30/10/2025
💭 Therapeutic Reflection 💭
I’ve been reading an article on family abuse — it’s a real thing! Sometimes we become so used to certain behaviours within our families that they start to feel “normal.” This can come from emotional reasoning — hoping our loved ones will eventually change or that things will get better. Out of love, we often don’t want to imagine the worst in those we care about.
But in doing so, we may unknowingly put ourselves through repeated hurt and enable unhealthy patterns. These behaviours often stem from generational trauma — wounds and coping mechanisms passed down unconsciously from one generation to the next. When left unhealed, they repeat and sometimes intensify, creating cycles of pain and dysfunction that continue unless someone chooses to break them.
Boundaries and self-respect are not acts of rejection; they are acts of self-care. Sometimes, difficult consequences are necessary to protect our wellbeing. There is never an excuse to project anger, insecurity, or unhappiness onto others.
Healing begins when we stop accepting what harms us and start honouring ourselves — and in doing so, we also help heal the generations that came before and those still to come. 💛
