Overview

• Yousafzai recounts that trying a cannabis bong for the first time at Oxford’s Lady Margaret Hall brought back previously erased memories of the attack.
• She says she collapsed afterward, was carried to her room, and experienced sweating, shaking, a racing heart, and panic attacks.
• She had long lacked recall of the moments after being shot at age 15 in Swat Valley before being flown to Birmingham for treatment.
• She credits therapy with helping her process the resurfaced trauma and regain emotional balance.
• The account appears in a Guardian interview and in her forthcoming memoir, Finding My Way, out October 21, as she continues to lead the Malala Fund.