Wisdom of Trauma: Dr. Gabor Mate (film)

There's wisdom in trauma? I should tell my b/f.

On July 1st at 7:00 PM there will be a community screening and discussion of the documentary The Wisdom of Trauma featuring Dr. Gabor Mate, MD (drgabormate.com).

Let's co-create community agreements, set intentions, and hold space for one another while we center ourselves on topics from the film.

ABOUT THE FILM

• One in five Americans are diagnosed with mental illness in any given year.
• Suicide is the second most common cause of death in the US for youth aged 15–24.
• Depression kills over a million people a year globally with 50,000 in the US.
• Drug overdoses kill 70,000 in the US.
• Autoimmunity epidemic affects 25-50 million people US.
• What's going on?

The interconnected epidemics of anxiety, chronic illness, and substance abuse are, according to Dr. Maté, "normal" but not in the way most of us might think.

“So much of what we call abnormality in this culture is actually [a set of] 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.” — Dr. Gabor Maté

This is a journey alongside a doctor who has dedicated his life to understanding the connection between illness, addiction, trauma, and society.

Schedule:

• 7:00 pm Introductions
• 7:15 pm Film begins
• 8:45 pm Discussions

Parking is limited, so please try to arrive early. More

• Send message for the address! Near DTLA