Notes PTSD in Hmong community [2 28 min] PDF

Title	Notes PTSD in Hmong community [2 28 min]
Course	Racial Ethnic Families In The U.S.
Institution	University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Professor: Polina Levchenko...

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Reaching the US after years of surviving endless war brought one level of relief - The daily chance of dying fell dramatically - But the absence of immediate trauma released long repressed fears and emotions Father was really depressed when they first came - Hardest for the men - Hmong men don’t want to admit that they are suffering from mental health - There literally isn’t a word for mental health in their language - The only word for that would be to say the person is crazy, and obviously you don’t want to be labeled as a crazy person - When he sleeps, he screams and yells - Wife wakes him up and asks him what’s wrong - Would tell her he dreamt they were still at war - Sometimes When there is a loud noise, it startles him and reminds him of the bombs that the communists shot towards them - For over 41 years, that noise hasn’t disappeared from his head - Feels his body get all warm - “I’ve been controlling myself and so i haven’t talked to any doctors” - You’re always on the alert - Tells his children that they can’t come screaming into his room bc it puts him in ‘that mode’ - This where the PTSD comes into play They are still living with the war. It hasn’t ended for them....