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I guess to their wide, innocent eyes it all seemed like normal family life because they had never known any different. In fact, I was the only one who had lived with anyone else, the only one that realized that life didn't have to be this terrifying and this painful all the time

Joe Peters , in Cry Silent Tears: The Heartbreaking Survival Story of a Small Mute Boy Who Overcame Unbearable Suffering and Found His Voice Again
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There is no debating that the effects of trauma experienced in childhood may have grave consequences.

Asa Don Brown , in The effects of childhood trauma on adult perception and worldview
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