#006. Not all losses are bereavements, and the losses encountered through mental illness can be huge for the person going through it and those around them.

This is The Silent Why, a podcast on a mission to open up conversations around loss and grief and to see if hope can be found in 101 different types of loss.

Loss #6 of 101: Loss of a brother to mental illness

Meet Trevor Griffiths; author, philosopher, international speaker and founder of Emotional Logic. A man of science, and a man of faith. 

Trevor studied medicine at Oxford University and was a pioneering Medical Practitioner for 25 years with an interest in family dynamics and mental health, before he left clinical medicine to prevent illness rather than treat it.

Trevor had a traumatic childhood, surrounded by chaos on every level, part of which involved living with a violent brother who suffered with severe mental health issues - later diagnosed as Paranoid Schizophrenia. At the age of thirteen he was contemplating suicide, when he had an experience that showed him there was more to life, leading him on a path of exploration.

After some rough years, navigating many unhealthy experiments including drugs to explore consciousness, Trevor found a way to see the beauty under the ugliness of life and founded Emotional Logic. A personal development tool used make sense of unpleasant emotions and loss, helping people to face life’s challenges, build emotional resilience, embrace change and renew life.

We cover a lot of ground in this episode including: mental illness, exploring consciousness with drugs, understanding the not so nice emotions, how loss sits behind depression and anxiety, Post Traumatic Growth instead of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and those pesky but destructive hidden losses. Plus how Emotional Logic is helping children in schools and traumatised communities in South Africa.

For more about Trevor visit: https://relatedness.net/dr-trevor-griffiths/
And to find out about Emotional Logic visit: https://www.emotionallogiccentre.org.uk/ 

Trevor’s book (Emotional Logic: Harnessing Your Emotions Into Inner Strength - by Dr Trevor Griffiths & Dr Marian Langsford) is available on Amazon or via the Emotional Logic website under ‘Buy Resources’.

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