Below are some of the most common symptoms of racial trauma.

POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)

Post traumatic stress disorder is a natural response to a traumatic event. In the case of racial trauma, PTSD can occur after an individual person faces harassment or discrimination, or it can occur by witnessing it.

CHRONIC STRESS

Racial trauma leads to a more stressed, and subsequently less mentally healthy, life. Chronic stress is unhealthy for all people, but when you combine it with populations that are historically underserved medically, the risk for long term physical health problems rise.