Turning Intergenerational Trauma into Intergenerational Resilience

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6 ай бұрын

Intergenerational trauma can be transmitted through our community, our upbringing, and our very DNA. In this video, I'm talking about the research around intergenerational trauma, my personal discoveries around it, and a reframing of the way I look at my family, searching for strength and resilience amongst my ancestors.
I used several sources in researching this video.
Here's the entirety of Philip Larkin's brilliant poem, "This Be the Verse." www.poetryfoundation.org/poem...
"How does trauma spill from one generation to the next?" by Rachel Zimmerman in The Washington Post (www.washingtonpost.com/wellne...) is a great primer on the transmission vectors of trauma between generations.
"War’s enduring legacy: How does trauma haunt future generations?" by Tori DeAngelis for the American Psychological Association covers historical and community trauma in a depth I did not in this video. Highly recommended reading.
Here's the Fairfax County publication on Mount Air Plantation: www.fairfaxcounty.gov/plannin.... The orignal owner, Dennis McCarty, and his wife Sarah Ball were my 8th great-grandparents.
Family Search is free to use with an account. www.familysearch.org
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Intro music:
Plain Loafer by Kevin MacLeod
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Outro music:
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Transitional music:
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@cinemaocd1752 6 ай бұрын

I really think generational trauma plays a big role in my family psychology. The book series Maus delves into the way that a Holocaust survivor and his sons interact and their dysfunctional relationship. I recognized many of the trauma coping skills in my family--not that their trauma was the same level or anything, but knowing about how they were survivors of the WWI, The Great Depression, immigration that involved leaving behind friends and family and never reconnecting again... and those are just the ancestors I've met in my life...makes me realize that yes, there is strength and resilience and every generation just wants better for their kids, even if they don't manage it...

@fromjenn 6 ай бұрын

If you haven’t read it, “What My Bones Know” by Stephanie Foo has a great section about the trauma of war and immigration and how it played out in her own and other families in her community. I hadn’t been thinking about the Great Depression, but I can also see the echoes of that in the way I’ve learned to think about money and financial security.

@emmelinesprig489 6 ай бұрын

Love this concept and exploration! Funnily, so timely for me. I just yesterday discovered the podcast called Eldest Daughter, which is about cycle-breaking while also recognizing the positive legacies we receive, and it resonated really deeply. I think I’m at the cusp of diving into my own ancestral exploration. For a few months I’ve been so curious about looking into my genealogy, but haven’t had the mental capacity yet.

@fromjenn 6 ай бұрын

I will have to look into that podcast. I, too, am an eldest daughter. At the start of healing, it was really hard to acknowledge any positive legacy because I was just learning to feel the hurt of the painful one. A few years in, seeing both sides is becoming more comfortable.