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Intergenerational trauma can cause symptoms, behavioral patterns, reactions, and psychological effects from a trauma that was experienced by previous generations. Intergenerational trauma occurs when genetic information relating to a traumatic event is passed to future generations, often from parent to child. This theory or spiritual belief has been posited in the medical community for a long time but was not backed by hard evidence until recently, when the power of trauma to change DNA and pass on certain traits through generations has become more widely researched and understood. The toll of these experiences, whether individual or large-scale, can reverberate across generations.
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Some people or communities face multiple experiences that cause complex trauma. Traumatic experiences can take many forms, and a traumatic experience for one person may not be traumatic for another. “Your pain didn’t start with you, but it can end with you.”