Delegates will register on The Wisdom of Trauma site to access the Documentary after clicking on the video link in Sched.
Zoom and pre-recorded video links will not be active until Wednesday afternoon February 23rd. So if you want to register before that please use this link. You will be asked if you want to make a donation, but you do not need to make a donation to register, so only do so if you want to.
https://watch.showandtell.film/watch/wot-pdtca-24022022 You will receive an email with the link to the film. You can watch a trailer using that link for now. The film will only be available during convention starting at 1:00 pm on Thursday February 24th.
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 globally [3] 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?
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.
As this movie is about Trauma, it does include discussion around potential trauma inducing situations. We acknowledge that this content may be difficult for some viewers and we also encourage you to care for your safety and well-being. Should you need to process what you have seen here please connect with the Calgary Distress Center
https://www.distresscentre.com/ or call 403.266.HELP (4357).
The attached Screening & Discussion Guide is being shared as a courtesy to professionals who would like to bring together a group of colleagues to discuss the movie that they watch. We are not setting up a formal discussion session, this will need to be organized by individuals of small groups if this is desired.
