If everything is trauma… is anything trauma? We’ve turned trauma into an aesthetic, where being uncomfortable is pathologized as abuse. In this session, Richard and Felica explore what trauma actually is, and why the algorithm's version is minimizing real survivors.

High-functioning trauma creates a verbal smoke screen that hides the exhausting work of just getting through the day. "I'm fine" is not a feeling. It’s a cease-and-desist letter from your nervous system.

Forced therapy often feels like an interrogation rather than a path toward healing. You cannot threaten someone into vulnerability. That’s not therapy; that’s an interrogation with a couch.