Post-traumatic stress disorder affects one in three people who have had a form of traumatic experience. For Karen Julia, a difficult childhood led to her developing delayed onset PTSD in 2012, when she was 34 years old.
“I’d been made homeless at 15 and successfully divorced my parents after a lifetime of neglect and abuse,” recalls Karen, who works as a wedding photographer.
“At the time I focused on getting myself through school and found solace in photography. It wasn’t until years later that the past trauma I’d had started seriously impacting my life.”
