"PTSD" with Ciji Wagner--Called to be Bad Podcast S4 EP5

For today’s episode, we talk about trauma, in particular Post Traumatic Stress disorder with guest Ciji Wagner. Ciji works with a program called Louder than Silence which provides community support and free EMDR therapy for survivors of sexual violence. If you don’t know what EMDR is, stick around until the end of the episode where we learn how EMDR is an exciting, evidence based, treatment for trauma.

Ciji covers the core realities of people suffering from PTSD like hypervigilance and dissociation. We learn about the difference between flashbacks and re-traumatization as well as the physical components and symptoms of PTSD. Ciji is a walking encyclopedia when it comes to trauma, and for a topic that can be so heavy and difficult, she breaks it down in extremely accessible and easy-to-digest nuggets of information. I loved recording this episode with Ciji, I could have talked with her all day–and I hope you enjoy it as well. 

Resources: 

Louder than Silence

https://www.louderthansilence.org/

Jo Lloyd Johnson’s CTBB episode: 

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9kbNL9lVlc&t=168s

Listen: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1921768/episodes/14748315

My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem

https://www.blackgarnetbooks.com/item/z3YkwCEgoISya2tD5iQyFQ

Ciji was a contributing author of the book