Dr Valerie Rein - Patriarchy Stress Disorder

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What is Patriarchy Stress Disorder? What is the reason everyone has it? PSD talked about much, but it is an issue we should give attention to. Either you are a man or a woman, it’s possible you may have it but don’t be alarmed because we can heal from it and today’s guest has the cure for that. Dr. Valerie Rein is a women’s mental health expert and her main goal is to help people achieve the best mental health. She is a psychologist best known for discovering Patriarchy Stress Disorder and today, she will share with us all about PSD and what we can do as a man or woman to heal from it.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[6:26]</span> <strong>Why should we listen to you?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I discovered patriarchy stress disorder. This is the invisible trauma of oppression that everyone has, but nobody has talked about. People wonder what’s wrong with them and the answer is nothing. We inherited this trauma of oppression that lives in ourselves and it shows up in how we think, how we act, the choices we make, and it's not our fault. We didn’t make it but we can heal it.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[7:26] It has unhooked me from things that conventional psychology, therapy, or self-help was helpless to help me with years of incapacitating anxiety and depression. That’s what I’m inspired and happy to talk about now why this thing is so important how it can change lives.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[9:04]</span> <strong>Patriarchy Stress Disorder and being a Woman</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This trauma is intergenerational and that means that it's more than we have experienced in this lifetime and we have inherited a lot.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[10:13] PSD is women fearing the smell of cherry blossoms and what that is for women is anything that puts us in our power, our authentic self-expression, our sexuality, our knowledge, or fully shining in the world, all of th