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When volunteer work triggers your own unhealed trauma

I have been volunteering at the prison teaching literacy but my own trauma from being victimized makes some days unbearable and I don't know if I should quit.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Personal healing needs conflict with service commitments in ways that question both self-care and social responsibility.

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