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Catherine Knibbs

Catherine Knibbs

Psychotherapist

Sep 28, 2026

19:31
Because it is.
19:32
So I often use...
19:35
I use a metaphor.
19:36
I like to tell stories, mainly because when I'm working with children, they don't need the neuroscience.
19:40
They don't need the legislation.
19:42
What they need is an understanding about what they're doing and what the risks might be.
19:47
So when I'm talking to parents, I say, OK, so we'll do this as a kind of experiment because people who are listening can play along.
27:59
But how worried should we be? What do you think is the worst case scenario here? And why did you develop the concept of cyber trauma?
28:10
So first of all, just to go back in terms of the...
28:13
And I do want to say, yes, I'm aware of that process that in Aircross allegedly takes place in China because they deny that they ever do anything so kind of life-threatening in that way.
28:26
I tend to default to everybody and say Charlie Brooker was way ahead of the game with his Black Mirror on this.
28:34
But the reason...
28:36
So there's a really simple reason why my cyber trauma theory and the position that I'm in exists.
28:44
And I often say to people, I had a tech safe castle.

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46:46
So how can people become more vigilant without becoming kind of neurotic like myself?

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