In this Tedx Talk, High school senior Matilde Antunes shares both the psychology and biology between trauma. Matilde shares her own personal narrative of growing up in a broken home. At five years old her parents divided and forced her siblings to pick sides as well as years of hatred and fights between the parents. Such experiences led her to develop depression as well as trauma that prevailed and stayed with her throughout her life. Matilde refers to this experience and trauma in general as a “wound that never fully heals.” She then discusses the importance of breaking the stigma surrounding trauma and mental health generally through the power of vulnerability and connectivity. This video could be utilized within a classroom setting to explore the psychology behind childhood trauma as well as a way to expand on the causes of trauma.
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- Link: https://youtu.be/DXAcD7TzhYU?si=kwgbm_bEvz2J9_8I
Details
Language: English
Type of Story: Video Recording
Medium: video
Contributed by: Zory Smith-Miodownik ( lc21-0513@lclark.edu )
Citation:
Tedx Talks. (2018). Let’s Talk About Trauma – A Wound That Never Fully Heals. YouTube. Retrieved December 5, 2023, from https://youtu.be/DXAcD7TzhYU?si=hsIfV_YMNIhqQLKi.