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The Fear Never Left: Childhood Trauma That Followed Him Into Adulthood

Episode 59 Published 8 months, 3 weeks ago

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Julio Rivera shares how childhood trauma, fear, hypervigilance, bipolar disorder, masculinity, therapy, EMDR, and martial arts shaped his healing.

In this episode of Overcome with Travis White, the conversation brings the topic into real life with honesty, practical insight, and a reminder that healing and growth are possible.

The fear never left—and it followed him into adulthood.

In this episode of Overcome With Travis White, Travis sits down with writer, martial arts coach, and mental health advocate Julio Rivera for an honest conversation about childhood trauma, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and the long-term effects of growing up in fear.

Julio shares his story of growing up in a violent Brooklyn neighborhood and living in constant hypervigilance from a young age. Although he built physical strength through bodybuilding and martial arts, the internal fear remained—until therapy, EMDR, meditation, and deeper emotional work helped him begin healing.

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