Trigger warnings: We are all different. What might be a trigger for one person might be an "AHA" moment for another, or provide a comforting sense of connection. Before watching, listening or reading any of the links below, please take a scan of the emotional space you currently inhabit: what can I absorb right now and what might be too much? What might be difficult but enlightening? Can I handle what I might learn or should I wait til later? For example, early in my son's journey I read the book (now movie) My Beautiful Boy & wished I had waited until the emotion it evoked was not fear but connection. And if you start something & find you have misjudged, stop & ground yourself. Find something more appropriate for today. There is always tomorrow.
VIDEOS & MOVIES
"Everything You Think You know about addiction is wrong"
Johann Hari
"Four Good Days"
The movie is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning story of Amanda in the Washington Post.
"Feel Good"
"The comic’s series about addiction and relationships is both a tender exploration of trauma, and extraordinarily funny. This is TV that gives you a crash course in empathy"
"I May Destroy You"
Michaela Coel
"The Polyvagal Theory: The New Science of Safety and Trauma"
Seth Porges (son of Dr. Stephan Porges, whose proposed theory)
Dr. Daniel Siegel’s hand model of the brain allows us to picture our brain structure and understand why it’s difficult to control our reactions when we’re overwhelmed with strong emotions, especially stress.
"Addiction Neuroscience 101"
HMA Institute on Addiction
"Dax Shepard: Rock Bottom Isn't Always What Makes You Change Your Life"
Dr. Nzinga Harris: "Do We All Have Addictions?"
Dr. Nzinga is CME & Co-Founder of Eleanor Health, outpatient treatment provider. Eleanor Health treats those affected by substance abuse through a value-based model of compassionate, whole-person care to help you achieve long-term recovery.
"How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime" | Nadine Burke Harris
Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain. This unfolds across a lifetime ...
How I overcame alcoholism | Claudia Christian | TEDxLondonBusinessSchool
Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain. This unfolds across a lifetime ...