Why Am I Like This? | Trauma, Survival Patterns & the Quiet Path to Change

Описание: Why do certain reactions feel automatic?
Why do we feel exhausted even when life appears stable?
And why does the question “Why am I like this?” keep returning—quietly, persistently?

This video explores that question through the lens of psychology, existential philosophy, and trauma-informed insight.
Not to diagnose.
Not to fix.
But to understand.

Drawing from the work of Viktor Frankl, Carl Jung, Susan David, Alice Miller, Bessel van der Kolk, Lindsay C. Gibson, Jonice Webb, Robert Glover, and Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga, we examine how many traits we treat as identity are actually survival strategies—patterns that once protected us, but may no longer be needed in the same way.

This is a reflection on:
• emotional survival
• nervous system adaptation
• why freedom can feel unsettling
• and how real change begins—not with urgency, but with patience and curiosity

📚 Books referenced in this video:

Man’s Search for Meaning — Viktor Frankl

Man and His Symbols & Modern Man in Search of a Soul — Carl Jung

Emotional Agility — Susan David

The Drama of the Gifted Child — Alice Miller

The Body Keeps the Score — Bessel van der Kolk

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents — Lindsay C. Gibson

Running on Empty — Jonice Webb

No More Mr. Nice Guy — Robert Glover

The Courage to Be Disliked — Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga

This is not a self-help video.
It is an invitation to relate to yourself differently.

🌿 Quiet Arcadia — psychology, philosophy, and the inner life.