Originally published by The 19th

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Psychologists know that childhood trauma, or the experience of harmful or adverse events, can have lasting repercussions on the health and well-being of people well into adulthood. But while the consequences of early adversity have been well researched in humans, people aren’t the only ones who can experience adversity.

This is a hard column for me to write. I’ve had the thought behind it for quite a while, but I still didn’t want to write it. I kept putting it off and even considered just being silent and not writing anything at all.

But If I keep quiet, I’d be doing the very thing I’m railing against. So, I’ve got to speak up.

LINCOLN — About 150 Nebraska National Guard soldiers and airmen will be on their way to Florida at the end of this week to assist in emergency response operations related to Hurricane Milton.