Often, when someone survives a traumatic incident — such as a sexual assault, police brutality, a hate crime, or a school shooting — the trauma stays with them, even though the danger is gone.
If trauma is left untreated, it can impact your physical health. In other words, if you’ve survived a traumatic incident, ignoring mental health treatment can negatively impact your body.
If you have endured at least one instance of trauma before your 18th birthday, you’re not alone. The rates of childhood trauma are high. According to a 2012 report by the National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention, more than 60% of children in the United States were exposed to at least one type of violence that year. Additionally, 26% of all U.S. children will experience or witness a traumatic incident before turning 4 years old.
[For more on this story by Danielle Corcione, go to https://www.teenvogue.com/stor...ma-impacts-your-body]
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