Although the younger generation have very few memories of their experience, their parents greatly impacted them. Parents became isolated and did not speak of the events that happened in the camps with their children (Holsapple, 1999). Because of this, children had low self-esteem, pressures to assimilate, loss of Japanese culture, and experiencing unexpressed pain of their parents (Nagata, 1993). It was impossible for the younger generation to know the severity of the internment because of their age at the time and how the older generation tried to block the events from their memories. Post-traumatic stress symptoms were prevalent in this older generation as they experienced unexpected and disturbing flashbacks of their time of internment (Ina, 1999). Heart problems have also been reported from Japanese Americans who were in internment camps. "Survey information found former internees had a 2.1 greater risk of cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular mortality, and premature death than did a non-interned counterpart (Ina, 1999). These heart conditions were more than likely caused by the stress and anguish the Japanese American citizens had to endure during their stay in the
Although the younger generation have very few memories of their experience, their parents greatly impacted them. Parents became isolated and did not speak of the events that happened in the camps with their children (Holsapple, 1999). Because of this, children had low self-esteem, pressures to assimilate, loss of Japanese culture, and experiencing unexpressed pain of their parents (Nagata, 1993). It was impossible for the younger generation to know the severity of the internment because of their age at the time and how the older generation tried to block the events from their memories. Post-traumatic stress symptoms were prevalent in this older generation as they experienced unexpected and disturbing flashbacks of their time of internment (Ina, 1999). Heart problems have also been reported from Japanese Americans who were in internment camps. "Survey information found former internees had a 2.1 greater risk of cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular mortality, and premature death than did a non-interned counterpart (Ina, 1999). These heart conditions were more than likely caused by the stress and anguish the Japanese American citizens had to endure during their stay in the