07/06/2023
Reposting one of my favorites:
Break the intergenerational trauma cycle. Break it if it’s the only thing you do in this lifetime. Break it even if you don’t have or want children.
There is so much pain and hurt trickling down through generations simply because nobody has had the tools to face it. It’s a curse and a blessing to be able to carry the weight of turning it into love without a tangible precedent.
It starts with understanding where the feelings, actions, and words that hurt us so much came from, continues with separating them from the person and forgiving them - sometimes even for the unforgiveable - and then goes on with processing our patterns, triggers, fears, and emotions. It’s hell and back. It’s burning bridges. It’s alienating blood relatives. It’s falling back into pattern over and over again. It’s facing our deepest darkest and it’s holding our inner child who doesn’t know how to be held. But it’s also worth it.
Those who are doing it, those who learn, those who try, those who did, those who raise children after succeeding, heck even those who are raising children doing their absolute best, I applaud you!