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The Wisdom of Trauma

1 in 5 Americans are diagnosed with mental illness every year. Suicide is the second most common cause of death in the US for youth aged 15-24, and kills over 48,300 in the US and 800,000 people globally per year. Drug overdose ki...

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Our earliest experiences
being in the womb - The Wisdom of Trauma

Our earliest experiences being in the womb

When I see human faces, I see beauty, - The Wisdom of Trauma

When I see human faces, I see beauty,

A Greek playwright wrote
that the Gods created us - The Wisdom of Trauma

A Greek playwright wrote that the Gods created us

Our job as human beings is to learn - The Wisdom of Trauma

Our job as human beings is to learn

We don't have to keep
perpetuating pain for ourselves - The Wisdom of Trauma

We don't have to keep perpetuating pain for ourselves

In working with so many other people, - The Wisdom of Trauma

In working with so many other people,

My name is Gabor Maté and
I'm a retired medical doctor - The Wisdom of Trauma

My name is Gabor Maté and I'm a retired medical doctor

And speaking about trauma is really part - The Wisdom of Trauma

And speaking about trauma is really part

And I'm very passionate
about it for a simple reason: - The Wisdom of Trauma

And I'm very passionate about it for a simple reason:

And there's a wisdom in trauma - The Wisdom of Trauma

And there's a wisdom in trauma

(people chattering) - The Wisdom of Trauma

(people chattering)

More and more youth are
diagnosed with anxiety, - The Wisdom of Trauma

More and more youth are diagnosed with anxiety,

Depression is rising,
youth suicide is rising, - The Wisdom of Trauma

Depression is rising, youth suicide is rising,

20% of youth or more are
now diagnosable with anxiety - The Wisdom of Trauma

20% of youth or more are now diagnosable with anxiety

And those are all only people - The Wisdom of Trauma

And those are all only people

- When you grew up in a
circumstance like I grew up, - The Wisdom of Trauma

- When you grew up in a circumstance like I grew up,

So you're constantly anxious and stressed. - The Wisdom of Trauma

So you're constantly anxious and stressed.

I used to think this was a rarity - The Wisdom of Trauma

I used to think this was a rarity

(disembodied whispering)
(soft music) - The Wisdom of Trauma

(disembodied whispering) (soft music)

So trauma is not the bad
things that happen to you, - The Wisdom of Trauma

So trauma is not the bad things that happen to you,

(police radio chatter)
(sirens wailing) - The Wisdom of Trauma

(police radio chatter) (sirens wailing)

I've lived on the streets - The Wisdom of Trauma

I've lived on the streets

- My mother, alcoholic. Bad alcoholic. - The Wisdom of Trauma

- My mother, alcoholic. Bad alcoholic.

His sex addiction ruined our whole family. - The Wisdom of Trauma

His sex addiction ruined our whole family.

(man and woman shouting) - The Wisdom of Trauma

(man and woman shouting)

- So trauma fundamentally means
a disconnection from self. - The Wisdom of Trauma

- So trauma fundamentally means a disconnection from self.

That then becomes a lifelong dynamic. - The Wisdom of Trauma

That then becomes a lifelong dynamic.

It means that in relationships
when I feel a bit hurt, - The Wisdom of Trauma

It means that in relationships when I feel a bit hurt,

It also means that when
I have a gut feelings, - The Wisdom of Trauma

It also means that when I have a gut feelings,

So I create situations of risk for myself. - The Wisdom of Trauma

So I create situations of risk for myself.

The trauma also affects
how our brains develop. - The Wisdom of Trauma

The trauma also affects how our brains develop.

Certain key brain circuits
that have to do with - The Wisdom of Trauma

Certain key brain circuits that have to do with

These functions of the mid-frontal cortex - The Wisdom of Trauma

These functions of the mid-frontal cortex

So the brains of traumatized children - The Wisdom of Trauma

So the brains of traumatized children

You're gonna start acting like a young man - The Wisdom of Trauma

You're gonna start acting like a young man

- [Woman] As a matter of fact, - The Wisdom of Trauma

- [Woman] As a matter of fact,

(gentle music) - The Wisdom of Trauma

(inmates chattering) - The Wisdom of Trauma

(inmates chattering)

If a parent or other
adult in the household - The Wisdom of Trauma

If a parent or other adult in the household

If you often felt that no
one in your family loved you, - The Wisdom of Trauma

If you often felt that no one in your family loved you,

I think society got prison wrong - The Wisdom of Trauma

I think society got prison wrong

Our mission at Compassion Prison Project - The Wisdom of Trauma

Our mission at Compassion Prison Project

An adverse childhood
experience is a terrible event - The Wisdom of Trauma

An adverse childhood experience is a terrible event

And there's no way to know
when it's gonna happen again, - The Wisdom of Trauma

And there's no way to know when it's gonna happen ...

