"Trauma is an invisible force that shapes our lives. It shapes how we live, how we love, and how we make sense of the world. It is the root of our deepest wounds," says the film's main protagonist, Dr. Gabor Maté, a Canadian physician of Hungarian descent, a renowned expert on addiction, trauma, its treatment, and childhood personality development. In the film, he offers a new perspective on the world we live in, and on ourselves. But above all, Gabor Maté is an extremely wise and kind person who is not afraid to talk about his own trauma, stigma, and addictive behavior.