Chapter IV: It Wasn't Fine

The Trauma Tales

NOTE: This episode contains explicit discussion of suicide.

After a two-week break, The Trauma Tales continue. In this chapter, Shan shares an intensely raw conversation with Kayla about suppressed emotions and the long-term detriment of sweeping trauma beneath the proverbial rug. With brutal honesty and a hilariously dark sense of humour, Kayla invites Shan into the world of her dissociation and destructive coping mechanisms and speaks of how learning to admit that everything is not fine can sometimes be the first step towards healing.

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