Bootstraps Trauma Support Group

“Bootstraps Trauma Support Group” follows a narrator sitting in a church basement full of people who treat suffering like a competition and hardship like a badge of honor. They’re sarcastic, tired, and more than ready to leave — but they also see the hurt beneath everyone’s bravado. The song traces that emotional conflict: listening to stories polished into trophies, watching people cling to pain like scripture, and realizing they can’t stay in a room that worships misery as moral law. Leaving isn’t cruelty. It’s honesty.