Triumphant Through Tragedy with Candace Thompson

About this episode

Candace Thompson discusses the delayed impact of trauma and the influence of her church upbringing on her ability to express pain.

Let us know how we're doing Freedom Speakers! Send us a text Trauma does not always announce itself the day it happens. Sometimes it waits, then shows up as flashbacks, isolation, anxiety, depression, and choices that scare you like self-harm urges. Candace Thompson joins us to talk candidly about what that delayed impact looked like in her life, how growing up in a church environment shaped what she felt she could say out loud, and why silence can make pain spread into every corner of your r...

People in this episode

Host: Thee Highest Chief Ali

Guest: Candace Thompson

Topics covered

• trauma
• mental health
• church environment
• self-expression
• silence and pain

Keywords

• trauma
• flashbacks
• anxiety
• depression
• self-harm
• church
• silence

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