Trauma is passed down from generation to generation. It becomes a cycle.
Here’s how you can become a cycle breaker
A THREAD 🧵:
Here’s how you can become a cycle breaker
A THREAD 🧵:
Trauma creates ways of coping, ways of communicating, ways of dealing with conflict, and ways of viewing the world.
In families with generational trauma: problems are avoided, communication comes with yelling or shutting down...
In families with generational trauma: problems are avoided, communication comes with yelling or shutting down...
the world is viewed as unsafe, and emotions are either avoided or numbed.
Open, honest communication can rarely happen in these families because there’s an inability to regulate emotions.
Open, honest communication can rarely happen in these families because there’s an inability to regulate emotions.
This just means the family unit has learned to react to their own emotions rather than processing them, understanding them, & finding ways to work through them.
Children born in these homes inherit these same behaviors, traits, & beliefs.
If the child becomes an adult who’s unconscious to their own behavior, they tend to repeat these cycles.
If the child becomes an adult who’s unconscious to their own behavior, they tend to repeat these cycles.
The truth is that today many people are waking up & breaking cycles.
They’ve watched abuse, alcoholism, emotional neglect, secrecy, denial, and dysfunctional behaviors hurt so many people.
And of course, they’ve hurt themselves.
They’ve watched abuse, alcoholism, emotional neglect, secrecy, denial, and dysfunctional behaviors hurt so many people.
And of course, they’ve hurt themselves.
From this pain comes deep awareness.
Patterns become clear. And maybe most painful: we begin to see how these patterns manifest in us.
This is the foundation of a healing journey.
Patterns become clear. And maybe most painful: we begin to see how these patterns manifest in us.
This is the foundation of a healing journey.
Understanding our patterns & beginning to commit to making changes in our lives.
This means becoming our own best parent. It means taking care of ourselves & our own needs (sometimes for the first time in our adult life.)
This means becoming our own best parent. It means taking care of ourselves & our own needs (sometimes for the first time in our adult life.)
It means getting to know ourselves.
Who we truly are— aside from the mask we wear to fit into codependent family dynamics where we must play a role to be loved or chosen.
Who we truly are— aside from the mask we wear to fit into codependent family dynamics where we must play a role to be loved or chosen.
Being a cycle breaker is a hero’s journey.
It’s not for the faint of heart. There are no quick fixes. There’s no easy solution— just a commitment to learning yourself & learning new ways to navigate life.
It’s not for the faint of heart. There are no quick fixes. There’s no easy solution— just a commitment to learning yourself & learning new ways to navigate life.
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