Something Heavy: A memoir on childhood trauma and Complex PTSD

Brandon Tobey Searcy
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  • MENTAL HEALTH

This podcast is about my healing journey from childhood trauma and being recently diagnosed with Complex PTSD. This is my story, this is my creative outlet... If it can help me, maybe it can help you too.

  1. Chapter 20: Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop

    2D AGO

    Chapter 20: Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop

    Hello world... This episode is me diving into my pattern/belief that the proverbial other shoe is always going to drop, and how it doesn't allow me to truly enjoy life.

    17 min
  2. Chapter 19: Boundaries and Needs

    FEB 8

    Chapter 19: Boundaries and Needs

    Hello world... This chapter is about what boundaries and needs are and how they effect my life by not being the best to set and enforce them.

    15 min
  3. Q & A: Part 1

    FEB 1

    Q & A: Part 1

    Hello World.... You have questions, I have answers... Well I try to have them. This episode is part 1 of a Q&A series after getting a lot of feedback and questions about the episodes.

    18 min
  4. Chapter 18: Happy Birthday

    JAN 25

    Chapter 18: Happy Birthday

    Hello World.... This chapter/episode I discuss why I am not the biggest fan of celebrating my birthday.

    14 min
  5. Chapter 17: People Pleasing

    JAN 18

    Chapter 17: People Pleasing

    Hello World.... This chapter/episode dives into my survival pattern of people pleasing and how that affects my personal life with friendships and relationships. Here is a link for the book I talked about in this episode: https://www.amazon.com/Adult-Survivors-Emotionally-Abusive-Parents/dp/1648482635

    14 min
  6. Chapter 16: Parenting your Parents

    JAN 11

    Chapter 16: Parenting your Parents

    Hello World.... This chapter/episode dives in to the role I've always had with my parents, and how I've gone out of my way to parent them.

    12 min
  7. Chapter 15: Denial and Minimization

    JAN 5

    Chapter 15: Denial and Minimization

    Hello World.... This chapter/episode discusses my pattern of denying or minimizing parts of my childhood trauma and how I am learning to heal from it.

    14 min
  8. 2025 Year in Review

    12/28/2025

    2025 Year in Review

    Hello world... This episode is a 2025 year in review. Start my mental health journey last December it felt fitting to give a review of all the good, bad and in between 2025 showed me.

    18 min
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This podcast is about my healing journey from childhood trauma and being recently diagnosed with Complex PTSD. This is my story, this is my creative outlet... If it can help me, maybe it can help you too.

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