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The Fear We Don't Admit: Why Men Stay Silent About Trauma
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What if the thing you fear isn’t the lake, the ladder, or the boat—it's the moment your body remembers almost not making it back? Aaron takes us from an Alaskan spinout under a boat to a scuba failure beside his son to drifting alone in the open sea, then shows how those moments shaped a quiet fear that shows up at the most ordinary times. Not a fear of water, but of drowning—a crucial difference that explains why logic loses to reflex when friends shout “jump in!”
We unpack how trauma rewires the brain to favor survival over social ease, and why avoidance brings short-term relief but long-term limits. Aaron gets candid about the myths men carry around fear, the way competence gets tangled with worth, and how embarrassment can feel louder than risk. Then the conversation shifts to tools: reframing language to reclaim agency, setting clean boundaries without a trauma dump, and using slow, controlled exposure—hand on the ladder, breath work in a pool, floating with support—to retrain a nervous system that did its job a little too well.
Along the way, we widen the lens to car crashes, the passenger seat, and other everyday triggers that make people feel broken or alone. The message is simple and grounded: you can be masculine and vulnerable, strong and honest, careful and courageous. Real strength is telling the truth about your body’s reactions and asking for the space to heal, one safe rep at a time. If this resonates, you’re in good company—and there’s a path forward that honors both your story and your choices.
If this conversation sparked something, subscribe, share it with a friend who needs it, and leave a review to help others find the show. Then tell us: what fear are you ready to name and work through?
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Chapters
1. The Fear We Don't Admit: Why Men Stay Silent About Trauma (00:00:00)
2. Setting The Stage: Fear (00:00:22)
3. Law Enforcement Past And PTSD (00:01:52)
4. Childhood Lake Accident (00:03:55)
5. Scuba Failure With His Son (00:06:33)
6. Lost At Sea In Mexico (00:08:41)
7. Living With A Fear Of Water (00:10:41)
8. Masculinity And Admitting Fear (00:13:30)
9. Avoidance, Triggers, And The Brain (00:16:41)
10. Reframing Fear As Experience (00:20:10)
114 episodes
The Fear We Don't Admit: Why Men Stay Silent About Trauma
Murders to Music: Crime Scene to Music Scene (Streamline Events and Entertainment)
Manage episode 520338817 series 3571180
What if the thing you fear isn’t the lake, the ladder, or the boat—it's the moment your body remembers almost not making it back? Aaron takes us from an Alaskan spinout under a boat to a scuba failure beside his son to drifting alone in the open sea, then shows how those moments shaped a quiet fear that shows up at the most ordinary times. Not a fear of water, but of drowning—a crucial difference that explains why logic loses to reflex when friends shout “jump in!”
We unpack how trauma rewires the brain to favor survival over social ease, and why avoidance brings short-term relief but long-term limits. Aaron gets candid about the myths men carry around fear, the way competence gets tangled with worth, and how embarrassment can feel louder than risk. Then the conversation shifts to tools: reframing language to reclaim agency, setting clean boundaries without a trauma dump, and using slow, controlled exposure—hand on the ladder, breath work in a pool, floating with support—to retrain a nervous system that did its job a little too well.
Along the way, we widen the lens to car crashes, the passenger seat, and other everyday triggers that make people feel broken or alone. The message is simple and grounded: you can be masculine and vulnerable, strong and honest, careful and courageous. Real strength is telling the truth about your body’s reactions and asking for the space to heal, one safe rep at a time. If this resonates, you’re in good company—and there’s a path forward that honors both your story and your choices.
If this conversation sparked something, subscribe, share it with a friend who needs it, and leave a review to help others find the show. Then tell us: what fear are you ready to name and work through?
www.StreamlineEventsLLC.com
www.DoubleDownDuo.com
@StreamlineSEE
@DDownDuo
Youtube-Instagram-Facebook
Chapters
1. The Fear We Don't Admit: Why Men Stay Silent About Trauma (00:00:00)
2. Setting The Stage: Fear (00:00:22)
3. Law Enforcement Past And PTSD (00:01:52)
4. Childhood Lake Accident (00:03:55)
5. Scuba Failure With His Son (00:06:33)
6. Lost At Sea In Mexico (00:08:41)
7. Living With A Fear Of Water (00:10:41)
8. Masculinity And Admitting Fear (00:13:30)
9. Avoidance, Triggers, And The Brain (00:16:41)
10. Reframing Fear As Experience (00:20:10)
114 episodes
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