Summary of Do You Have Problems Making Decisions? - Childhood Trauma

00:00:00 - 00:25:00

This video discusses how childhood trauma can lead to problems making decisions, including difficulty with making choices that match one's interests or passions. The presenter offers advice on how to overcome these hurdles, including therapy and a focus on inner child work.

• 00:00:00 The video discusses the difficulties that childhood trauma survivors may experience when it comes to making decisions. The problems can manifest in small and large choices, like whether or not to break up with a loved one, whether or not to switch jobs, or what to have for dinner. The difficulties can also be seen in the way that the survivor indecisively debates their options or takes too long to make a decision. The problems with decision making can have a negative impact on the survivor's self-confidence, their relationships, and their ability to live life freely and confidently.
• 00:05:00 This video discusses how childhood trauma can lead to problems making decisions, including difficulty with making choices that match one's interests or passions. The presenter offers advice on how to overcome these hurdles, including therapy and a focus on inner child work.
• 00:10:00 In this YouTube video, a therapist discusses how childhood trauma can lead to problems making decisions. The therapist provides an example of a client who, because of her parents' extreme disapproval of anything she pursued in life, became highly anxious and withdrew from her professional and personal pursuits. The therapist provides a family rules tool that can be used to help identify dysfunction in a family system. The therapist also discusses how inner child work can help clients access and understand their unconscious beliefs.
• 00:15:00 Childhood trauma can have a large impact on a person's ability to make decisions, especially when it comes to matters such as finances or career choices. Therapy can help to reframe these experiences and restore balance and self-confidence.
• 00:20:00 This therapist suggests that childhood trauma survivors might have problems making decisions because of a lack of security. She also suggests that some solutions to this problem may include starting therapy sessions with a good child trauma therapist, writing down what is the fear that is causing the issue with decision making, and examining the fear in detail.
• 00:25:00 The speaker discusses the difficulties of making decisions, particularly when it comes to major life changes such as job or relationship decisions. Childhood trauma can make it difficult for an individual to feel secure in making decisions, and can lead to feelings of paralysis. The speaker offers practical advice on how to overcome these difficulties, including the suggestion of enlisting the support of an inner adult.