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After Cornell: Who Witnesses a Woman’s Truth?
In March, CNN exposed what it called an online “rape academy”: a website where men shared videos of women being raped while they slept, and taught one another how to do it without getting caught.
Women began posting about it. Some wro...
Culture as Witness to Trauma
“Trauma is not what happens to you, it’s what happens inside you as a result of what happens to you.” - Gabor Maté
We usually think a trauma story has one plot, what was done. Who hurt me, how, where, how many times. That story matters,...
Shame, Trauma and Boundaries
Shame is not a feeling, though painful feelings accompany it. Shame is not guilt, either. Guilt is the remorse we feel when we have caused suffering to another person. We do, and should, suffer guilt when we hurt someone. But shame is a dif...
The Wound Beneath the Wound
I ask people one question every time they tell me their abuse story.
Who did you tell?
It’s not an accusation. If you didn’t tell, that was never your fault. We tell the people who feel safe enough to actually hold what we’re carrying. Wh...
Sacred Territory, and a Map
Trauma is deep and intimate territory. It’s not like trying to heal a cold or a flu. Or even something scarier, like a tumor.
It cuts deep, and it impacts the patterns of our lives in profound ways.
It takes a great humility to find out y...
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David Bedrick, J.D. is the founder of The UnShaming Way — built on the conviction that symptoms carry intelligence, not pathology. He wrote five books, including The Unshaming Way, endorsed by Gabor Maté. Surviving his childhood anchors his teaching.
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