What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Bruce Perry, a leading child psychiatrist and neuroscientist specializing in brain development and developmental trauma, discuss the impact of traumatic experiences by posing the question "What happened to you?" at the start of the therapeutic process instead of "What's wrong with you?". Through these deeply personal conversations, Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Bruce Perry explore how what happens to us in early childhood affects the development of our personality. They challenge us to move away from the usual questions "What's wrong with you?" and "Why do you behave like that?" and to ask "What happened to you?". What happens to us in childhood is a powerful predictor of the risks we face for future health problems, while also providing valuable scientific insights into the behavioral patterns that so many people struggle to understand. In this book, Oprah Winfrey shares stories from her own painful past and, joining forces with Dr. Perry, one of the world's leading experts on childhood trauma, marries the power of storytelling with science and clinical experience. The two interlocutors not only focus on understanding human behavior from a new perspective but also on recognizing the impact that psychological trauma has on our lives. It is a subtle yet radical change in the way we approach trauma, a change that allows us to understand our past to pave the way for our future – to open the door to resilience and healing in a proven, dynamic, and effective way.