The Collective Trauma of COVID with Jenna McCarthy Ep. 351

Elliott and I have been doing a series on trauma—which got me thinking about the thing I’m pretty much always thinking about—COVID.

Talk about a traumatizing event!

Since we all—as in, the entire world—endured the pandemic, it certainly qualifies as what psychologists call a “collective trauma.”

Because we went through it together, right?

Well no, we didn’t. The “collective trauma” wasn’t a unifying experience. Some complied with the proclamations from “experts” on high. Others resisted the authoritarianism.

The COVID event fractured society and pitted us against each other. Friendships broke down. Family members viewed each other with suspicion and disdain.

We should have rallied together, yet we remained—and remain—polarized.

How do we heal from “collective trauma” that has so splintered and divided?

I’m still trying to figure it all out.

To this end, we’re launching a series on COVID trauma.

I’m thrilled to introduce our first COVID trauma guest, Jenna McCarthy. She’s the author of Yankee Doodle Soup for the Fringy, Tin Foil Hat-Wearing Conspiracy Theorist’s Soul and The War on Ivermectin: The Medicine that Saved Millions and Could Have Ended the Pandemic with Dr. Pierre Kory.

Jenna shares her COVID journey—and yes, her career tanked and friends turned against her. Oh, and that screenplay she wrote—the one Hollywood producers were so excited about? It got tossed once she publicly challenged “the official” COVID narrative.

If, like me, you’re not over COVID—or, even if you are—this episode is for you! Dissidents will feel heard and validated. Those who went along with the program will gain a greater understanding as to why some of your friends and loved ones didn’t.

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Jenna McCarthy
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Dr. Karin & Pastor Elliott Anderson
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