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Mark Wolynn

“When a parent is rejected or disrespected, one of the children will often
represent that parent by sharing the rejected behaviors. In this way, the child
makes himself or herself equal to the parent by suffering in a similar way. It is as
though the child is saying, “I’ll go through it, too, so that you don’t have to go
through it alone.” Loyal in this way, the child continues the suffering into the
next generation.”

Mark Wolynn, It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle
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It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle by Mark Wolynn
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