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My Father's Trauma from the Holocaust, and the Trauma That's Happening Now

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I have been really triggered, angry and anxious by the death of George Floyd and what I am seeing in our streets. I understand I am one of many, but I have been trying to understand why it is affecting me the way it is.

Why I am keeping panic attacks at bay? I think it has to do with my experiences with my father and growing up hearing stories of the Holocaust. Please don’t misunderstand me, I am not making a comparison between these two traumas — I am just trying to understand my own responses.

My father sometimes told stories with an intensity driven by survivor guilt and shame. Sometimes, I was prepared to hear them.

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