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When ancestral trauma manifests as untreatable depression

My grandmother always said I carry the pain of my ancestors and now at thirty-five I feel crushed by depression and Western therapy isn't touching what feels like generational trauma

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The soul recognizes wounds that transcend individual biography, requiring healing approaches that honor lineage and collective memory

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with African healing traditions for mental distress?”

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