The Grio
When we are repeatedly exposed to viral videos and graphic depictions of black death, it can trigger PTSD-like symptoms, according to Monnica Williams, clinical psychologist and director of the Center for Mental Health Disparities at the University of Louisville.
Williams described the repeated exposure to disturbing videos of black death as “vicarious trauma” and said that, for black people, seeing that trauma can be hazardous to our mental health when combined with the everyday lived racism we already experience.
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