[voice over] On average, a healthy person can hold their breath for up to a minute. After that, carbon dioxide in your blood starts to dramatically rise. Eventually, a reflex is triggered. And if you resist the urge to let it all out, you pass out and you don't know all the damage you could have caused.
S21 E1If Walls Could Talk
[voice over] If you do the work, you can train yourself to hold anything inside without negative consequences. But most people don't have that discipline or time. They just bury it inside and hope it stays there. Run through the fire Let it out. Be loud. Make everyone hear you. Because if you don't it will eat you up inside.
S21 E2Take Me to Church
[voice over] The brain stores a single memory in millions of neurons. There's a neuron that holds the smell of your prom date's cologne. Another neuron contains the sound of your dress being zipped up. And one for your favorite song you danced to that night. To remember the whole evening, you need all of these neurons to communicate with each other to make a complete picture. But when the brain experiences trauma, these neurons can be starved of oxygen and die. Instead of complete memories, you're left with glimpses. A smell, a taste, a feeling. And once you start losing bits of memory there's no way to get them back.
[voice over] There are some memories we probably wouldn't mind losing. The deaths, the breakups, the hard times. But memories, like neurons, work together to make you who you are. If all we remembered were the good times our friendships wouldn't be as strong and our loves wouldn't be as sweet. So cling to the bad along with the good. One day you'll be glad you did.
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