What Happened To You? By Oprah Winfrey

Conversations about trauma, resilience and healing

Our earliest experiences shape our lives far into the future, and What Happened to You? offers powerful scientific and emotional insights into the behavioral patterns that many of us struggle to understand. "Through this lens, we can build a renewed sense of self and ultimately recalibrate our responses to circumstances, situations, and relationships. It is, in other words, the key to reshaping our lives." - Oprah Winfrey

This book will change the way you look at your life. Have you ever asked yourself, “Why did I do that?” or “Why can’t I just control my behavior?” Others may judge our reactions and think, “What’s wrong with that person?” When we question our emotions, it’s easy to blame ourselves; to hold ourselves and those around us to an impossible standard. It’s time to ask a different question. Through deeply personal conversations, Oprah Winfrey and renowned brain and trauma expert Dr. Bruce Perry offer a groundbreaking and profound shift from the question “What’s wrong with you?” to “What happened to you?” Here, Winfrey shares stories from her own past, understanding through experience the vulnerability that comes from dealing with trauma and adversity at a young age. Throughout the book, she and Dr. Perry focus their conversations on understanding people, behavior, and ourselves. It's a subtle yet profound shift in our approach to trauma, and it's one that allows us to understand our past in order to clear a path to our future - which