Dr. Ida Fonkoue

PTSD touches everything, so we need to handle it together.

Thank you so much for having me.

I wish I could.

I think the respirator device, people who make that probably have the copyright to the music that is in their device.

Definitely, we should be able... People who exercise have the type of music for every state of the... I need something to just work with breathing.

One thing about this notion I want to hammer that PTSD is not

only in the head, is because in minority community and in African communities where I come from, we usually, we grow up being taught to just push it under the carpet, if I may, you know, for lack of a better word.

It's fine, just get over it.

Just get over it.

Just get over it.

We don't really recognize.

We think it's in your head.

It's just in your head.

If you get over it, you'll be fine.

But I'm really trying to show that as many, we've had books like The Body Keeps Its Call.

I really want to show that even if you think you can get over it without going through proper care, seeing a therapist,

Seeing a physician if you have certain symptoms that are new to you and that are scary to you because people have their hearts skipping beats.

That can be scary.

Go to the doctor.

Even if you don't have a family history of hypertension or a family history of diabetes, research is showing that PTSD alone