This video discusses the "get-healed-quick" schemes that often accompany complex PTSD (C-PTSD) and chronic nervous system stress. Heidi Priebe explains how fantasies of rapid healing, while providing temporary comfort, can hinder genuine progress and prolong dysregulation. The video aims to promote nervous system literacy and encourage a realistic approach to healing.
The main concept is the "get-healed-quick" scheme, a fantasy where individuals believe a single event or achievement will magically resolve their trauma-related issues. Priebe argues that this fantasy, while providing temporary comfort, hinders genuine progress and prolongs dysregulation.
Priebe explains that healing from C-PTSD and chronic stress isn't an instantaneous process. It involves accumulating small, consistent positive actions ("deposits") to counteract the negative impacts of past trauma ("withdrawals"). This highlights the need for a long-term, gradual approach rather than expecting a sudden cure.
Priebe distinguishes between pursuing goals that align with one's true self, which generally energizes and inspires, and pursuing goals based on inauthentic fantasies to gain external validation or escape internal struggles. The latter, she argues, often leads to increased dysregulation due to the constant need for inauthentic behavior.
Priebe contrasts the "get-healed-quick" fantasy, which involves self-shaming and denial of one's current state, with "dignity." Dignity, she emphasizes, is the acceptance of one's struggles, trauma responses, and imperfections, acknowledging the long-term nature of healing and working with those realities. It's about embracing the process rather than striving for a fantasized, flawless outcome.
