The 'life-changing' story Oprah reports this week

This week on 60 Minutes, Oprah Winfrey reports on childhood trauma: "This story has had more impact on me than practically anything I've ever done"

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"60 Minutes," the most successful television broadcast in history. Offering hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature segments and profiles of people in the news, the broadcast began in 1968 and is still a hit, 50 seasons later, regularly making Nielsen's Top 10. "60 Minutes" has won more Emmy Awards than any other primetime broadcast, including a special Lifetime Achievement Emmy. It has also won every major broadcast journalism award over its tenure, including 20 Peabody and 18 DuPont Columbia University awards for excellence in television broadcasting. Other distinguished awards won multiple times include the George Polk, RTNDA Edward R. Murrow, Investigative Reporters and Editors, RFK Journalism, Sigma Delta Chi and Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Reporting. "60 Minutes" premiered on CBS Sept. 24, 1968. Jeff Fager is the program's executive producer. The correspondents and contributors of "60 Minutes" are Bill Whitaker, Steve Kroft, Lara Logan, Scott Pelley, Lesley Stahl, Anderson Cooper, Sharyn Alfonsi, Jon Wertheim, Norah O'Donnell and Oprah Winfrey. "60 Minutes" airs Sundays at 7 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.

[mrs.agbaka]

I love her resilience! Praying for her strength and protection. This woman is truly a phenomenal individual. Love this lady!!

[universewondrrful]

You are worthy....that means you are accepted and trusted. All we need is love and self acceptance. I wish I could receive when I was a child...Very good story. Thank you for sharing.

[SonjaDawn]

Growing up without anyone in my corner, I can tell you now, if I had someone to go to more than a one time thing, someone who was always there for me, it would have changed my world because it was all I wanted.

[keristevenson]

Omg, I have 2 teachers in my life that started to see me when I was an invisible child. I was shy, and introverted, my family moved every year, and sometimes in the middle of the year from nursery school through 7 th grade. I was a creative artistic child that was reading above 12 grade level in the 4 th grade. It’s all I ever did to have a fantasy escape- reading. It saved me. But that want being noticed by anyone. Every teacher would just see how bad I was at math, geography, and getting in homework, and poor testing abilities. I went to 9 schools in 7 years. My teachers made me feel so stupid, and I didn’t want the negative attention, that also led to my parents being told how much trouble I was having in so many subjects. Then came Miss Stevens in the 6 th grade. She took me aside, told me about my seriously advanced reading( I was never told before) and told me I just needed to learn how to organize, and prioritize. She made me a binder that she put together for me to stay on track. Learn what and where to study, and gave me the structure I needed. It worked. All of my grades flew up. Sadly I remember a friend crying to the teacher that I got higher grades than her, and that couldn’t be right, she was smarter. It was a beautiful feeling to do things well, and with total understanding of what I needed to accomplish. Then feeling guilty because my friend was upset. It made me feel like something really was wrong- I felt guilty for doing well. We moved that year, and I started in a new junior high school not knowing anyone. I had always made friends relatively easy, but this time was different. I had gained 20 pounds over that summer, found out my parents were getting a divorce ( using my step dads constant verbal abuse towards me for being fat, and to throw some gas on the fire, I found out he wasn’t my real dad. I guess they figured a emotionally neglected, depressed 7th grader could handle all of this without any thought. I had my first nervous break down, and led me to hang out with whomever paid me any attention. Sadly, it was with the wrong crowd, and being as shy as I was, I just went along with turning into person who hung out with people who partied. Yes, the very thing that freaked me out became my world. What a rollercoaster ride of emotions I went through...all the way to now. I am still dealing with where life took me. I never knew I could plan my future, I just let life happen to me. Dysfunction in a family has long lasting scars that take therapy, good role models, or mentoring to come out of.
I am 55 years old. Finally with therapy, medication, self awareness, journaling, art and a self journey through the metaphysical, prayer and lessons on the mind and human consciousness I am finally getting to a really awesome place. I could waste time thinking why didn’t I see things like this sooner, which I did for a bit, to realizing that I am this deep thoughtful, empathetic, loving strong person because of all the crazy things that happened to me. If I was better at organization, I would write a very long, very insightful book. I have some stories that I am sure so many people would relate to, and learn from as I did. Someday I’ll write it, maybe I’ll hunt down Ms Sevens, and see if she could set me up for success! Lol, seriously. With more people like her in my life, it would have been a very different life for me.✨😘💕

[DreaDom]

Who in this world would put a thumbs down on this video? I wonder what happened to that person? I love you OPRAH!! #LOVE

[sapofish]

For me, the person who made all the difference was a loving, concerned neighbor. On our worst days, we may be somebody's best hope! This neighbor and I reconnected, she is a force of love and has instilled that in me!! I love you Susan!!

[christinemorrison]

FINALLY! As a therapist who mostly works with traumatized teenage don't feel so alone. She GOT it and will change the world with THAT one shift. I have struggled to get this message out my whole life and now know that a "force" has joined me. Oprah I am so grateful!! My dream of all dreams is that we shift from a win/loose perspective to a win/win perspective by simply doing this....all over the the norm. All of the angst that has been surfacing right here in America is wanting us to start here first. Lets heal and love each other at an unprecedented rate simply by asking and listening. Ready GO!

[injujuan]

I had goose bumps when Oprah said “I wonder what happened to them”. It was as if she was asking me❤️🌈🌼🌞

[Coryraisa]

I love Oprah's huge dark brown eyes and expressive, vivid face!

I also love her courage, strength, compassion and resilience.

💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

[veronicachristopher]

Had somebody held me during my lifelong held me....I feel I’d be okay. Had I been shown love instead of just told about it, I’d be okay. This is the reason why I reach out to broken souls, because I know sometimes all it takes is just one person who shows genuine caring.

[MsJones]

Asking “what happened to u?” Allows individuals to see the humanity n each other! Love thy neighbor as you love thyselves

[girldisappearing]

I am so grateful for Oprah's work. I am at the tail end of my schooling to be a therapist and have been interning at a non-profit drug rehab that primarily works with underserved people in various communities and this is 100% accurate. I wish trauma informed training was taught across all disciplines working in the human services field. If you do not ask what happened... and if you never fill that void within.... the cycle just continues.... I am so glad she is bringing this information to the public.

[ikchuks]

Oprah is beyond brilliant she is a GENIUS. SHE IS THE QUEEN OF QUEEN

[conservativeneurologyb]

a sense of value within a framework of safety...thanks for posting this video today.

[theusersam]

I'm happy but shocked that this is such a revelation for Oprah! <3

[brittanyclingingsmith]

Dr. Perry is incredible!!!! Love that him and Oprah had this conversation 😊

[marshacreary]

Thank you for addressing this by FINALLY utilizing the science to support what we've known for decades

[Shadow-runner]

This is a great awakening for many and I will be honest going through the process of healing can be very painful and that is why many refuse to dig deep to find the answer (s) to the question, "What happenend to you???"

[debrathompson]

You just Never know what one had to overcome or still dealing with it !!!!

[karengrace]

Growing up in a house of hate / shame without parents, visiting my dad on weekends who was raping me with his friend before I could tie my shoes & visits with my abusive alcoholic mom who was worse then my dad gave me a tarnished view of myself, by Gods grace I found Christ at age 8 & had an elderly neighbor who I ran errands for who loved me, my neighbors love along with my childlike faith saved me from who statistics would had predicted me to be .
How can anyone not love Oprah, she shines so bright inwardly .