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Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome. How Is It Different From PTSD? - AJ+ Opinion

2019

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How is Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome different from PTSD? Dr. Joy DeGruy explains how trauma can be passed on generation after generation. How is Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome different from PTSD? Dr. Joy DeGruy explains how trauma can be passed on generation after generation.

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The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade

In this deeply moving and myth-shattering work, Ann Fessler brings out into the open for the first time the astonishing untold history of the million and a half women who surrendered children for adoption due to enormous family and social pressure in the decades before Roe v. Wade.

Collective Trauma From COVID-19

Events such as the COVID-19 pandemic can lead to collective trauma or long-term psychological effects that are shared by a large group of people.

The Simple Guide to Collective Trauma

Providing accessible answers to these complex questions and more, this guide explores the key characteristics of collective trauma and provides practical advice on how to help children, young people and communities to heal. Collective trauma affects communities, families and individuals.

Betsy de Thierry

Helping Children of Color Heal from Collective Trauma

At the individual level, the psychological effects of trauma can be acute or long term, depending on a person’s experience and access to care. But at the community level, a complex and collective experience of trauma can lead to irreparable harm that lasts for generations.

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Oppression and the Body: Roots, Resistance, and Resolutions

Asserting that the body is the main site of oppression in Western society, the contributors to this pioneering volume explore the complex issue of embodiment and how it relates to social inclusion and marginalization.

Christine Caldwell (editor), Lucia Bennett Leighton (editor)

After Our Nation Grieves, It Can Grow

As a war veteran, I know that trauma survivors can emerge with a deeper, richer appreciation of life.

Elliot Ackerman

Trauma from Slavery Can Actually Be Passed Down Through Your Genes

You can get PTSD from your ancestors.

Lincoln Anthony Blades

Unpacking the Embodied Plantation Backpack

If you have an African American body, welcome. I wrote this blog post—and the body practice at the end—especially for you. (Everyone else, welcome as well—but please skip the body practice.)

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The Politics of Trauma: Somatics, Healing, and Social Justice

The Politics of Trauma offers somatics with a social analysis. This book is for therapists and social activists who understand that trauma healing is not just for individuals—and that social change is not just for movement builders.

Staci K. Haines

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Waking Up in Paris: Overcoming Darkness in the City of Light

Devastated by the end of her decades-long marriage, renowned spiritual teacher and intuitive guide Sonia Choquette undertook an unexpected move and relocated to Paris.

Sonia Choquette

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Intergenerational Trauma