The Checkup with Doctor Mike

Are We Overusing The Word "Trauma" & Critique Of The Body Keeps The Score

01.19.2024 - By DM Operations Inc.Play

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Professor George Bonanno is a world-renowned expert on Trauma and has spent decades teaching at Columbia University in NYC. His opinions on the subject have gotten him in some hot water online too, as he believes our cultural understanding of trauma is incomplete and often incorrect.

Buy Professor George Bonanno's book "The End Of Trauma" here: https://www.amazon.com/End-Trauma-Science-Resilience-Changing/dp/1541674367

Follow Professor Bonanno here:

Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/giorgiobee

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/giorgiobee/

Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-bonanno-610a0a22a/

00:00 Intro

1:20 Are You Really Traumatized?

16:37 What’s Wrong WIth Psychology Today?

20:44 How To Overcome Trauma

26:00 Repressing Memories

29:05 Emotional Trauma Causing Physical Symptoms / Psychosomatic Stress

47:52 Getting Over Breakups / Coping Mechanisms

54:23 Addressing His Controversy

57:55 Resiliency

1:05:20 Post-Traumatic Growth

1:11:30 Addressing His Controversy Pt. 2

1:15:27 PTSD

1:20:15 Fixing Modern Psychology

1:25:03 My Trauma

1:28:25 Social Media

Executive Producer and Host: Doctor Mike Varshavski

Produced by Dan Owens and Sam Bowers

Art by Caroline Weigum

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