The Wisdom of Trauma- Film Viewing
Tue, Nov 15
|Saint Johnsbury Community Hub
The Hub is hosting the screening of the film: The Wisdom of Trauma. There will be dinner prior to the screening and discussion to follow.
Time & Location
Nov 15, 2022, 5:00 PM
Saint Johnsbury Community Hub, 438 Railroad St, St Johnsbury, VT 05819, USA
About the Event
The Wisdom of Trauma film is being hosted throughout the NEK in person as well as virtually. This opportuity is being hosted in partnership with NCHC & NEK Prosper!'s Mentally Health CANs and asks the question "Can our deepest pain be a doorway to healing?". Consider joining the Hub for dinner, the film viewing and discussion. For additional viewing locations or for more information click here.
To view the film's trailer click here.
Film Synopsis
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…