Episode 31: Yogi Bear’s Survivalist School

Welcome to our episode on PTSD -- you may think it has nothing to do with ADHD, but you'd be wrong! It turns out, the amount of overlap between PTSD and ADHD is alarming and frequently leads to misdiagnosis, especially in children. Katie takes us on a deep dive into brain chemistry and surviving mayhem, we gene splice ourselves with fainting goats, and Garet did her best to trip us and run away faster so the bears would eat us first. Nice, Garet. Real nice. But at least now we know how to introduce yourself to a bear in the wild and that you should probably not feed toddlers to bears. Maybe.

 

If you or someone you know is in a dangerous relationship you can visit thehotline.org without leaving a digital footprint at any time or text START to 88788. You can also call 800-799-7233.

 

You can also call 988 to be put in touch with a trained crisis counselor if you are struggling with thoughts of hurting yourself or others.

 

Sources:

https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd#:~:text=Post%2Dtraumatic%20stress%20disorder%20(PTSD,danger%20or%20to%20avoid%20it.

https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/fight-or-flight-response/#:~:text=The%20fight%20or%20flight%20response,body%20to%20fight%20or%20flee.

Schauer, M., & Elbert, T. (2010). Dissociation following traumatic stress. Journal of Psychology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight-or-flight_response

https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/understanding-the-stress-response

https://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/adult-adhd-ptsd

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23561240/

https://chadd.org/adhd-weekly/life-can-be-filled-with-trauma-can-that-affect-your-adhd/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0925492716301561

The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker