This is not about “intergenerational trauma”. That was a very inaccurate thing to put in the title. Intergenerational trauma is when a traumatized parent or other elder passes along trauma to the child usually by being abusive toward them, and it’s much too strong a term for “elders in the community encourage newcomers to become similarly cynical” as you are speaking to.
This is not about “intergenerational trauma”. That was a very inaccurate thing to put in the title. Intergenerational trauma is when a traumatized parent or other elder passes along trauma to the child usually by being abusive toward them, and it’s much too strong a term for “elders in the community encourage newcomers to become similarly cynical” as you are speaking to.