111 - ๐ŸŽฅ Panel: Flashbacks & Nightmares (#MSAD2026)
Polar Life ConsultingOctober 14, 202600:57:49

111 - ๐ŸŽฅ Panel: Flashbacks & Nightmares (#MSAD2026)

In honor of Male Survivor Awareness Day 2026 (October 25th annually), we have a panel of 3 prior guests for an honest conversation about trauma-related flashbacks and nightmares. The panel shares personal experiences with somatic and visual flashbacks, triggers, night terrors, and dissociation, and discusses how therapy and support can help. They explore practical ways to ground and process difficult experiences. Their stories offer insight into how trauma can affect the body and mindโ€”and a reminder to survivors that they are not alone.

VIDEO ๐ŸŽฅ version: Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3wzBKXAdMpCAlJHZ2Gt8nE], Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/@PolarLifeConsulting], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/PolarLifeConsulting], & TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@polarlifeconsulting].
AUDIO version: most other podcast platforms.

๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ:
Previous podcast interviews with Scott, Kevin and Johnny (contact info is within the show notes of each episode):
โ— Ep.18 - Live Interview with Kevin Bolger (Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/episode/1A5XkycglyK9tSrjuXJ30F?si=b2V__8PATz-WOv9DYDKAdg] | YouTube [https://youtu.be/ywASSYg6iMQ])
โ— Ep.95 - Interview with Scott Slone - Part 1 (Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/episode/3cgUwZ7KIxHvMwziCO0dMf?si=neQrDMPmShGuyJAURX9eOQ] | YouTube [https://youtu.be/6UWPM5UOiL8])
โ— Ep.96 - Interview with Scott Slone - Part 2 (Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/episode/2UIV4uonVDjPKs7lgs6c4G?si=FjZcspzIRImmntrZQce-Rw] | YouTube [https://youtu.be/6UWPM5UOiL8])
โ— Epi.62 - Live Interview with Johnny Braun (Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/episode/51d8YCNOihvtUo78XQKbGD?si=NXruQfUhTRem1MfLTpszFw] | YouTube [https://youtu.be/Efc0uYk7fkU])

๐‹๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ž๐:
โ— Brainspotting [https://www.amazon.com/Brainspotting-Revolutionary-Therapy-Effective-Change/dp/1604078901] (Amazon)
โ— Husband Material Podcast with Drew Boa (Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/70lMZXITFRmMSD8vkRb3eS] | Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/@HusbandMaterial])
โ—‹ Experience Healing Through Brainspotting (with Dr. David Grand) (Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/episode/68hXVQUYEKFVMiEiMCz5kk?si=4iHPbZmwTg-Mty0Vygw7TA] | Youtube [https://youtu.be/ExDlvJ8bLIA])
โ— The Body Keeps the Score [https://a.co/d/0ah71eum] - by Bessel van der Kolk (Amazon)
โ— No Longer Ashamed [https://anchor.fm/kevin-bolger4/episodes/Introduction-to-No-Longer-Ashamed-ehqoid] - podcast for survivors, co-hosted by Kevin
โ— MaleSurvivor.org [http://malesurvivor.org/] - has an on-ine discussion board for survivors & more (links to website)
โ— MenHealing.org [http://menhealing.org/] - non-religious healing weekends across the US for Male CSA Survivors
โ— A Time To Heal (Male CSA Retreats by BrothersRoad) [https://brothersroad.org/time-to-heal/] - healing weekends for Male CSA Survivors with a strong multi-faith component.

๐Ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐‹๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ฌ:
โ— Flashbacks [https://www.ptsd.va.gov/understand/what/flashbacks.asp] โ€” an overview of flashbacks related to trauma. (US Dept. of Veterans Affairs)
โ— Dissociation [https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/dissociative-disorders/] โ€” background on dissociation. (National Health Service - UK)
โ— Grounding techniques [https://www.verywellmind.com/grounding-techniques-for-ptsd-2797300] โ€” examples of techniques for reconnecting with the present moment. (VeryWellMind)
โ— Wikipedia Links
โ—‹ EMDR [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_movement_desensitization_and_reprocessing]
โ—‹ Dick Tracy [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy]
โ—‹ Internal Family Systems (IFS) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_Family_Systems_Model]
โ—‹ Dissociative disorder [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_disorder]
โ—‹ Analytical psychology [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical_psychology] (Jungian)

๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐‡๐…๐Œ๐’๐ฐ๐Œ๐‚ ๐ฉ๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ž๐:
โ— Ep.86 - What is Brainspotting? (Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/episode/0GbCSUc0jfIyw8CFkQutPF?si=iFw9RtK_QfeFdIE0q_JkKg] | YouTube [https://youtu.be/QCihkAT326o])

๐Œ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฆ๐š๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ฌ:
โ— Learn more about Husband Material's CSA Survivor Fellowship [https://www.polarlifeconsulting.com/live-chat] (led by Mike) & the PLC Chat on WhatsApp
โ— Mikeโ€™s Website [https://bit.ly/3DV8xRt]
โ— Schedule a free 30-minute Coaching Intro call w/Mike [https://bit.ly/4fSoOnr]
โ— Mikeโ€™s Story [https://bit.ly/3We4YMI]

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