PTSD Trauma

Theme

42 segments · 38 voices · 7 events · 11 videos

Voices on this theme

• NAMI Anne Arundel County · 7 segments
• Tyler Calabrese · 6 segments
• David Idemudia · 4 segments
• Patrick Finn · 4 segments
• Dr. Ashley Elliott · 3 segments
• Brian Morrison · 2 segments
• Unknown Speaker 13 · 2 segments
• Malcolm McFadden · 2 segments
• Brown Paper Doll · 2 segments
• Ryan Sickler · 2 segments
• Nia Unknown · 2 segments
• Kasper · 1 segment
• …and 26 more

Often appears alongside

• Stigma Reduction · co-occurs in 24 segments
• Depression · co-occurs in 21 segments
• Community Healing · co-occurs in 14 segments
• Grief Loss · co-occurs in 12 segments
• Anxiety · co-occurs in 10 segments
• Art Therapy · co-occurs in 10 segments
• Veteran Experience · co-occurs in 7 segments
• Addiction Recovery · co-occurs in 4 segments

Segments

• Brown Paper Doll Performs Spoken Word on Identity and Healing Brown Paper Doll, a member of the ‘Rap is Poetry’ collective, delivers a raw and layered spoken word piece exploring her lifelong experience with neurodivergence, childhood trauma,… · 2025-07-13
• Dr. Ashley Elliott Performs Creative Movement to ‘Something Has to Break Dr. Ashley Elliott (Dr. Vivid) introduces and performs a creative movement piece set to the song ‘Something Has to Break,’ using expressive dance as a therapeutic coping tool. She… · 2025-07-13
• Sean McGuinn — Suicide Survival Story Sean McGuinn, a kindergarten environmental educator in Anne Arundel County and first-time SYT attendee, delivers a raw personal narrative about surviving a suicide attempt by hangi… · 2025-07-13
• Personal Testimony: PTSD, Veteran Experience, and Closing Community Call A speaker describes the raw, hidden reality of PTSD — sitting in tears on the phone begging for help, hypervigilant driving behaviors, eating a meal in seconds, and viewing everyda… · 2025-05-17
• Educational Testimony: ”What Happened to You?” — Trauma-Informed Advocacy’ A speaker describes a trauma-informed approach to a patient who identifies as Satan, reframing the clinical question from ‘what’s wrong with you?’ to ‘what happened to you?’ The me… · 2025-05-17
• Testimony: Music as Healing from Childhood Trauma A performer shares that music became their primary coping mechanism after experiencing childhood trauma and finding limited relief from conventional mental health treatments. A liv… · 2025-05-17
• Rap: Ancestral Wisdom, Trauma, and Positive Paradigm Shift A performer delivers a rap or rhythmic spoken piece about keeping an open mind, honoring ancestors, and choosing to play the cards dealt in life. The piece culminates in affirming… · 2025-05-17
• Live Music: ”The Last Thing I”ll Think Of” — Healing from Abuse A musician introduces a song written about navigating healing and finding normalcy after experiencing abuse. The performance, titled ‘The Last Thing I’ll Think Of,’ includes lyrics… · 2025-05-17
• Opening Spoken Word: Self-Worth, Rejection, and Childhood Wounds An unidentified spoken word artist opens the highlight reel with a poem about childhood trauma, a mother’s abuse, the terror of rejection, and rage as a coping mechanism. The piece… · 2025-05-17
• Dad’s Suicide, Ambien Overdose & Therapy Advocacy An unknown speaker (referred to in the transcript as ”Zach”) delivers a darkly comedic stand-up set weaving together deeply personal mental health disclosures: childhood depressi… · 2024-08-04
• Kasper — Spoken Word: ”They Say I Exceeded Expectations Kasper performs an original spoken-word poem reflecting on resilience, self-reclamation, and redemption after incarceration. The poem uses vivid metaphor — rope given to induce hop… · 2024-07-30
• How Heavy Music and the Hardcore Community Gave Josh a Sense of Belonging Josh answers the question ‘How has heavy music and the community been helpful for you?’ He traces his path from childhood trauma and social isolation through discovering hardcore a… · 2024-07-29
