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I definitely acknowledge the generational trauma that is in my life and that affects me deeply...

 

Learn more about PTSD from Yvonne Grissett (US Army, 1982-1986) and other Veterans who’ve been there: http://www.ptsd.va.gov/AboutFace

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I definitely

acknowledge

the generational trauma

that is in my life,

and that affects me

deeply

today.

And when I talk of generational trauma,

I'm speaking of

the

historical

trauma

that has

followed

from generation

to generation,

to generation to generation,

from slavery.

The

fear,

and

degradation,

and pain

felt

by

my ancestors,

which,

let's say

my mother's mother

and my great great grandmother's
mother were slaves.

And when I watch the images

of

the shootings, and rioting,

and

injustices that affect
the Black community,

my whole body

grieves.

My whole

being

is devastated.

And it's deeply embedded
in every cell of my body.

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