CDC Says Childhood Trauma is Bad For Your Health. Is that a Surprise?

Unpacking a new report that doesn’t seem all that new, really.

Shaunta Grimes
Nov 6 · 5 min read

Sometimes I forget the things that happened to me when I was a girl. It’s easier to compartmentalize. To box up the bad things and stick them behind the cellar door in my mind.

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