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Trauma makes you feel unimportant, but you matter #NoNormal

Rowan discusses how post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has affected her life, since experiencing sexual assault as a teenager.

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Rowan was sexually assaulted as a teenager and experiences PTSD

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#NoNormal| #PTSD| #trauma| post traumatic stress disorder| sexual assault

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Updated on 15-Oct-2018

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