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Why many people don't talk about traumatic events until long after they occur

  • Written by Joan Cook, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University

When longtime former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson filed suit July 6 for sexual harassment against the network’s former boss, Roger Ailes, the public response was less than kind. There were expressed disbelief and rebuttals that she was fabricating her story in retaliation for being fired.

Many asked: If it was so bad, why didn’t she...

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