In the previous episode we defined Severed Conscience as the breakdown of an individual’s awareness of the environment and the deterioration of their ability to make rational judgments. This breakdown is hastened by social media and excessive technology use. Kelly Trowhill relayed the symptoms she saw in her clients, including a rise in misidentifying the subconscious emotional drives with higher thought. Kelly described the techniques used to assess the emotional state of her patients to help them identify what is behind their increased anxiety. Being kept in a constant state of fight or flight, they are kept in a state of highly distracted, disordered thinking. This leads to heightened anxiety, depression and in some cases, contemplation of suicide

Kelly described how the subconscious forms core emotions and responses, and how interference in this process can implant behaviors and instincts detrimental to healthy function of cognition.

In this episode you are about to hear, we ask: Did our leaders use trauma to tie us to a collective hive mind? Use of trauma coupled with associative learning during 9-11 and the Covid Pandemic proved that responses can be invoked easily. Addictive behaviors feed habits, and a feedback loop is used to control our activities. What rituals were rapidly formed that gave us a false sense of security, what behaviors from the Covid pandemic drove our ethical reasoning? We also contrast Severed Conscience with Mass Formation Psychosis. Join us on another fascinating discussion.