As a society, we can't afford not to look at trauma square in its proverbial eye. It takes a steadfast resolve to understand what trauma actually is and then to recognize its impact on a single human life when it's left unexamined. This Swell podcast explores the life cylce of trauma, post traumatic stress, and post traumatic stress disorder. With the help of a doctor and a Swell storyteller, this eposide clears up some myths and offers some concrete hope. None of us are alone especially when the light of knowledge is trurned towards our pain.