I have eight of those
aces, and when I found out - The Wisdom of Trauma

I have eight of those aces, and when I found out

Men and women in prison, 64% of them - The Wisdom of Trauma

Men and women in prison, 64% of them

(wind blowing) - The Wisdom of Trauma

(birds chirping) - The Wisdom of Trauma

(birds chirping)

(foot step approaching) - The Wisdom of Trauma

(foot step approaching)

I wanna talk to you guys about why - The Wisdom of Trauma

I wanna talk to you guys about why

So that's a trauma and
that's just something that's - The Wisdom of Trauma

So that's a trauma and that's just something that&...

- It was a taxi driver who
took me and a girlfriend - The Wisdom of Trauma

- It was a taxi driver who took me and a girlfriend

- [Alicia] And held us
for six months in a motel - The Wisdom of Trauma

- [Alicia] And held us for six months in a motel

(tense music) - The Wisdom of Trauma

- Well, my mom just thought
that I had run away from home, - The Wisdom of Trauma

- Well, my mom just thought that I had run away from home,

- I really need your permission to - The Wisdom of Trauma

- I really need your permission to

(car engine roaring) - The Wisdom of Trauma

(car engine roaring)

- Like I just remember the pain of it, - The Wisdom of Trauma

- Like I just remember the pain of it,

- Well until I was approximately 16 - The Wisdom of Trauma

- Well until I was approximately 16

Let's say you're the
mother of the five-year-old - The Wisdom of Trauma

Let's say you're the mother of the five-year-old

She doesn't understand, you know, - The Wisdom of Trauma

She doesn't understand, you know,

And it hurts emotionally - The Wisdom of Trauma

And it hurts emotionally

So when you're being hit like that, - The Wisdom of Trauma

So when you're being hit like that,

My father is a bad person or hates me - The Wisdom of Trauma

My father is a bad person or hates me

So the only protection is to believe that, - The Wisdom of Trauma

So the only protection is to believe that,

Who would you want that
five-year-old to talk to? - The Wisdom of Trauma

Who would you want that five-year-old to talk to?

In other words, by the time
you were five-years-old, - The Wisdom of Trauma

In other words, by the time you were five-years-old,

- Well, she was abused as a child as well - The Wisdom of Trauma

- Well, she was abused as a child as well

- See, she learned in her childhood - The Wisdom of Trauma

- See, she learned in her childhood

- So the reason she didn't know it - The Wisdom of Trauma

- So the reason she didn't know it

And that's what I'm saying, - The Wisdom of Trauma

And that's what I'm saying,

It goes on and on and on from
one generation to the next. - The Wisdom of Trauma

It goes on and on and on from one generation to the next.

(gentle music) - The Wisdom of Trauma

But then when he talked
about the discipline - The Wisdom of Trauma

But then when he talked about the discipline

I hadn't put the two and two together, - The Wisdom of Trauma

I hadn't put the two and two together,

I still got marks on my
legs and stuff behind that. - The Wisdom of Trauma

I still got marks on my legs and stuff behind that.

And she just was telling
me how much she loved me - The Wisdom of Trauma

And she just was telling me how much she loved me

(soft, tense music)
(soft vocalizing) - The Wisdom of Trauma

(soft, tense music) (soft vocalizing)

(soft music) - The Wisdom of Trauma

(applause)
(cheering) - The Wisdom of Trauma

(applause) (cheering)

(audience laughing) - The Wisdom of Trauma

(audience laughing)

(audience laughing) - The Wisdom of Trauma

(audience laughing)

Well, - The Wisdom of Trauma

When the pain is there and
there's no one to share it with, - The Wisdom of Trauma

When the pain is there and there's no one to share it w...

When you disconnect from yourself, - The Wisdom of Trauma

When you disconnect from yourself,

When we talk about trauma, - The Wisdom of Trauma

When we talk about trauma,

As the other kind of trauma may not - The Wisdom of Trauma

As the other kind of trauma may not

- Most people look at my childhood - The Wisdom of Trauma

- Most people look at my childhood

I come from upper, upper middle
class, you know, in Idaho, - The Wisdom of Trauma

I come from upper, upper middle class, you know, in Idaho,

Children get traumatized because - The Wisdom of Trauma

Children get traumatized because

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1 in 5 Americans are diagnosed with mental illness every year. Suicide is the second most common cause of death in the US for youth aged 15-24, and kills over 48,300 in the US and 800,000 people globally per year. Drug overdose ki...

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Director: Maurizio Benazzo, Zaya Benazzo

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Genre: documentary

Year: 2021

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