Holding Space - PTSD (Male Sexual Abuse)

Sickboy

CBC

Society & Culture

4.8 • 524 Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2018

⏱️ 55 minutes

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*Trigger Warning* This week we tip toe into some very sensitive and challenging subject matter. Wade lives with PTSD which stems from childhood abuse/trauma. What does one do to climb such a seemingly insurmountable obstacle in life? Athletics, yoga, therapy and simply finding people to hold space. ""S'Wade"" gets hella vulnerable with us, and made for a special and thought provoking episode.

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0:32.3	This is a CBC podcast. Well, I'm excited for today's conversation because I feel like it is, actually, I feel like it'll be the first time that we dive into this subject matter with another male.
1:04.5	And I also feel like this is one of those conversations that is going to be, is going to be,
1:12.8	it's going to be a challenging one to interject humor into because of the subject matter
1:17.2	in and of itself.
1:19.1	And that's okay.
1:20.8	I think what's most important is that this is like,
1:24.3	this is a conversation that needs to happen far more than than it really is today.
1:33.7	Why don't you, why don't you lay it up for everyone who's listening?
1:37.5	What is we're going to kind of dive into today?
1:39.9	Today we'll touch on everything about mental health.
1:45.2	Mental health, if you suffer with PTSD, things related to that.
1:51.7	A past of sexual abuse.
1:55.0	I guess just trying to live with things you've locked up and put away.
2:01.7	And I think everybody's done that and resonates with that for sure.
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