Bob: My name is Bob, and I had learned to om in 2014 so I was a police officer for 15 years. Eventually found myself working overseas. My third deployment, I was seriously injured. Our convoy was hit by a roadside bomb. I was ready to admit that I have PTSD.
Michelle: We'd have episodes where he didn't even know who we were. The day to day was really hard. It was really hard. It was really hard on a relationship because we didn't have the skills to stay connected. That's our biggest thing is being connected. When we are not connected, bad things happen.
Bob: When you're trying to bury all these emotions and not deal with it, you put yourself in a deep, dark rabbit hole. The tendency is to shut everybody out.
Michelle: There was an OM demonstration, and I saw that, I watched it, and I thought, I don't know what this is, but I need to know all the trust and the anger and all that was just It had no place in that little 15 minute OM. It was just real.
Bob: We had gotten involved in a 30 day challenge you would om for 30 days straight, 15 minutes a day, we would fit in that time, whether it was at lunch after dinner, that 30 day challenge started opening the doors, different layers started peeling off. As you know, the stuff that you had buried. Wow, I never felt this way before, or it had been a while, and then that connection that you're building and working on with your spouse, you're just you're getting to a different level.
Michelle: That happened for me as well is baggage that not only what we had been through, but baggage that I carried with me from the time I was a child, it went straight down to the root. It helps to be able to get to that vulnerable place and still tell yourself I'm okay.
Bob: Through OM I was able to heal my trauma. Whatever traumatic experience you've had, you know you can't overcome it. You.