BONUS: Social oppression and internalized shame, with David Bedrick

"If you say to me, "this is what my ancestors experienced 200 years ago, 500 years ago, 20 years ago, 20 minutes ago." And I don't witness that, which means I say, "Come on, get over it, let it go. I can't believe you're still hanging on to that stuff." That's a shaming witness. When I do that, it completes the trauma bond. That's not a past trauma. That's a current trauma in the moment." -- David BedrickMy collaborator on the Shame Clinic, David Bedrick and I had an incredibly important conv...