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Intergenerational Trauma
Intergenerational trauma is real. Trauma is passed down through family lines. When a family member experiences a trauma, such as being raised by an alcoholic, experiencing slavery or genocide, these traumas have biological and behavioural impacts on future generations.⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ Research has shown that unresolved trauma has links with violence, addiction, mental health issues, incarceration and obesity. ⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ When entire generations of people have experienced trauma, such as with the Stolen Generation in Australia, symptoms of that trauma expressed not only through the generation to experience the trauma but also their children and their children’s children. ⁣⁠ ⁣⁠