08/01/2025
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I’ve witnessed and participated in several in-person sessions before, but out of curiosity, I tried a session using doll figures while visiting my fam in Japan. I didn’t expect it to be so powerful, but it truly was. I wanted to share this therapeutic method with those who may not have encountered it yet.
There’s a specific emotion that has risen in me from time to time - an overwhelming fear that almost feels like a heart attack, a deep panic that first began in my teenage years. I had no crew where it came from.
Family Constellation therapy helps reveal and release unresolved issues or traumas that can be unconsciously passed down through generations. What’s fascinating is how the “representatives”or in this case, dolls begin to be placed with their own energetic intelligence in the space. This process uncovers hidden patterns that may be influencing our present day struggles.
To make my long story shorter, the root of my emotion turned out to be connected to the fear and suffering of my late grandfather. He miraculously survived World War II, returning from both China and the island of Palau - but he never shared his experience. Not even his seven children know much, only that he made it home alive.
As I began to “tune in” during the session and move the dolls under gentle guidance, something began to shift. I could feel, for the first time, what my grandfather might have endured. At one point, I started to sob like a waterfall - realizing how fortunate my life has been, and how small my own problems in comparison to his lived trauma.
The therapist explained that the panic I’ve been carrying may have been my grandfather’s unprocessed emotions, inherited through our family system. Now that it’s been seen, acknowledged, and honored - it can be released. Both for him, and for me. - continue in the comments (my longest post ever)↓
