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It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

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Essay Topics

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Discuss the interplay between personal healing and collective familial responsibility as presented in It Didn’t Start With You. How does Wolynn’s approach redefine the concept of individual versus shared trauma?

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How does Wolynn integrate scientific research, particularly epigenetics, into his narrative to support his claims about inherited trauma? Critique the effectiveness of this integration.

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How does Wolynn’s emphasis on somatic memory change the conventional understanding of psychological trauma and its healing process?

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