Trauma doesn’t speak—it imprints. In this episode, I dig beneath the skin to confront the pain of infant circumcision and how early wounding reshapes the male psyche. We explore the silence around infant suffering, the disconnection that follows, and the subtle ways trauma becomes personality. What happens when the cut goes too deep to see?

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