperate to find a path through it for him. I'm a firm believer in meditation but we're in the UK and I'm telling a veteran to do meditation (not easy) but a programme like this is just what he needs. If anyone could share some pointers on where to find a programme like this in the UK I'd be very grateful. He's ex British army 'Royal Signals'.
Trauma is very strange I can relate to much of what he spoke about wit his physical health. I developed a full blown movement disorder after a car accident. Science says its neural damage but I'm getting my life back through meditation. What I'm learning is every bad thing my body does is in response to trauma. The very promising thing is there doesn't seem to be limits on the healing despite what science says! More research please!
This is one of the most sincere, moving, and relevant talks I have ever heard. What a service he is rendering.
I had the privilege of seeing this talk live and Erik, and his message, have left an indelible imprint on me. Like Annie, I could watch this talk over and over again and continue to have new discoveries.
This is so important. Thank you for your bravery.
This is the wisdom from experience. The is way out of pain and suffering and continue to help others.
Well deserved standing ovation.
Awesome. Thank you!! As a psychotherapist working with Veterans I have found it very difficult to get patients to attempt to even try meditation. I am sending your video to those. SO HELPFUL
Can second this video. For me the breakthrough was an eeg measuring headband which tracks brainwaves (muse). Real time feedback and the regular tracking through an app really helped me overcome the stigma. Now my headband is as indispensable as alcohol and herbs were. Keep up the good work Barb!
I understand that my brother has struggled with PTSD for over 30 years "(British Army Signals Regiment) He's in a state of crisis and I'm trying to find him a way through it. This video streams the solution for him as it's a veteran talking to a veteran so I live in hope. 🙏
@@rosemarieloxton3279 Always keep hope
I wish I could like this talk 100 times
I have gone through PTSD
It's Soo much hard to go through PTSD in Pakistan......
People in countries like America recognize mental illnesses but no one here Recognize these illnesses....
We are not mentally but also physicaly Alone here
But My Father and family was able to recognize me and they supported me through intense periods.
It was an exceptional case but I wonder how many other people with PTSD go through in countries like Pakistan
Probably alot. We are all human. Here in America they recognize it but not much help
Please note that there are a wide variety of meditation techniques and if one technique does not work, there are others to try. Also, meditation practice is a process. It can take time to take hold. So, have patience with letting the process do its work. Meditation is a term that has created confusion. If you go out fishing in a quiet nice place in nature and just enjoy the day...that itself is a meditation on nature. The truth is, everyone meditates, we just don't use the term. Practicing meditation techniques, just enhances a natural process that everyone engages anyway.
Erik Younger, your an awesome person! May i just say your a funny dude! I had some heartfelt laughs thank to you ❤ thank you for your service! May God bless you, heal you completely, keep you safe and use you to help all veterans get healing from their PTSD!
This story gave me goose bumps.
God bless you. Thank you for your service...thank you for your story....thank you for your profound interest in healing yourself and fellow veterans. You are a true hero!
Hope requires action. Outstanding work Erik! Thank you for your life. 🙌❤️
Thank you
God bless you 💪
You are awesome!!! Great JOB
You are soooo correct!! It is so frustrating with the VA, who believe that more and more medication is the solution for everything when it’s Not. My husband has struggled for the past 6 mos after having Covid 19 which exacerbated his PTSD to a point to where he lost his job of 10 years as a police officer in our town, a job he loved!! This was and is no ordinary PTSD it carried along with it some severe and debilitating anxiety and depression. All he does is sleep all day every day. He says it’s his only relief from the emotionlessness that he says he gets tired of talking himself off of the ledge each and every day. I’ve searched and searched and searched since august 2021 for something that would help because the VA obviously wasn’t helping at all. He was on 7 different meds of which NONE were working in the least. And thank GOD I found a non profit organization that is going to pay for him to go and get treatment which includes 40 Hyperberic oxygen treatments and a more Holistic approach to blood tests. Because lord knows the standard doctors and labs in America who test our blood use a scale where the range of “normal” is as wide as the Empire State Building. Which is NOT EVEN CLOSE TO CORRECT.
Well he got HBOT and ketamine infusion, acupuncture, chiropractor adjustments, and vitamin infusions, none of which has worked or even helped. He’s waiting to get TMS therapy as we speak. I hope and pray it works! I need my husband back!
Every school kid should hear this, maybe the US would be less war-pushing, less kids would die to become soldier.
Such a moving talk, Erik. Just as powerful as I remember in person. What a pleasure to have you on the TEDxWilmington stage.
-evan
This was beautiful 😢
A big thankyou
thankyou erik brother
Thankyou so much from full heart 💓
I'm 65 years old until the same way
A very beautiful video. I like it very much
Thanks
No, thank you. The only relief from PTSD I have ever known, were retreats held by Insight Seminars, meditation is at the heart of them. Though PTSD returns haunting me into old age.
Maha maha maha thanx
Excellent talk.
Maha maha thanxx
Great video!
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Many of us who dont fight get for their country, do not know how to turn off this stress response. Dr Joe Dispenza teaches how to turn off this vigilance through meditation, he calls it the survival or the fight/flight mode.
Anyone know how to contact him or a webpage for his organisation?
Is there a link to this website? I have been looking for this organization and I can't find it
I'm a disabled veteran that has been left to suffer and die from my injuries during military service. Can anyone help me
I really need your help I'm a marine veteran every second of everyday I want to die
How can I get ahold of him and his organization?
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Its mind boggling to me that thenptsd vids have the least views. Infuriating. Actually.
Meditation doesn't work
It's a tool, is not the cure.
The Best way to get No Scars is to avoid going on WAR ...!!
That's a bold statement sir. Quite bold indeed!