An Embodied Model of Trauma Recovery: Examining Internal Regulatory Processes and Racial Stress in PTSD Among Black Americans
August 21, 2026 Ashanti Brown
Black adults in the United States navigate profound and often invisible stressors at the intersection of racism and trauma. The burden of chronic racial stress functions as an embodied form of oppression that may increase the risk and intensity of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and undermine psychological strengths such as mindfulness and self-compassion for healing, recovery,...