The Conspiracy of Silence
Because the conspiracy of silence most often follows the trauma, it is the most prevalent and effective mechanism for the transmission of trauma on all dimensions. Both intrapsychically and interpersonally protective, silence is profoundly destructive, for it attests to the person’s, family’s, society’s, community’s, nation’s and international community’s inability to integrate (and constructively respond to) the trauma.
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When done optimally, justice processes can lead societies to begin to dissipate the conspiracy of silence and heal the detrimental effects for both victim/survivors and society as a whole.
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