Oprah Winfrey looks into finding source of mental health struggles Entertainment Tue, Jun 01, 2021 Oprah Winfrey has opened up about how she is looking into her past trauma in a bid to understand how it impacted her mental well-being. The journalist spoke to her What Happened to You? co-author Dr. Bruce Perry sat down for the Mental Health Coalition’s 1-2-1 series and explored how she continues to work through her mental health struggles. "I started thinking about what happened to me in my life to make me who I am," she said. "Why do I have the fears [and] the apprehensions that I carried for a long time? That question is invaluable for anybody who is interested in self-evolvement [and] self-awareness.