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Generational Trauma

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The theory that trauma can be passed down through generations, discussed in relation to Irish-American predisposition to mental illness and addiction.

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"therapy culture gone awry, now everyone is blabbering on about their bullshit "generational trauma." your parents beating you for low grades is not "child abuse" by any stretch of the imagination"
everything everywhere all at once is peak therapy culture · u/passionberries · ↑35 · 2023-03-13
"As an Irish-American I'm well aware of the predisposition we seem to have towards mental illness and addiction - two of my aunts are diagnosed with either bipolar or schizophrenia, my grandpa is crazy, and I have my own issues as well (though much less severe.) I've read the theories about this bein"
Is generational trauma real? · u/Kagajoojoo · ↑29 · 2022-09-09
"It's something that gets talked about sometimes in current discourse, and while I'm not necessarily convinced or anything it seems like a possibility."
Is generational trauma real? · u/Kagajoojoo · ↑29 · 2022-09-09
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