By Donna Jackson Nakazawa
Adversity in childhood can create long-lasting scars, damaging our cells and our DNA, and making us sick as adults
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The Black community is more inclined to say that mental illness is associated with shame and embarrassment. Individuals and families in the Black community are also more likely to hide the illness.
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If the threats we encounter are extreme, persistent, or frequent, we become too sensitized, overreacting to minor challenges and sometimes experiencing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD.
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Yael Shy, author of “What Now? Meditation for Your Twenties and Beyond,” talks to PsyCom about the mindfulness meditation that changed her life
Try this short meditation when you need a reminder that you are, and have, enough.