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Episodes · 12 months
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Nov 2025–Oct 2026peak share, Feb 2026
Share of analysed episodes per month, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026: 1 of 3,584, 1 of 3,862, 0 of 4,115, 2 of 4,226, 0 of 4,731, 0 of 4,438, 0 of 4,230, 0 of 4,319, 1 of 4,515, 0 of 4,419, 0 of 4,624, 0 of 4,594.
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28
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Where they standLast discussed
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Jul 4, 2026
Where they stand
Camps of opinion · 3Positions people took on this topic in transcripts, grouped by school of thought. The bar shows each camp's share of the people sorted into a camp. It is not a poll and not a share of any audience, and people whose position fit no camp are left out of it. Within a camp, people with demonstrated expertise on the topic come first, then those who reached the most listeners on it. Positions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
Share of people placed in a camp10 people
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- Normalize trauma responses4 people · 40%
- Prioritize therapeutic talk3 people · 30%
- Utilize neurobiological interventions3 people · 30%
Normalize trauma responses
Trauma symptoms are a normal human reaction to abnormal situations rather than evidence of a permanent medical or mental disorder.
4 people · 4 episodes
Feeling sad or having regrets after experiencing traumatic events is a normal human response rather than a sign of a mental disorder.
“one of the main themes I was telling people during this tour was that's totally normal and it's okay it's okay to think oh I I lost some friends and sometimes I feel sad about it well yeah of course MH like that's that's that's normal that's fine”
Jordan B Peterson · Feb 2024 · 2 episodes · 957K views on this topicHB
He defines PTSD as a normal response to an abnormal situation that necessitates professional treatment for recovery.
“see postraumatic stress disorder is totally normal it's an it's a it's a normal response to an abnormal situation”
Soft White Underbelly · Feb 2025 · 1 episode · 304K views on this topicLS
Lee StuckeyUnrated
Lee Stuckey claims that having a reaction to abnormal events like combat is a normal human response rather than a sign of being broken.
“if you go through war, the things we went through, or even if you're here in America and you go through tornadoes or sexual assault or traumatic things, you're going through an abnormal event in your life. And if you don't have a reaction, you're probably a sociopath.”
Soft White Underbelly · Dec 2025 · 1 episode · 24K views on this topicPrioritize therapeutic talk
Openly discussing and processing traumatic memories in safe, supported environments is essential for healing and recovery.
3 people · 3 episodes
Dealing with demons requires talking about them in a safe, private environment rather than trying to suppress them.
“if you have those thoughts in your life that even just the slightest beginning of a thought about that thing starts to creep into your head and your and your reaction to it is not now I don't want to do this I can't do this right now it's all happening in your head if that's something that you deal ”
The Diary of a CEO · Dec 2024 · 4 episodes · 23.2M views on this topicDU
Professional therapy is an essential tool for survivors to process trauma, understand behavioral responses, and break cycles of abuse.
“and that was the explanation for you know like all my hardships and my relationships and me struggling with my own emotional regulation and being able to be the best mom that I can be it took me going to therapy and having somebody say hey these things that you're saying actually weren't a big deal”
We’re All Insane · Sep 2024 · 1 episode · 2.0M views on this topicDM
Talking about traumatic experiences is a therapeutic way for officers to process and release the heaviness of their jobs.
“I didn't I I used to think officers would tell stories to to try to be tough or try to be a man, you know, and and it's I realize now a lot of them do it for to release to get it to get it out and and uh uh it's like somebody who's been through a traumatic childhood by not talking about it, you give”
Soft White Underbelly · May 2025 · 1 episode · 584K views on this topicUtilize neurobiological interventions
Treating trauma involves utilizing specific pharmacological or neurological tools to physically alter the brain's response to memories.
3 people · 3 episodes
MDMA-assisted therapy helps patients process traumatic memories by reducing fear in the amygdala and increasing logical thinking in the prefrontal cortex.
“MDMA reduces activity in the amydala the fear processing part of the brain MDMA increases activity in the prefrontal cortex where we think logically”
StarTalk · Dec 2023 · 1 episode · 432K views on this topic
MDMA can enhance the effectiveness of talk therapy for PTSD patients by facilitating emotional processing and reducing threat detection.
“in fact the field of Psychiatry has never before seen the kind of success in treatment of PTSD with any other compound that they are seeing and achieving with the appropriate safe use of MDMA and when I say appropriate that means in conjunction with nine therapy sessions”
Huberman Lab · Jun 2023 · 5 episodes · 2.2M views on this topic
Experimental brain treatments can offer significant relief and healing for veterans struggling with symptoms like brain fog and suicidal thoughts.
“So, I'm writing in my journal as they tell us to remembering all these things I saw. I threw this away. I kept this. What? What? What was that? So, you're trying to process these things you remember that happened.”
Bussin' With The Boys · Nov 2025 · 1 episode · 29K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
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Episodes discussing this topicIncludes episodes tagged with a narrower subject. Each is marked with the subject it came in through.
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Share of episodesThis topic's episodes as a share of every episode we analysed, in each complete month. We analyse more episodes every month, so a raw count would mostly show that growth. Recent months fill in as transcripts are analysed.
Complete months · first on record Mar 2019