Imagine being surrounded by a large, loving family in A Chicago suburb and becoming a victim of child sex trafficking.
For Lex Smith, COO of the national nonprofit, Erase PTSD Now, the trauma of having been trafficked from age nine until age thirteen became nearly unbearable as an adult.
But what would you do if you heard about a procedure that would supposedly target the source of your trauma and give you some relief from the nightmares and dissociation? Would you be too afraid to try something so speculative? Or would you sign up for the procedure and then become the COO of the nonprofit, working to ensure that everyone has access to the freedom you’d found?
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode features discussions of human trafficking, including sex trafficking and child trafficking.
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