The Counter Culture Mom Show with Tina Griffin

As a teenager, while recklessly driving to the Golden Gate Bridge, Allie Marie Smith felt as if her only option to move forward in life was to end it. But when a kind stranger intervened that day, she returned home with a little hope in her heart. Thus began Allie’s long journey into healing from a long, dark depression. Today, Allie is an award-winning author, speaker, podcast host, and life coach. She hopes to bring encouragement to young women facing mental health challenges and empower them to embrace the life God wants them to live. Allie also digs deep into the topic of social media - how it can play into the darkest parts of human psychology and rob us of all joy, let alone time. She says we were created for a beautiful, embodied life filled with face-to-face relationships and encourages people to live that out!


TAKEAWAYS


Social media feeds on human desire to be loved, seen, and accepted and phubbing is a term for snubbing someone with phone use


How many hours every day are you losing to your digital device?


Read Allie’s book, Social Media Reset: A 30-Day Guided Journey to Unplug, Reconnect with God, and Reclaim Your Joy


Consider taking a “fast” from social media for a few days or do her 30 day fast to reset your system


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What is Social Media Addiction: https://bit.ly/3TlDbM6


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Dr. Gene Lipov is a medical doctor who specializes in studying digital trauma, brain rot, and the digital depression of the modern age. He is an anesthesiologist and the author of Digital ‘Brain Rot’: Doomscrolling - Get Your Brain Back! Gene explains the difference between Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Post-Traumatic Stress Injury (PTSI). He breaks down the genetic history of families where stress was prevalent, and how it can affect the next generation. He also discusses the very real dangers of “doomscrolling” on modern digital devices - a common practice that seems harmless but can do serious damage to the way the human brain functions and, for kids, develops.


TAKEAWAYS


If a father experiences trauma, their child has a higher chance of developing PTSD


The Romans’ word for PTSD was “the tremble”


Other historical terms for trauma were “Soldier’s Heart” and “Shell Shock”


PTSD and PTSI have the same underlying traumatic mechanisms


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PTSD and Digital Toxicity video: https://bit.ly/3UXCd8U
Digital “Brain Rot” Doomscrolling book: https://digitalbrainrot.com/
Social Media and Suicide Ideation Among Teens: https://bit.ly/4juGPxG
How Social Media Changes Childhood Development: https://bit.ly/4j20NzF
Brain Scan Study and Suicidal Thoughts: https://bit.ly/4AJEODT
Teens Saying No to Social Media and Yes to Brick Phones: https://bit.ly/4hrvDjZ
Half of Teens Losing Critical Sleep Due to Phone Use: https://bit.ly/4rHBQMj
Shell Shock and War Neuroses: https://bit.ly/4hEWaco
Medieval Knights Suffered PTSD: https://bit.ly/4hZW5RS
PTSD and the American Civil War: https://www.civilwarmed.org/ptsd/
It’s PTSI, Not PTSD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T38XUTpKPqA
META Pays 18 Million in Lawsuit: https://www.instagram.com/p/Dcjik1EqsIV/
Turn iPhone Into GrayScale: https://www.getclearspace.com/blog/post/grayscale
Successful Treatment of PTSD: https://bit.ly/4y2F2Uj
Anesthesia and Pain Research: https://bit.ly/4xY8Pxq
Cervical Sympathetic Block in Treating PTSD: https://bit.ly/47vim3Y


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Why do victims of abuse refuse to leave their situation? Are they afraid that they will never find anyone else? Why can’t they just let go? If these are the kinds of questions you’ve always been concerned about, Dr. Carole Lieberman has the answers. She is a board-certified forensic psychiatrist. She explains the reasons why women stay in abusive relationships, even when it’s in a dangerous environment. She also warns that the most treacherous moment in relationships is when the woman finally decides to leave. Abusers may get desperate and try anything to keep them under their control. From childhood trauma to cycles of abuse, there are so many angles to understand about abuse and, more importantly, how to leave an abusive relationship and find healing and hope.


TAKEAWAYS


Abusers know how to use vulnerability against women


When women decide to leave, it’s the most dangerous time for them


Gaslighting is something that many abusers engage in where it denies reality and rewrites it


Women must do whatever it takes to protect themselves and their children at all costs


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Charlene Quint survived 21 years of an abusive and toxic marriage. Today she is a family law attorney and the author of the award-winning book, Overcoming the Narcissist, Sociopath, Psychopath, and Other Domestic Abusers: The Comprehensive Handbook to Recognize, Remove and Recover From Abuse. Charlene shares critical advice about the healing process that comes in the wake of escaping an abusive situation. 100 percent of women in abusive relationships, she says, suffer from PTSD, and the healing cannot begin until they are in a safe place and free from the abuse. Importantly, women must address the lies that they have been taught to believe and replace those lies with truth. Charlene also shares how God helped her find peace, wholeness, and restoration after leaving her abusive marriage, and how others can do the same!


TAKEAWAYS


Abusers will take the time to get to know you so they can hook you emotionally


Choose someone who will be a strong, equal partner in life - do not marry a “project” or a “charity case”


Think of yourself as a queen who deserves to have a king to rule alongside her - an equal


Healing starts when you leave the abuse behind


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Abusers know exactly how to manipulate and target their victims’ biggest weaknesses. They repeatedly erode your identity until there’s nothing left and until you’re too tired to fight back. But there is hope! Karen DeArmond Gardner, a pastoral trauma coach and author, discusses the scary reality of domestic abuse in the home, when a husband trashes his marriage and beats his wife down, physically or emotionally, to get his way. Karen recounts her personal, decades-long struggle surviving domestic abuse, how she escaped, and what she learned. She advises how to assess your situation and what kind of potential solutions might just make things worse. Don’t be afraid to get help - but make sure you’re getting it from the right people.


TAKEAWAYS


Couples counseling can be very dangerous for a woman who is in an abusive marriage


Marital counseling, in domestic abuse cases, doesn’t work because the issue isn’t marital; it’s abuse


Women are taught to be submissive to their husbands, which grooms them to turn the other cheek too often


Some abusers can change their behavior, but it is very rare, and abusers erode freedoms and identity bit by bit


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