Global Pain & Trauma Map · GPTM
Making the invisible visible.
Prof. Luis Miguel Gallardo and the World Happiness Foundation's first Global Pain & Trauma Map — a research initiative built to see what is usually hidden, and to translate that seeing into action.
Make the invisible visible
Systematically observe and map the pain, trauma, and suffering that shapes human life across regions.
Data into action
Turn evidence into responder programs, policy, and community interventions that reduce harm.
A global lens
Cross-country, cross-culture — a shared vocabulary for describing what is not being said.
GPTM Platform
Open the GPTM platform
Explore the interactive Global Pain & Trauma Map platform — the living data companion to the report.
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Ten analytical perspectives on the data
A series of ten articles by Prof. Luis Miguel Gallardo — each opening one dimension of the Global Pain & Trauma Map into an actionable frame for readers, cities, enterprises, and policymakers.
1The Hidden Pain of the United States — GPTM View 1
How the wealthiest nation carries the loudest somatic scream.
2Africa's Hidden Strength — GPTM View 2
Highest structural suffering, lowest existential suffering on Earth.
3The Somatic Scream — GPTM View 3
25+ ASC modalities producing measurable, low-cost D6 healing.
4The Loneliness Architecture — GPTM View 4
How zoning, labor and screens dismantled belonging.
5The Meaning Crisis — GPTM View 5
The inverse wealth–meaning correlation and its four generators.
6The Violence Machine — GPTM View 6
$16.5T/year in suffering — and who profits from it.
7The Consciousness Gap — GPTM View 7
Why Plum Village outperforms Luxembourg on the GPTM.
8The Integration Effect — GPTM View 8
The cascade map: which domains drive the other six.
9The Happytalist Alternative — GPTM View 9
From GDP to Gross Global Happiness.
1010 Billion Happy — The Roadmap — GPTM View 10
The 25-year path from Shadow to Flourishing.