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Behind the Aegis

(54,901 posts)
Thu Aug 8, 2024, 11:35 PM Aug 2024

(Jewish Group) Antisemitism and protests in the United States trigger PTSD in Holocaust survivors

After surviving the Nazis in her childhood, Goldie Jacoby has sought strategies to manage post-traumatic stress disorder, such as studying psychology and speaking about her experiences.

When Hamas attacked Israel 10 months ago, she broke down.

“When Oct. 7 happened, it got me totally in shock. I sat down and I didn’t want to get up,” Jacoby, now 87, told the New York Jewish Week. “I was all by myself and I was crying nonstop. It brought me right back to where I was at that age and the fear.”

Her PTSD has long been tied to stimuli including small spaces, like doctor’s offices, that remind her of the barn stall in Poland where she and her family hid for three years. Another trigger is the green uniforms of highway patrol officers, which remind her of Nazis. Now, another trigger has emerged: the surge in antisemitism in the United States since Oct. 7.

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I am sure this comes as a shock to some.

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(Jewish Group) Antisemitism and protests in the United States trigger PTSD in Holocaust survivors (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Aug 2024 OP
The antisemites will often purposely target Holocaust survivors. madaboutharry Aug 2024 #1
;-( elleng Aug 2024 #2
And not just survivors Richard D Aug 2024 #3
As the daughter of an Auschwitz survivor I can attest to that Danmel Aug 2024 #4

madaboutharry

(41,379 posts)
1. The antisemites will often purposely target Holocaust survivors.
Thu Aug 8, 2024, 11:52 PM
Aug 2024

Also from the article: “I’m afraid this is happening all over. I cannot believe that the whole world participates in Jew hatred,” she said. “I cry a lot at night because it really affects me badly.”

I wish I could hug her.

Richard D

(9,407 posts)
3. And not just survivors
Fri Aug 9, 2024, 07:59 AM
Aug 2024

I know children of survivorship that are triggered. Hell, this is a real thing. We all might be triggered.

Danmel

(5,249 posts)
4. As the daughter of an Auschwitz survivor I can attest to that
Mon Aug 12, 2024, 05:16 PM
Aug 2024

It has been extremely unsettling to see so much blatant antisemitism.

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