“Their Feelings Are Valid”: Mzansi Reacts to Lady’s Mom Still Traumatised by Apartheid
- A woman on TikTok shared that her mother was still traumatised by the apartheid regime and its brutality
- Isabell, a South African woman, felt sorry for her mom, who still has PTSD from the mistreatment of black people
- Social media users shared their stories of how their parents showed significant side effects before the era of democracy began
- Briefly News reached out to a trusted clinical psychologist, Vuyolwethu Tuluma, to better understand PTSD
A South African lady, Isabell, shared the painful news of her mother’s ongoing PTSD from the apartheid era.
Source: TikTok
The woman told Mzansi that her mom hates her English name and would like to change it one day. She shared that her mother talks about apartheid as though it happened yesterday.
Mzansi reacts to lady’s mom, still traumatised by apartheid
The apartheid era still has an effect on those who lived under inhumane conditions. Many people of colour show significant signs of PTSD from living under the era's laws and they constantly talk about the brutality they had endured.
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A woman on TikTok, Isabell, asked her followers if they, too, had a family member who still talks about apartheid as though it happened yesterday because her mother showed significant signs of PTSD. She shared that her mom talks about her traumatic experience every day without fail:
“Every single day, she is going to share something that happened during the apartheid. She talks about how her English name is not her real name and wishes to change it back to her real name.”
Isabell shared that her mom wants the other name to be removed from her Identity Card and continuously talks about her traumatic experiences. This upsets the young lady, especially when people force those trying to process the past to move on.
She captioned her post:
“My mom is still traumatised by apartheid. Sometimes I ask her to change the topic because I could literally feel my blood boiling.”
Watch the video below:
Mzansi reacts to woman traumatised by apartheid
Briefly News reached out to Vuyolwethu Tuluma, a clinical psychologist to find out how one can cope with PTSD. Tuluma advised:
“One will have intrusive traumatic memories, flashbacks, avoidance of thoughts and feelings, and continued sense of threat. PTSD can be treated with psychotherapy from a psychologist and psychiatrist.”
Social media users related to Isabell’s story and commented:
@ReinaX shared:
"Their feelings are valid, yazi. I get angry when I watch apartheid movies. It hurts."
@Nompumelelo Mashaba explained:
"Hence, they still vote for ANC. Shame, their biggest fear is history repeating itself."
@Chulumanco Mvulazana Spondo:
"My grandmother still cries when she talks about the apartheid era cause she lost a child while she was arrested for not carrying that document."
@👑 also witnessed their dad's struggle:
"My dad! He went through law school being taught most of his modules in Afrikaans. I have read every book about the apartheid struggle because of him. It never goes away."
@emanetshidziwanegmail.co:
"Plus, mama was in the June 16, 1976 student uprising, the trauma when she narrates the story is infectious. We can forgive, but we can never forget."
SA gent speaks out on traumatic experience of growing up poor
Briefly News also reported that a South African gent hopped on TikTok to talk about the unspoken dark side of growing up poor in Mzansi. Berlin Williams appeared to be emotional as he shared his lived experiences of having to hustle his whole life as a coloured man post apartheid.
Social media users related to his story and added heir own in the comments.
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