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    Generational trauma can be passed down from parents to children through communication or lack thereof. A study of Rwandan genocide survivors and their teenage children found that when mothers communicated their trauma to their children, it caused heightened concern and stress in the children. The children of Holocaust survivors who did not receive effective communication from their parents about the trauma also exhibited symptoms of that trauma. Trauma can persist across generations if the original trauma is not treated, as untreated trauma affects parenting and relationships. More research is still needed to fully understand generational trauma.

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    Generational trauma can be passed down from parents to children through communication or lack thereof. A study of Rwandan genocide survivors and their teenage children found that when mothers communicated their trauma to their children, it caused heightened concern and stress in the children. The children of Holocaust survivors who did not receive effective communication from their parents about the trauma also exhibited symptoms of that trauma. Trauma can persist across generations if the original trauma is not treated, as untreated trauma affects parenting and relationships. More research is still needed to fully understand generational trauma.

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    Generational trauma can be passed down from parents to children through communication or lack thereof. A study of Rwandan genocide survivors and their teenage children found that when mothers communicated their trauma to their children, it caused heightened concern and stress in the children. The children of Holocaust survivors who did not receive effective communication from their parents about the trauma also exhibited symptoms of that trauma. Trauma can persist across generations if the original trauma is not treated, as untreated trauma affects parenting and relationships. More research is still needed to fully understand generational trauma.

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    Generational trauma can be passed down from parents to children through communication or lack thereof. A study of Rwandan genocide survivors and their teenage children found that when mothers communicated their trauma to their children, it caused heightened concern and stress in the children. The children of Holocaust survivors who did not receive effective communication from their parents about the trauma also exhibited symptoms of that trauma. Trauma can persist across generations if the original trauma is not treated, as untreated trauma affects parenting and relationships. More research is still needed to fully understand generational trauma.

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    The passage discusses how trauma can be passed down through communication or lack thereof from parents to children, as well as through indirect effects like poverty and lack of access to education. It can manifest in the children through things like fear, substance abuse, and anxiety.

    The passage discusses how trauma can be passed down through the communication of traumatic experiences from parent to child, as well as through the parenting style of those still dealing with their own trauma. Indirect effects of trauma like poverty can also impact future generations.

    The passage mentions effects like heightened fear, substance abuse, anxiety, and difficulty engaging with others as potential impacts trauma can have when passed down. Future generations may also adopt harmful coping mechanisms if the original trauma goes untreated.

    Khamzatulbilal Mamedov

    ENG & COMP 2

    Lisa Cook

    26 March 2021

    How deep is generational trauma?

    Life can be hard, and sometimes enough strife, stress, and pain can transfer that trauma

    down to their children and so forth. But what exactly causes this trauma to become hereditary?

    Therapy may help in coping with those symptoms but why are those symptoms/trauma

    ingrained in the trauma host’s kid.

    One way that trauma can be passed down is through communication. Through plentiful

    studies and interviews Lidewyde H. Berckmoes, PhD, of the Netherlands Institute for the Study

    of Crime and Law Enforcement in Amsterdam, and his colleagues were able to infer and identify

    just that. Spending a total of 5 months observing and interviewing 41 mothers who lived

    through the 1994 Rwandan Genocide and their teen children. Their findings showed that the

    communication of said genocide to their teen children brought about great concern. The

    indirect effects of the genocide causing heightened poverty and greater family work burden.

    The children of these mothers not being able to afford schooling means working to keep the

    family afloat. This in turn allows the inherited trauma to fade into back, lingering and affecting

    the person. Through this dialogue from parent to child, it brings on this cautious mindset of
    what has happened and what has yet to happen. Though it seems to be lesser than the original

    trauma barer, it is still a heavy burden to bear. (DeAngelis, Tori 2019)

    Communication being the obvious identifier and path to inheriting the trauma but the lack of

    said communication bears a similar mark. An example being the offspring of Holocaust victim.

    Certain victims of the Holocaust holding such trauma and failing to provide affective framework

    and communication for their kids. Scare your kin with stories and they’ll bear the mark of

    caution, keep it to yourself then your kids will feel the distance you’re keeping and bear the

    consequences of your trauma. Communication is so crucial but how it’s done is also important

    to parents and kids alike. As shown, many had to consider what next after the holocaust,

    unintentionally their choices made way to their kin. It is hard to make decisions under that

    much hurt and loss but whatever decision is made has its own consequences for victims alike.

    (Lorens, Luciana 2012)

    Communication lacking or adequate allows for symptoms of their parent’s trauma to exist

    within them (Without proper help and therapy for the parent’s trauma, the offspring can fall ill

    to the nasty habits and ways of coping. Said trauma being able to affect the way people exist

    and engage with the outside world. The symptoms include fear, substance abuse, and anxiety.

    Trauma is devasting on its own but it not being dealt with will bear the same result for the

    offspring maturing. The offspring in question, can’t rely on a figure who is still coming to terms

    with their trauma. Inaction in parenting is common in those dealing with trauma. Trauma can

    come from abuse, negligence, and traumatic events. All requiring a degree of attention and
    confrontation to lessen and minimize the effect on the traumatized. Some in many ways, lack

    the nurturing and care for their trauma that leads them to displace that within their kids.

    Trauma can be passed for as long as can be if it’s not treated. Treating it would be nice but

    there are certain blockades to that, some being social (stigma) and some cultural (religious).

    Feeling shameful of what you’ve experienced can hinder progressing in getting yourself treated

    and hopefully heard. Not doing will allow children and grandchildren and so on and so forth will

    remain to be scarred and affected by trauma that is not their own. (Weston, Richard 2018)

    There can be no doubt that the weight and burden that trauma holds runs deep, a burden too

    heavy to carry alone. Generational trauma becoming almost hereditary with the effects its shown

    on the kin of those affected is unbelievable. All social and societal efforts to aid traumatized folk

    have been significant but only a fraction of the work to be done, there is still ongoing research on

    the effects and nature of how trauma works. Allowing space for people to speak up and bring

    their experiences and stories to life is one of many ways we can progress forward with our

    knowledge of generational trauma.


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