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The Wisdom of Trauma

I did try to fight for them, but I wasn't ready togive up the drug life

I did try to fight for them, but I wasn't ready to
give up the drug life

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I did try to fight for them,
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but I wasn't ready to give up the drug life.
Duration
5 seconds
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17
Timestamp in Movie
00:44:36
Uploaded
May 09, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

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...
- It was fall, so it was the rain season. - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:05
- It was fall, so it was the rain season.
I just remember that constant worry - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:06
I just remember that constant worry
The people that did love me just said you know what? - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:05
The people that did love me just said you know what?
We're not going to stand by anymore while you kill yourself. - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:04
We're not going to stand by anymore while you kill your...
- I've been in the city on the streets now - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:05
- I've been in the city on the streets now
I was in the army for a total of 11 years, - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:07
I was in the army for a total of 11 years,
My PTSD comes from experiences with - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:07
My PTSD comes from experiences with
I've had a beautiful home and vehicles - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:08
I've had a beautiful home and vehicles
- So when you pass by someone homeless on the street, - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:17
- So when you pass by someone homeless on the street,
- I moved here from Atlanta February the 7th. - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:04
- I moved here from Atlanta February the 7th.
- The number one thing that people - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:07
- The number one thing that people
It's like people just passing by them, - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:05
It's like people just passing by them,
That forms an identity that is internalized. - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:05
That forms an identity that is internalized.
Their dignity has been completely reinforced - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:08
Their dignity has been completely reinforced
Humanization of homelessness is where we need to start - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:14
Humanization of homelessness is where we need to start
To be honest, if I lived in that world, - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:05
To be honest, if I lived in that world,
It'd make me feel not like that for a minute. - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:04
It'd make me feel not like that for a minute.
It's Tessa. (soft music) - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:10
It's Tessa. (soft music)
I'm a harm reduction specialist at Abode Housing Services. - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:05
I'm a harm reduction specialist at Abode Housing Servic...
I help people move through the pain of their addiction - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:05
I help people move through the pain of their addiction