Tag: Trauma

  • Trauma Can be Passed Down in Our Genes

    Trauma Can be Passed Down in Our Genes

    Below is a post I wrote for TEDxAmsterdam. Reproduced in full: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is something we are now accustomed to attributing to the effects of war. We used to call it “shell shock.” Today we know that trauma is not only experienced individually, but shared through generations as well. Researchers have known for…