The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Trauma and Adversity—A Transformative Guide to Understanding Childhood Trauma and Health

by Nadine Burke Harris

She became quieter and less interactive, and by seven months, she began losing her milestones and developed an odd habit of dropping her head. Concerned, Mary Lou Doll took her daughter to her pediatrician, who diagnosed Margaret’s “head dropping” as seizures and determined her to be “somewhat retarded.”