trauma
How to Cope With Surviving a School Shooting
“Try to find a vocabulary for your feelings.”
By Claire Lampen
We Need to Think About Trauma in Treating Autoimmune Disorders
A one-size-fits-all treatment ignores the trauma many women — especially marginalized women — experience.
By Anna Wolfe
What ‘Crip Time’ Means to Disabled People Like Me
Becoming a nonspeaking person changed my relationship with time and with other people.
By Alice Wong
How Our Obsession With Trauma Took Over College Essays
Students are being encouraged to write about their worst experiences.
By Claire Hodgdon
The Child Welfare System Traumatizes Black and Brown Kids
The vast majority of kids caught up in child welfare cases are African American or Latino.
By Chanel Smith
These Are the Texts Students Sent During UNC’s Shooting Lockdown
The school’s newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel, shared the messages in a powerful front page.
By Teen Vogue Staff
How the U.S. Shames and Blames People Who Grew Up Poor
And what we can do about it.
By Teen Vogue Staff
How College Journalists Cope With Reporting on Traumatic Events on Campus
“I could barely make it through class without breaking down crying.”
By Mary Retta
Kids Like Me Shouldn’t Be Reporting on the Death of Kids
The Covenant School shooting happened close to my university.
By Aaditi Lele
I Couldn’t Distill My Trauma Into a College Essay
The admissions process assumes it’s easy for students to summarize our lives.
By Emi Nietfeld
Native Boarding Schools Left Attendees With Lifelong Trauma and Illness
Along with a new federal report investigating these schools, elders are sharing their experiences.
By Sara Tardiff
Sophie Turner Expects to Deal With “Symptoms of Trauma” From Game of Thrones
“I’m sure I’ll exhibit some symptoms of trauma down the road.”
By Sara Tardiff
Adoptees Are Using TikTok to Critique the U.S. Adoption System
“Adoptees are told to just be grateful that we were chosen. And yet so many of us are struggling.”
By Ava Sasani
The Fight for Justice Continues
Teen Vogue's new Editor in Chief writes about the courage of Darnella Frazier.
By Versha Sharma
Police Hurt Me at a BLM Protest — I’m Still Living With Trauma
“I don’t even want to leave my house anymore.”
By Palika Makam
I'm Channeling My Ancestors' Joy This Juneteenth to Shed Intergenerational Trauma
“I’d like to hope those ancestors also passed down the joy and resilience we need to free ourselves from oppression once again.”
By Ignacia Fulcher
Ahmaud Arbery Was Killed for Running Down the Street
“We deserve better. Ahmaud deserved better.”
By Jameelah Nasheed
This Project Shows You the Harsh Realities of Being a Teen Prisoner
We need alternatives to incarceration.
By Elly Belle