• Eileen Gaffney — ‘Cloaks, Coats & Christianity’ Poetry on Childhood Abuse Eileen Gaffney delivers her first-ever public poetry reading, performing ‘Cloaks, Coats & Christianity,’ a raw and unflinching spoken-word piece confronting childhood sexual abuse… · 2024-07-14
• Sister Fran — ‘Battlefield on the Brain’ & ‘Onward and Upward’ Poetry An unknown speaker identifying herself as ‘Sister Fran’ performs two original spoken-word poems at SYT Annapolis 2024. The first, ‘Battlefield on the Brain,’ recounts her 2018 psyc… · 2024-07-14
• Daniela Nye (Tiger Lily) — ‘Before You Came Along’ Original Song Daniela Nye, performing under the name Tiger Lily, introduces and performs her original song ‘Before You Came Along,’ a live acoustic guitar performance written for her children. I… · 2024-07-14
• Laura Brino — ‘Cactus Moon’ Original Song on Generational Healing Laura Brino performs her original song ‘Cactus Moon,’ a deeply personal live musical piece about breaking cycles of generational trauma, dedicated to healing her mother, her daught… · 2024-07-14
• Spencer Tau — Veteran’s Story of Rage, PTSD & Healing Master Sergeant Spencer Tau delivers a raw, personal account of his post-military crisis, describing the overwhelming rage, suicidal ideation, institutional abandonment, and over-m… · 2024-07-14
• Anna Sharpina — Story of Resilience, Loss & Recovery Anna Sharpina, a Ukrainian-born military veteran and mental health specialist, delivers a raw and powerful personal narrative spanning immigration, combat deployment, the loss of h… · 2024-07-14
• Brown Paper Dog — Spoken Word on Neurodivergence & Identity An artist performing under the name ‘Brown Paper Dog’ delivers a raw spoken-word piece for Women’s History Month, weaving personal experiences of late-diagnosed ADHD, lifelong iden… · 2024-07-14
• Dana Denise — ‘The Last Thing I’ll Think Of’ Original Song Dana Denise, an Annapolis-based singer-songwriter and co-organizer of the Annapolis Songbird Festival, introduces her work providing storytelling platforms for survivors of abuse b… · 2024-07-14
• Patrick Finn – Personal Story on Faith, Identity, and Mental Health Patrick Finn delivers a deeply personal spoken-word testimony at SYT 2023, sharing his journey through bipolar disorder with psychotic features, PTSD, an eating disorder, self-harm… · 2023-07-09
• Steve Hall (Gray Smith) – Spoken Word on Addiction and Recovery Steve Hall, performing under the artist name Gray Smith, delivers a raw and visceral spoken-word piece drawn from his lived experience of addiction, incarceration, bipolar disorder… · 2023-07-09
• Dr. Unknown — Dance Performance to ‘Breaking Point An unidentified clinical psychologist and long-time SYT participant delivers a brief personal introduction — openly disclosing her own anxiety, PTSD, and major depressive disorder… · 2023-07-09
• Innocence — Spoken Word and Children’s Book ‘A Case of the Zachleys A performer going by ”Innocence” delivers a two-part set: first, a raw spoken-word poem depicting the desperate realities of poverty, addiction, and survival as a young mother; t… · 2022-07-17
• Alpha — Live Music Performance ‘Let It Go Two emerging artists, Alpha and Scotty A.P., take the stage for back-to-back live music performances at SYT 2022. Alpha performs ‘Let It Go,’ an original song tracing his mental he… · 2022-07-17
• Brown Paper Doll — Spoken Word on Identity and Emotional Authenticity Brown Paper Doll, a spoken word artist from Triangle, Virginia, delivers two original pieces exploring identity, emotional authenticity, sensory overload, ADHD, and the exhaustion… · 2022-07-17
• Patrick Finn — ‘My Dark Parrot’ Spoken Word Patrick Finn, a NAMI Maryland facilitator and peer-to-peer counselor living with bipolar disorder (with psychotic features), PTSD, and a recovered eating disorder, delivers his spo… · 2022-07-17
