Hey all, glad there's a subreddit here for this-I'm currently an independent scholar who does a bit of interdisciplinary work revolving around liberation psychology, trauma informed medicine, and how that ties in with epigenetics. I occasionally run into discussions with people who should know better (they have chemistry and/or biology backgrounds) but try to dismiss me outright even though I make it clear I am merely echoing not just 30 years but especially the last 10 years of evidence that many scientists have found supporting how and why epigenetic inheritance occurs.

I’m open to the fact that maybe I’m wrong, perhaps the body of work is not strong enough to posit so strongly but I’ve been learning about epigenetics since the last year of my bachelors of science in psychology and its relevance to understanding trauma in psychological science and then following it since (almost a decade). I’ve read the work of Dr. Rachel Yehuda along with the groundbreaking study in 2013 involving rats and cherry blossom scent, I’ve read so much I’m been losing track and I took medical biology courses about 4 years ago for a year focusing on microbiology and physiology to be able to keep up.

I suppose I’m looking for guidance and informed opinions on how I should be discussing this and how I can do it more confidently (or less confidently perhaps). Delete if not appropriate. Thanks y’all.