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For Parkland survivor, a long road to recovery from trauma

Eden Hebron, 19, right, and her mother Nicole Cook, talk about the family's years-long struggle to help Hebron work through the trauma and mental health effects after she witnessed a gunman kill a close friend and two other students in Florida's 2018 high school massacre in Parkland, during an interview, Friday, March 11, 2022, at Hebron's parents condominium in Hollywood, Fla. Hebron's experience shows how many of the survivors have grappled with severe mental health issues that derailed their adolescence and greatly impacted their families.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) Eden Hebron, 19, fidgets with her rings as she discusses the years of work she has done to cope with trauma and mental health effects, after witnessing a gunman kill a close friend and two other students in Florida's 2018 high school massacre in Parkland, during an interview with Associated Press journalists, Tuesday, March 8, 2022, in Hollywood, Fla. Hebron's experience shows how many of the survivors have grappled with severe mental health issues that derailed their adolescence and greatly impacted their families.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) Nicole Cook talks about her family's years-long struggle to help her daughter Eden Hebron work through trauma and mental health effects after she witnessed a gunman kill a close friend and two other students in Florida's 2018 high school massacre in Parkland, during an interview, Friday, March 11, 2022, at Hebron's parents condominium in Hollywood, Fla. Hebron's experience shows how many of the survivors have grappled with severe mental health issues that derailed their adolescence and greatly impacted their families.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) Eden Hebron, 19, talks about the years of work she has done to cope with trauma and mental health effects after witnessing a gunman kill a close friend and two other students in Florida's 2018 high school massacre in Parkland, during an interview with Associated Press journalists, Tuesday, March 8, 2022, in Hollywood, Fla. Hebron's experience shows how many of the survivors have grappled with severe mental health issues that derailed their adolescence and greatly impacted their families.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) Eden Hebron, 19, talks about the years of work she has done to cope with trauma and mental health effects after witnessing a gunman kill a close friend and two other students in Florida's 2018 high school massacre in Parkland, during an interview with Associated Press journalists, Tuesday, March 8, 2022, in Hollywood, Fla. Hebron's experience shows how many of the survivors have grappled with severe mental health issues that derailed their adolescence and greatly impacted their families.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) A beachgoer walks along the beach where Eden Hebron, 19, likes to spend time journaling, meditating, and reading, as she continues to work through the mental health effects years after witnessing a gunman kill a close friend and two other students in Florida's 2018 high school massacre in Parkland, Friday, March 11, 2022, as she visits her parents during a college break, in Hollywood, Fla. Hebron's experience shows how many of the survivors have grappled with severe mental health issues that derailed their adolescence and greatly impacted their families.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) Eden Hebron, 19, displays pictures of artwork she made while getting help to work through trauma and mental health effects after witnessing a gunman kill a close friend and two other students in Florida's 2018 high school massacre in Parkland, during an interview with Associated Press journalists, Tuesday, March 8, 2022, in Hollywood, Fla. Hebron's experience shows how many of the survivors have grappled with severe mental health issues that derailed their adolescence and greatly impacted their families.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) Eden Hebron, 19, describes the years of work she has done to cope with trauma and mental health effects after witnessing a gunman kill a close friend and two other students in Florida's 2018 high school massacre in Parkland, during an interview with Associated Press journalists, Tuesday, March 8, 2022, in Hollywood, Fla. Hebron's experience shows how many of the survivors have grappled with severe mental health issues that derailed their adolescence and greatly impacted their families.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) Eden Hebron, 19, writes in her journal on the beach near her parent's condominium, as she continues to work through the mental health effects years after witnessing a gunman kill a close friend and two other students in Florida's 2018 high school massacre in Parkland, Friday, March 11, 2022, while visiting her parents during her college's spring break, in Hollywood, Fla. Hebron's experience shows how many of the survivors have grappled with severe mental health issues that derailed their adolescence and greatly impacted their families.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) Eden Hebron, 19, rests on the beach near her parent's condominium, as she continues to work through the mental health effects years after witnessing a gunman kill a close friend and two other students in Florida's 2018 high school massacre in Parkland, Friday, March 11, 2022, while visiting her parents during her college's spring break, in Hollywood, Fla. Hebron's experience shows how many of the survivors have grappled with severe mental health issues that derailed their adolescence and greatly impacted their families.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)