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The Wisdom of Trauma

My PTSD comes from experiences with trying to beat this monkeyon my back, you know?

My PTSD comes from experiences with trying to beat this monkey
on my back, you know?

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My PTSD comes from experiences with
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trying to beat this monkey on my back, you know?
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7 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:45:33
Uploaded
May 09, 2025
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documentary
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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...
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
I took this job because of the harm reduction approach, - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:06
I took this job because of the harm reduction approach,
You must do this or that in order to access housing, - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:07
You must do this or that in order to access housing,
When people get housed after they've been outdoors - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:11
When people get housed after they've been outdoors
You don't have survival to do, - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:15
You don't have survival to do,
Dr. Gabor Maté, when I found his teachings, - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:09
Dr. Gabor Maté, when I found his teachings,
- I'm Gabor's wife and I have been for close to 50 years. - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:05
- I'm Gabor's wife and I have been for close to 50...
I met Gabor in October of 1967 - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:08
I met Gabor in October of 1967