Early emotional trauma changes who we are, but we can do something about it. If you’ve ever wondered why you’ve been struggling a little too hard for a little too long with chronic emotional and physical health
conditions that just won’t abate, feeling as if you’ve been swimming
against some invisible current that never ceases, a new field of
scientific research may offer hope, answers, and healing insights.
In 1995, physicians Vincent Felitti and Robert Anda launched a large-scale epidemiological study (link is external) that probed the child and adolescent histories of 17,000 subjects, comparing their childhood experiences to their later adult health records.