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359: Dr. Lee Warren on How a Neurosurgeon Navigates PTSD, Why You Can’t Selectively Numb Your Pain, Breaking Generational Trauma, and Why “Your Truth” will Never Heal Your Trauma

Podcast · September 27, 2023

I’m so glad to be able to bring this conversation with a new friend to you today. Dr. Lee Warren, a neurosurgeon, is here to talk about his own journey through PTSD. We’ll also talk about why you can’t selectively numb your pain, breaking generational trauma, and why “your truth” will never heal your trauma.

Guest Bio:

W. LEE WARREN, M.D. is a brain surgeon, inventor, Iraq War veteran, and author of I’ve Seen the End of You: A Neurosurgeon’s Look at Faith, Doubt, and the Things We Think We Know. His last book, No Place to Hide, was named to the 2015 U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff’s Recommended Reading List. Dr. Warren has appeared on The 700 Club, the CBS Evening News, and his writings have been featured in Guideposts magazine.

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Resources Mentioned This Week

  • Hope Is the First Dose: A Treatment Plan for Recovering from Trauma, Tragedy, and Other Massive Things
  • Disruptive Thinking: A Daring Strategy to Change How We Live, Lead, and Love
  • The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force
  • You Are Not Your Brain: The 4-Step Solution for Changing Bad Habits, Ending Unhealthy Thinking, and Taking Control of Your Life
  • Return of the God Hypothesis: Three Scientific Discoveries That Reveal the Mind Behind the Universe

Key Quotes from the Episode:

“When you face great adversity, the first thing you start hearing is all of the lies you believed about what your life was supposed to be.” @drleewarren

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“We have to be diligent to make sure that we don’t develop some alternative way to busy ourselves so we don’t feel the trauma.” @drleewarren

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“Trauma puts the brain in a perpetual state of flight or flight.” @drleewarren

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“The number one determiner of the hormonal and neurochemical environment in your brain is how you think.” @drleewarren

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“We look like our parents when we are born, and like our decisions when we die.” @drleewarren

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