But as a scientist, I guess with the privileged knowledge and access to people I have, I started thinking about the causes of PTSD, who is vulnerable to it and why — because it really is very specific types of people (how society treats us etc.) who end up getting it.
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I read up about Cyprus being seen by some academics as an island of people with PTSD. Since after the wars, etc., mental health was not taken into account and out perception of it is not a healthy one (e.g., many still believe you can think your way out of it).
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Work like this, although it's got very dated wording (sorry, Emi) and only talks about G/Cs: https://24h.com.cy/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/erevna1.pdf …
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These thoughts I had helped me put into perspective why my schooling was the way it was in Cyprus and why some teachers esp. in my middle school were so physically and otherwise abusive.
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Also to be 100% clear: The idea of a nationwide PTSD is definitely not 100% mine, but I do talk about it using these terms. I think it's a zeitgeist that most people I speak to certainly are happy with this phrasing though — a positive message since accepting is the 1st step.
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Thank you so much for this incredible thread. I'm truly thrilled all is
now 4 u!
My laymen opinion is, not addressing it mental well-being of all here has, allowed fascist rhetoric to gain & maintain valuable mind-space of people who suffered & are in partial or full denial.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
I first got interested when I found out about the psychosocial support programmes in Rwanda and former Yugoslavia. The literature I have in mind
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In this sense our generation have been exposed (at the very least) to PTSD through school and family stories. I am not a psychologist but this was the reasonable conclusion. Further research is an absolute necessity. Would explain a lot on our society's issues, maybe.
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But going back to where this thread started from. The thought that women who were silenced had to raise children, grand children and never talk about how the war affected them is freaking me out. I mean all types of violence. Physical & psychological. During & after the war.
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Thank you for your tweets Nadia. My mother was named Nadiye too, such a beautiful name. She passed away last n January this year and since then I've been thinking a lot about Cyprus events and effects on its people. I want to women to release their anguishes & fears from hereon.
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Bit of a tangent, but we should all meet. 

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Hear hear
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