Dr. Paul Conti is a general psychiatrist and expert on treating trauma, he is also the founder and CEO of Pacific Premier Group, PC. Some of his clients include Lady Gaga, Kim Kardashian & Tommy Hilfiger 00:00 Intro 02:41 The Invisible Epidemic 04:48 What Percentage of the Population Has Traumas? 07:15 Your Brother's Suicide 10:19 Trauma Is Causing All Sorts of Illnesses in Our Bodies 13:11 How Trauma Speeds Up Your Ageing 15:07 How Trauma Affects Us at a Cellular Level 16:25 Trauma Leads to Early Death 18:37 Is There Anything Killing More Than Trauma? 19:51 The Different Types of Trauma 24:22 What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Weaker 27:06 Why Some People Experience Trauma Stronger Than Others 30:43 The Impact of Being Different 33:30 Developing Trauma Later in Life 36:57 How Do We Know If Trauma Is Being Passed On? 40:31 Do We Need to Understand Our Parents' Trauma to Understand Ours? 44:58 Post-Trauma Syndrome 45:47 How to Know If We Are Traumatised? 48:54 Trauma Shows Up as Addiction 51:54 What Tests Can Be Done to See If We Have Trauma? 52:48 Self-Destructive Shooting Methods 56:09 People Are Dying from Prescribed Meds 58:14 How Does Trauma Change Our Brains? 59:53 Trauma Creates Cognitive Blind Spots in Our Brain 01:03:50 We Tend to Seek What Harms Us in Order to Fix It 01:06:25 Becoming Addicted to Our Victimhood 01:08:03 What's the Role of the Limbic System in Our Traumas? 01:11:37 Shame Keeps Us Alive 01:13:33 You Can Build a Different Story Around Your Shame 01:17:44 How You Are Treated Determines Whether a Situation Becomes Traumatic or Not 01:19:22 How to Alleviate Our Shame 01:21:07 How Bringing Up the Trauma Helps 01:24:23 The Link Between Sleep and Trauma 01:26:04 The Importance of Sitting Alone with Your Thoughts 01:28:43 Sleep Problems Need to Be Urgently Addressed 01:30:09 Why You're Not Sleeping 01:31:26 Link Between Weight and Trauma 01:33:21 Advice for People That Think They Can't Change 01:36:16 Training Your Brain 01:38:40 Can You Completely Get Rid of a Trauma? 01:39:39 How to Stop Being Triggered by Trauma 01:40:54 Saving Lady Gaga's Life 01:44:29 Last Guest Question You can purchase Paul’s book, ‘Trauma: The Invisible Epidemic: How Trauma Works and How We Can Heal From It’, here: https://amzn.to/3wTDnXc Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGq-a57w-aPwyi3pW7XLiHw/join Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Shop the Conversation Cards: https://thediary.com/products/the-cards Studies mentioned in the episode: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11282817/ This episode of The Diary Of A CEO was filmed at Gold Tree Studios, located in the heart of the Sunset Strip, West Hollywood, California