Join the Meditation Museum and America Meditating to launch a Pause for Peace in Classrooms! Traumatic Stress: The Silent Epidemic among the Young Traumatic stress is a reality among millions of students who grow up in a climate of fear, bullying, violence, and substance abuse—stress which impedes academic achievement and undermines physical and mental health. Ten million students take antidepressant medication Four million children suffer from ADHD and other learning disorders Suicide is the third-leading cause of death among teenagers Seventy percent of students w