Our Band of Burnouts lab is hosting a garden screening of the new documentary The Wisdom of Trauma (2021) featuring Dr Gabor Maté on Wednesday 28^th July.

 

 

About The Wisdom of Trauma

 

The interconnected epidemics of anxiety, chronic illness and substance abuse are, according to Dr Gabor Maté, normal. But not in the way you might think.

One in five Americans are diagnosed with mental illness in any given year.¹ Suicide is the second most common cause of death in the US for youth aged 15-24,² and kills over 800,000 people a year globally³ and 48,300 in the USA.⁴ Drug overdose kills 81,000 in the USA annually.⁵ The autoimmunity epidemic affects 24 million people in the USA.⁶ What is going on?

“So much of what we call abnormality in this culture is actually normal responses to an abnormal culture. The abnormality does not reside in the pathology of individuals, but in the very culture that drives people into suffering and dysfunction.”
— Gabor Maté

 

In The Wisdom of Trauma, we travel alongside physician, bestselling author and Order of Canada recipient Dr. Gabor Maté to explore why our western society is facing such epidemics. This is a journey with a man who has dedicated his life to understanding the connection between illness, addiction, trauma and society.

“Trauma is not what happens to you.
Trauma is what happens inside you,
as a result of what happens to you.”
— Gabor Maté

 

Trauma is the invisible force that shapes our lives. It shapes the way we live, the way we love and the way we make sense of the world. It is the root of our deepest wounds. Dr. Maté gives us a new vision: a trauma-informed society in which parents, teachers, physicians, policy-makers and legal personnel are not concerned with fixing behaviors, making diagnoses, suppressing symptoms and judging, but seek instead to understand the sources from which troubling behaviors and diseases spring in the wounded human soul.

[via here]

 

🌱Garden Screening

This is a special hosted screening for an intimate group.
We will start with an outdoor aperó and watch the doc together, with facilitated discussion following.

Details:
Wednesday 28th July

17:30/18:00 Aperó
18:30 – 20:00 Film
20:00 onwards Discussion, including provided materials (Wisdom of Trauma companion booklet and discussion guide, pictured below)

 

–PS. Here is a great list of trauma-related resources for those interested.

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^1. National Alliance on Mental Illness
^2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
^3. World Health Organization
^4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
^5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
^6. National Institutes of Health

All links here.