为什么小时候的创伤会在长大后更痛苦？

you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)

empress

to exist; to be alive

in one's childhood

(sentence intensifier)

if

surname Wan

for what reason?

(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)

painful

owing to

(bound form) to reckon accounts

fervor

solution

watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)

always

wound; injury; trauma

so

to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show)