Trauma can lead to…Growth?

America Dissected

Incision Media LLC

Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.6 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Trauma is all around us–and the word has come to dominate so much of our conversation about mental health. The common perception of trauma is that it lingers, devastating mental health over time. But what if the more common consequence of trauma was growth? Abdul reflects on the way we think about trauma. Then he interviews Prof. Richard Tedeschi, the psychologist who coined the term “post-traumatic growth” about the phenomenon, why it happens, and how we unlock it. This show would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors. America Dissected invites you to check them out. This episode was brought to you by: Marguerite Casey Foundation who invites you to sign up for their book club at caseygrants.org/bookclub

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0:00.0	America Disected is brought to you by Margaret Casey Foundation.
0:03.0	Are you ready to break free from the confines of traditional book clubs?
0:06.0	Introducing Reading for a Liberated Future,
0:08.0	the Margaret Casey Foundation Book Club,
0:10.0	where bold ideas, new visions and daring experiments converge.
0:13.5	Say goodbye to the same old narratives and hello to a vibrant beloved community pushing boundaries
0:18.5	and challenging norms to create a better world for everyday people.
0:22.0	Each month the MCF Book Club will bring you an insightful conversation with luminaries of our time
0:26.0	who are speaking truth to power and doing the hard work of shaping a liberated future.
0:30.0	Register for the Marguerite Casey Foundation Book Club today to get the latest information about our upcoming events and a chance to have one of their book club feature titles sent directly to your door for free while supplies last.
0:41.3	Join the MCF book club at Casey Grants.org slash book club that's C-A-S-E-Y-G-R-A-N-T-S-O-T-S-O-O-O-T-S-O-O-T-S-O-T-T-S-Obelea, while you're at book club, and The CDC confirms a second bird food case in a dairy worker in Michigan.
1:03.0	Louisiana lawmakers vote to make abortion pills controlled substances.
1:06.7	The only tribal medical school in the nation graduates its first class.
1:10.8	This is America DeSectad.
1:12.0	I'm your host, Dr. Abdul Alsayo.
1:14.0	So you're saying trauma can unlock growth, not to get downright existential with you all,
1:24.5	but I think the central struggle of being human
1:26.6	is the concept of agency.
1:28.4	How much of what happens to us is in our control?
1:31.0	How much is a function of our own doing versus divine decree or sheer dumb luck,
1:35.2	however you choose to ascribe it? We had absolutely zero choice about the circumstances
1:39.7	in which we came to this world, about what our genetic makeup would be, about who our parents were,
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