Take some time to step away from social media — you don’t have to watch the video, you don’t have to look at the pictures over and over again. There’s a lot of healing to be found through advocacy and activism
Photo: Johnce/Getty Images After George Floyd was killed by police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis, as three other police officers looked on, images and videos circulated via news and social media. Weeks earlier, video of Ahmaud Arbery’s killing [content warning: the linked post contains descriptions of graphic violence] went public, prompting the long-overdue arrest of the two white men who killed him.
Monnica Williams, associate professor of psychology at the University of Ottawa and editor of Eliminating Race-Based Mental Health Disparities As a mental-health professional, I’d say it can be very helpful to talk to a supportive person, whether that’s a therapist or someone in your life who’s a really good listener, and who won’t be judgmental or tell you what to do, but will just be there. — making meaning out of something bad that happened.
These protests are an example of a manifestation of compound trauma. While over the last five or six years, in response to the violent acts against Black men and women, there would be protests, they’d occur for just one or two days. Now, the protests aren’t stopping. People are tired of going through the same thing over and over again and nothing being done.
Allen E. Lipscomb, clinical psychologist and author of Black Male Grief Reaction to Trauma: A Clinical Case Study of One Man’s Mental Health Treatment
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