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Does time really heal all wounds? As the parent of a child who was diagnosed with cancer, I know that some wounds never do heal…
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Think about every unresolved argument you ever had and the dissatisfaction that followed it. There may be bitter feelings of shame, anger, or worry about…
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Click here to view our podcast channel! In this episode, Trauma Report writer Alyssa Reddi speaks with Meghan Young, the executive director of the Ontario…
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As many as 16% of individuals have or have had an anxiety disorder or phobia. Dr. Jen Gunter M.D. compares functional anxiety to disordered anxiety…
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NPR’s Invisibilia podcast details a case of police misconduct, where Black teenager Joseph Green is falsely arrested by a Stockton police officer, after he tries…
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“The Velveteen Rabbit” a children’s book written by Margery Williams tells the story of a stuffed bunny who magically becomes real through his owner’s love….
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Although acceptance is growing, people in the transgender community are still heavily discriminated against. To understand what it’s like to be transgender today, the Trauma…
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Norwegian painter, Edward Munch was a prolific artist whose focus is human mortality, chronic illness, sexual liberation and religious aspiration. He was considered the head…
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Pulitzer-winning poet Galway Kinnell says the poems he wrote were rarely addressed to anyone in particular. An exception was made, however, when a student of…
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How many of us have been conditioned to believe that life’s natural progression will lead us to the creation of our own nuclear family? Having…