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Trauma, whether it be physical, emotional, or sexual abuse, neglect, or witnessing violence, leaves deep scars. It disrupts our sense of safety, trust, and control, leaving us feeling overwhelmed, numb, or lost. In this state of vulnerability, many seek solace in substances that offer a temporary escape.
Inter (between) generational (generations) trauma is any type of traumatic (yet seen as normal) habits, patterns or cycles that play out from one generation, to the next.
Typically, parents or adult caregivers vicariously model the trauma, where the younger generations (i.e. kids) learn it and carry it with them.
The stain never goes away. Never. You can’t drink it away, you can’t scrub it away, you can’t pretend it away, therapy and medication can only do so much. The stain is always there.
1. This happened to me and it was the most horrifying experience that i will remember for the rest of my life! It all started when my husband and I had been the victims of a terrible motorcycle accident. I was lifeflighted off the interstate in Athens, to Grant Medical Center in Colombus Ohio.
