The effects of inherited trauma may not have started with us, but they can certainly end with us. How do we begin to heal? First, if we or one of our children struggle with unexplained symptoms—depression, anxiety, OCD, a phobia, a destructive behavior—we need to shake the family tree and see what falls out. What family secrets have been hidden? What stories didn’t get told? What traumas were never healed? Our symptoms may be replicating feelings we had when we were small, or mirroring someone’s experience in a previous generation. Through curiosity and exploration, we can gather the fruit we
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