Dr. Mary Claire Haver

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To decrease those risks starts as early as possible.

However you are listening to me, it is never too late to change those statistics, but we have to work at it.

When I look at the longevity literature and the books that have been written and all the bros talking online, here's one key thing they're not discussing.

Trauma and sexual assault.

When I looked at the data, a history of childhood sexual assault will decrease your longevity if untreated.

And, you know, I don't want to not give hope here.

It almost approaches smoking.

Someone being assaulted as a child sexually, when we look at the data, will decrease her longevity almost as much as smoking, as much as her being obese.

Why?

Cardiovascular disease.

Carrying that burden your whole life.

Living with that amount of stress and cortisol for unresolved trauma is that dangerous.

If we're serious about longevity, we must stop

childhood sexual assault.

We must protect our children from this possibility and stop protecting the people who are perpetuating these crimes.

If you really want to be serious.

about women living as long and as healthy forever.

I've talked to a couple of psychiatrists and people who specialize in post-traumatic, people with high ACE scores, Adverse Childhood Events, ACE.

And ACE scores, they go through a history and look at adverse childhood events, trauma, sexual abuse, physical abuse, mental abuse, et cetera, and you get a score.