Extreme stress from family detention directly manifested in physical symptoms.

Evidence

What saved both her and her sister from madness was a feeling of responsibility for their mother. The living arrangements allowed the daughters to look out for her. This usually meant standing up for her with the correctional officers, who often treated Rasha’s mother, since she couldn’t communicate in English as easily as her daughters, with impatient contempt. — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 120 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: September 11 raids treated whole families as suspects to be processed and detained; Familial responsibility can preserve sanity under indefinite detention — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 120; A mother’s escalating control over her daughter coincided with increasing physical abuse — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 601 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Familial responsibility can preserve sanity under indefinite detention #complicates (0.75) — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 120