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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Can Happen to Anyone

Content notes: PTSD, sexual trauma, religious trauma, suicide Earlier this month at a press conference, Representative Ilhan Omar mentioned her post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which she developed after her experience as refugee from war in Somalia. In response, Representative…