Healing Systemic Shame & Hidden Trauma: Merete Holm Brantbjerg

Merete Holm Brantbjerg explores how systemic shame and societal silence turn trauma into an isolating experience. Sharing her own story of female-to-female sexual perpetration, she illustrates how unacknowledged events cause physical collapse and hypo-arousal. Healing requires moving from individualization to collective presence, gently re-engaging collapsed body parts, and restoring relational connection. TXT + 2 Key Topics: • Systemic shame and societal silence • Hypostates and physical collapse • Somatic trauma healing • Relational connection TXT + 3 Resource: ProactiveMindfulness.com