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These experiences leave traces on people’s biology and identity and have devastating social consequences–medical illnesses, problems with school and work performance, drug addiction and a variety of psychiatric illness. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calculate that childhood trauma is our single largest public health... See more

Advice for other startup founders: 1. Starting a company is annoying and hard in ways you shouldn't expect anyone else to validate or sympathize with 2. The average service job is at least 10x harder 3. Believing you can change the world is only useful as an early motivator, the second... See more

The impact of trauma is located in the survival part of the brain, which does not return to baseline after the threat is over. This part of the brain is by definition unreasonable—you do not stop being hungry by reminding yourself how fat you are, and it’s pretty difficult to talk yourself out of being angry, shut down, or in love.