CPA- Chanda Pays Attention

Don’t Look Away—The Cost of Numbness in a Traumatized World


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Today’s episode is not easy. It’s about the images we scroll past, the headlines we mute, the suffering we’ve normalized. From Gaza to Congo to ICE detention centers, we’ve been shown visually terrible things—and instead of being moved, we’ve become numb.

We’ve seen so much suffering that we’ve started calling the numbness wisdom. We’ve baptized our avoidance and called it peace. But silence isn’t holy—it’s harmful.”

But should we continue to look on in terror? What does it cost us to look away? And is there ever a case for protecting our peace by turning it off? Let’s talk about it.


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CPA- Chanda Pays AttentionBy Chanda