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What If Self-Sabotage Is Actually Protection? | Dr. Brian DesRoches
Why do people repeat emotional patterns they consciously want to escape?
In this episode of Thought Atlas, Blessed sits down with Dr. Brian DesRoches — psychotherapist, workshop facilitator, and author of Living a Trigger-Free Life — for a deep conversation about emotional triggers, trauma, neuroscience, nervous system patterns, self-sabotage, and what genuine emotional transformation actually looks like.
Drawing from EMDR, Brainspotting, Internal Family Systems, Coherence Therapy, and memory reconsolidation research, Brian explains how many emotional reactions are not signs of weakness… but…
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