Josh Trent on Why We Escape Instead of Rest (Part 1)

The Biology of Trauma® With Dr. Aimie · Jul 28, 2026 · 28m

You finally have an evening with nothing in it. Twenty minutes later you are on your phone. Josh Trent spent most of his life in a body that did not know how to rest. A clench in his stomach. A breath that stayed high in his chest. His first memory is of being a boy watching the adults around him be angry, unable to change it and unable to leave. The bracing stayed for thirty years. Dr. Aimie and Josh talk about why stillness can feel unsafe, what separates real rest from escape, and why so many practitioners hold grief in a diaphragm that will not drop. This is Part 1 of two. Part 2 releases…