How Intergenerational Trauma Impacts Families [psychcentral.com]

Ingrid Cockhren (PACEs Connection Staff) 3/24/2312:00 PM

By Gina Ryder and Taneasha White, Medically reviewed by Matthew Boland, Photo: Lucy Lambriex/Getty Images, Psych Central, April 15, 2022

The trauma responses you experience today can sometimes be rooted in past experiences you may not have been present for orginally.

Maybe you weren’t abused growing up, but your parents or grandparents were. Maybe you didn’t face discrimination or live through a war, but your great-grandparents did.

We all have different responses to stress and traumatic events, with the most common being fight, flight, or freeze. There are nuances of each different response, including hyper-independence and people-pleasing.

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