Facts
FIUYMI
Fake it until you make it
IIABDFI
If it ain't broke don't fix it
What is intergenerational trauma?
emotional and behavioral reactions that affect generations of your family and you. The seeping of trauma in the bloodline
Healthy ways for black people to cope with everyday stressors
Practicing forms of:
-self regulation
- self awareness of different coping issuesin older generations.
-emotional intelligence
-arts
- spirituality
start conversation with a parent, relative, friend, member of your community, counselor or licensed mental health professional.
ANGTFT
Ain't nobody got time for that
How may your environment affect you and personally and dictate who you are?
It may dictate how you feel about yourself and who you are as a person.
Even physically being around an environment that is "trashed" will start to psychologically make you feel cluttered.
How do parents stress impact children's stress?
"Fight or Flight "response, Stress impacts health outcomes Parents are always running on high alert and the way their brain and DNA is affected and developed also affects the kids. This can be seen through microaggressions everyday, issues in hair, names, colorist, etc.
Decades of oppression, slavery, discrimination and social injustice results in these feelings
fear and mistrust
What may help generations within the black family have a conversation?
Education
Vulnerability
Break the silence
Leading the conversation
" It is easier to build strong children than it is to repair broken men" - Frederick Douglas
FYF
Fix your face
Guess percentage of Black people that view a perceived mental health condition as a sign of personal weakness
63%
How do we communicate to elders?
hold yourself accountable
How were a emotions suppressed in the older generations?
Emotions were typically beat out of those of the older generation, substance abuse, stress found in blood pressure
Older generations were not taught to voice emotions appropriately.
What are the priorities of recognizing trauma?
making sure children feel safe
normalizing there is no health without mental health, there needs to be a tiered generational healing
DYGMM
Do you got McDonalds Money
What are Epignetics ?
Studies how specific structures of DNA found in offspring can be altered by trauma experienced by the parents — or even by the experiences of ancestors
How to reach common ground on differences in generational views
Listen and engage in the conversation.
Hostility on either side of the conversation can lead to ongoing issues.
Agree to disagree not everyone will have the same many elders went through a life completely different than us. Understanding and compassion is key.
What is cultural trauma?
Cultural trauma is a related concept and occurs when members of a group feel they have been subjected to a horrendous event that leaves indelible marks on their group consciousness
NPNG
no pain, no gain
DILLIBBTFTY?
Do I look like boo boo the fool to you?
How may food deserts relate to intergenerational trauma ?
There is a issue of not having enough food and it's become normalized to have this normal culture of not having what we need and not being or feeling okay
What does hurt people hurt people mean?
When people get hurt in relationship and do not receive healing from the wounds, they have a logical and defensible tendency to become protective against more pain. A wound that does not receive attention remains sensitive; a person becomes wary of being relationally “cut” again.
Stop all that whining
passed down coping mechanism used to teach the internalization of trauma
ROATSH
Reach out and touch somebody's hand
STTYNASN
Somebody turn to your neighbor and say neighbor