The dark side of trauma labeling - Discomfort isn't trauma.
Channel: Journeys
Date: 2024-01-19

I jumped straight into season 2 of Jon Ronson's 'things fell apart' podcast. In this season he weaves together a bunch of seemingly innocuous and random events that help create and form the picture that is our current culture wars. 

In this particular episode around the escalation of trauma, it's fascinating to hear from the best selling Author Bessel van der Kolk talk about his book 'The Body Keeps the Score' and he's actually angry that people are applying the word trauma to what is frankly the ridiculous.

It's a brilliant series and well worth your time. You can listen to the full season here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/m0011cpr

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Chapters:
01:20 The great awokening
01:57 Bessel van der Kolk, Psychiatrist, understands real #ptsd 
03:30 #PTSD is introduced to the world
05:46 #PTSD is recognised as a real condition
08:05 Students protest against Plato and Aristotle learnings
08:31 They protest against Sappho, a Lesbian icon
11:09 Bessels book 'The Body Keeps the Score' Blows up.
25:59 I watched the hate pour in
30:28 The principles of Wokeness