Not feeling you have any power in your life can make you sicker than any of your health habits14 . . . that’s huge. Experiencing discrimination, or even just perceived discrimination,15 is terrible for your health. And traumatic experiences that are completely out of our control can have major impacts on our health long-term as well. For instance, survivors of the Holocaust concentration camps had significantly higher rates of fibromyalgia,16 even decades later. And survivors of childhood abuse are at higher risk for having autoimmune disorders.17
