E1 - What is trauma?
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Trauma Mama
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In this episode, I'm going to start with some personal background and explain why this topic is so important to me. Then I'm going to talk about the history of trauma, the different types of trauma, what type of events can be traumatic and briefly review some of the psychological and physical responses that occur from it.
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