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RESET SUNDAYS
RESET SUNDAYS: Is Hood Culture Good or Poisonous?
Sunday July 12, 2026 at 10am PST
Many of us were taught to take pride in where we come from. But how often do we stop and examine what our environment taught us? This Reset Sundays conversation explores the difference between culture and trauma, challenging us to identify which behaviors help our communities thrive and which ones keep us trapped in survival mode. Through discussion, reflection, and a Check the Rhyme segment, we'll examine how messages about money, success, conflict, and identity shape our lives and ask a powerful question: Is it culture—or is it trauma pretending to be culture?
"You cannot fully begin a new chapter while emotionally bleeding from the last one.
— Heal PTHD
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WELCOME
To
It's not a person's laziness, or lack of initiative that causes problems in life, It's what's deeply rooted in their mind.
Jasir Franklin
Spiritual Coach, Entrepreneur, Author, and Mindset Engineer.
Jasir Franklin, a Spiritual Coach, Entrepreneur, Author, and Mindset Engineer, is the host of Heal PTHD, a groundbreaking podcast that aims to bring awareness to the normalized traumas experienced in the hood and to interrupt the destructive programs they create.
Having grown up in South Central Los Angeles during the era of Reganomics, a time characterized by gang violence, drugs, and mass incarceration, Jasir Franklin witnessed the devastating impact these circumstances had on individuals and broken families. This was not limited to South Central alone; it became the unfortunate reality for hoods across America.
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Today, these traumas have become ingrained in the so-called "Culture" of hood residents, influencing movies, music, dietary choices, and even households. Post Traumatic Hood Disorder (PTHD) emerges from these normalized traumas, fostering anger, bitterness, and frustration. Trauma ignites fear, which in turn hampers logical thinking, leaving individuals to navigate the world solely based on emotions, often reacting rather than responding appropriately to challenges they may not fully comprehend or appreciate. These reactive behaviors become ingrained programs that shape how people show up in the world.
Heal PTHD goes beyond being just another podcast. It is a movement carefully designed to disrupt the cycle of hood traumas. Jasir Franklin, having experienced his own journey as a refugee from the war within his community, understands the scar tissue that can develop in the mind, leading to bitterness, anger, and a sense of hopelessness. Through personal experiences including two divorces and the loss of over 20 friends to gun violence and mass incarceration, Jasir Franklin finally diagnosed the root cause of his failures in life.
Guided by an African proverb emphasizing that a person's failures in life are not due to laziness, stupidity, or lack of initiative, but rather to what is deeply rooted in their mind, Jasir Franklin believes it is time to engage in some mental gardening and uproot the weeds planted by the hood.
Heal PTHD is not just a podcast; it is a movement aimed at disrupting hood traumas. It provides a safe space for individuals who have experienced similar challenges to come together as hood refugees seeking solutions. The podcast acts as a catalyst for diagnosis and healing, empowering individuals to embark on their own transformative journeys. Through Heal PTHD, Jasir Franklin endeavors to create a supportive community where individuals can find solace, healing, and the tools necessary to overcome the traumas of the hood and reclaim their power.
Listen to this video for a more in-depth perspective of what
Post Traumatic Hood Disorder is all about.
UNDERSTANDING
Learn more about what PTHD means.
What Is Post-Traumatic Hood Disorder™ (PTHD)?
Post-Traumatic Hood Disorder™ (PTHD) is an educational framework developed by Jasir Franklin, founder of Heal PTHD, to describe the lasting effects of Hood-Based Trauma (HBT)—the chronic stress experienced by individuals and families living in environments where violence, poverty, instability, limited opportunity, and survival are everyday realities.
Unlike trauma caused by a single event, Hood-Based Trauma is often experienced repeatedly over the course of years and even generations. As a result, many people develop survival-based beliefs, behaviors, and coping strategies that help them navigate dangerous environments but may later interfere with healthy relationships, decision-making, emotional well-being, leadership, and personal growth.
PTHD recognizes that these patterns are learned adaptations—not personal failures or character flaws. What was once necessary for survival can become an obstacle to thriving when those survival responses remain active long after the danger has passed.
At Heal PTHD, we believe that once you can name the wound, you can stop blaming the scar.
Through education, self-awareness, community engagement, music, culture, and evidence-informed personal development, the PTHD framework helps individuals understand how Hood-Based Trauma shapes the mind, body, relationships, and future—and provides practical tools to rewire survival programming into healing, purpose, and generational transformation.
Our Definition
Post-Traumatic Hood Disorder™ (PTHD) is the collection of learned survival adaptations that develop from prolonged exposure to Hood-Based Trauma, influencing how people think, feel, behave, relate, and respond to the world long after the conditions that created those adaptations have changed.
Our Mission
Our mission is not to label people.
Our mission is to help people understand why they respond the way they do, recognize the impact of Hood-Based Trauma, and discover that healing is possible. By transforming survival into self-awareness, and self-awareness into intentional action, we believe individuals can strengthen families, uplift communities, and create a healthier legacy for future generations.
Heal the hood within. Transform the world around you.