Oprah Winfrey opens up about impact of traumatic events on her mental health

During a conversation with What Happened to You? co-author Dr. Bruce Perry, Oprah Winfrey shared how her past traumatic events took a toll on her mental health.

Winfrey said, “I started thinking about what happened to me in my life to make me who I am. Why do I have the fears [and] the apprehensions that I carried for a long time? That question is invaluable for anybody who is interested in self-evolvement [and] self-awareness.”

She added, "What I had learned is if you didn't get what you need at that age, you spend your life searching for that thing based upon what happened [to you] Or, as Bruce says in our book, What Happened to You?, it's what happened to you and [it's] equally as important as what didn't happen to you.”

She further added, "In my case, why [do] you have this disease to please? Why [do[ you have a problem in confrontation? Or why [are you] so confrontational?"