• Brian Morrison — ‘Bastards Road’ Documentary Presentation Filmmaker Brian Morrison presents his documentary ‘Bastards Road,’ sharing how he used his background in video production to document a Marine veteran’s cross-country walk to recon… · 2022-07-17
• Kenneth Stone: Veteran, TBI Survivor, and Founding ”Soldiers on Single Track Kenneth Stone, a 34-year-old Army infantry veteran and TBI survivor from Oregon, shares how years of post-service struggle with reintegration and mental health led him to rediscove… · 2022-07-16
• Brian Morrison: ”Bastards Road” Documentary and Veteran Mental Health Storytelling Documentary filmmaker Brian Morrison presents his project ‘Bastards Road, which follows Marine veteran Jonathan Hancock’s nearly 6,000-mile walk across the USA to reconnect with fe… · 2022-07-16
• Dr. Ashley Elliott: Spoken Word on Mental Illness, Grief, and Parenting Dr. Ashley Elliott, a clinician and spoken word artist also known as Dr. Vivid, delivers a deeply personal performance exploring her lived experience with anxiety, major depressive… · 2022-07-16
• Kelsey Boyer: Snowboarder, Brain Surgery Survivor, and Mental Health Journey Kelsey Boyer, competitive snowboarder turned non-profit founder, shares her six-year mental health journey following forced retirement due to multiple concussions and emergency bra… · 2022-07-16
• David Idemudia - Closing Reflections and You Are Not Alone David Idemudia delivers closing reflections sharing his own experiences with racial trauma and emotional vulnerability, before affirming to the audience that they are not alone and… · 2021-07-09
• D’Angelo - Without You Song and NASCAR Spoken Word D’Angelo performs a live vocal rendition of ‘Without You’ by Breakavenger, weaving in a spoken-word piece that draws on his personal experience being incarcerated in juvenile deten… · 2021-07-09
• MC Commentary on Trauma and Support David Idemudia offers MC commentary following a performer named Nia’s story, affirming the reality of trauma and its effects on daily life — including sensory triggers and altered… · 2021-07-09
• Nia - Bipolar 2 Hospitalization and Recovery Story Nia, an unidentified speaker diagnosed with Bipolar 2 and ADHD, shares an unscripted, deeply personal account of her mental health journey — including two psychiatric hospitalizati… · 2021-07-09
• Patrick Finn - My Dark Parent and Heather’s Poem Patrick Finn performs two spoken-word pieces: his own poem ”My Dark Parent,” a visceral metaphor for bipolar disorder and PTSD written during a PTSD attack, and a poem by his abs… · 2021-07-09
• Dylan Ignacio - Law Enforcement Mental Health & One Less Nonprofit Dylan Ignacio, a law enforcement officer and founder of the ‘One Less nonprofit, shares his personal mental health journey — including suicidal ideation, a negative therapy experie… · 2021-07-09
• Joe Gagliardi: Marine Veteran Story and Stand-Up Comedy Joe Gagliardi, a US Marine Iraq War veteran, stand-up comedian, and Annapolis resident, shares his personal mental health story — including the death of his sister before his first… · 2020-06-25
• Patrick Finn: ”My Dark Parrot” Slam Poem Patrick Finn performs his original slam poem ‘My Dark Parrot,’ a visceral spoken-word piece using the metaphor of an invisible parrot to personify PTSD, intrusive thoughts, and sui… · 2020-06-25
• Ryan Sickler: Trauma Story and Comedy as Therapy Comedian and podcaster Ryan Sickler shares the origins of The Honeydew Podcast, rooted in his personal philosophy of ‘highlighting the lowlights’ — finding humor in trauma. He reco… · 2020-06-25
• Renee: Living with BPD, Bipolar Disorder, and Finding Therapy Renee, a blogger, poet, and music industry professional, shares her lived experience with borderline personality disorder, bipolar disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder. She t… · 2020-06-25