Silence Nearly Killed Me — From Trauma to Self-Trust | Anu Verma

Anu Verma is a trauma specialist, embodiment coach, podcaster, filmmaker, and founder of Victim to Victor. Her work focuses on helping people move from survival mode into self-trust, emotional resilience, and lasting transformation. What makes her perspective powerful is that it comes not only from professional training, but from lived experience.

Featured across platforms including BBC, Business Insider, The Independent, and The Telegraph, Anu is known for her grounded, honest approach to healing — one that doesn’t glamorize transformation, but speaks honestly about the messy middle most people silently experience.

In this raw and insightful conversation, Anu shares:

• What she means when she says “silence nearly killed me”

• Surviving childhood sexual abuse and adult domestic abuse

• Living with complex PTSD for three decades

• How cultural conditioning kept her from expressing her pain

• Multiple overdoses, suicide attempts, and being repeatedly saved

• Why trauma healing must include the body, not just the mind

• Nervous system regulation and the power of embodiment

• Moving from survival mode into self-trust and lasting change

If you’re in your 20s carrying unspoken trauma, stuck in survival mode, or struggling to trust yourself again, this episode offers honest hope and practical pathways forward.

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Connect with Anu Verma

Website:https://victim2victor.net/

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/anuvermav2v

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/victim2victor_anuverma/

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Chapters

0:00 - Intro & Welcome Anu Verma

1:40 - “Silence Nearly Killed Me” — What That Really Means

8:15 - Childhood Abuse, Domestic Violence & Complex PTSD

15:30 - Cultural Silence and the Cost of Not Speaking

23:10 - Rock Bottom, Overdoses & Being Saved

31:45 - Why Healing Must Include the Body

40:20 - Nervous System Regulation & Embodiment

48:50 - From Survival Mode to Self-Trust

57:15 - Practical Paths Toward Emotional Resilience