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The pernicious line is the belief
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The Wisdom of Trauma

The pernicious line is the belief that addiction is a choiceand that the decisions that...

The pernicious line is the belief that addiction is a choice
and that the decisions that arise out of addictions are therefore a matter of
individual culpability

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The pernicious line is the belief
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that addiction is a choice and that the decisions
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that arise out of addictions
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are therefore a matter of individual culpability.
Duration
10 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:28:14
Uploaded
May 09, 2025
Genres
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...
And so therefore addicts for the most part - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:05
And so therefore addicts for the most part
Now the other belief around addiction, - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:07
Now the other belief around addiction,
That belief is more humane, - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:14
That belief is more humane,
However, it's also misleading because it ignores - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:08
However, it's also misleading because it ignores
It's among the normal human responses to trauma. - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:04
It's among the normal human responses to trauma.
I come from a family of Thai restaurant owners. - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:04
I come from a family of Thai restaurant owners.
I mean, I think if I had parents who didn't really care - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:10
I mean, I think if I had parents who didn't really care
I might've just, you know, tried it once or twice, - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:12
I might've just, you know, tried it once or twice,
And so when I moved away, I really wanted to prove - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:08
And so when I moved away, I really wanted to prove
And San Francisco State University was my second choice - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:12
And San Francisco State University was my second choice
With doing so many things, pledging sororities - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:09
With doing so many things, pledging sororities
And so I think that's when I really evolved - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:06
And so I think that's when I really evolved
I wanted to go to school, - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:06
I wanted to go to school,
So then it got into heavier drugs, - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:05
So then it got into heavier drugs,
Without the addiction, they felt incomplete, - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:05
Without the addiction, they felt incomplete,
It's as if the addiction was to complete themselves, - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:10
It's as if the addiction was to complete themselves,
Why the finger-pointing, why the judgments - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:09
Why the finger-pointing, why the judgments
My first job that I ever had as a physician in Vancouver - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:07
My first job that I ever had as a physician in Vancouver
It's North America's most concentrated - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:15
It's North America's most concentrated
And I go this old, broken down hotel - The Wisdom of Trauma 00:12
And I go this old, broken down hotel