03/11/2026
You can see the tension in his body. When a child lacks a sense of emotional safety, their response to the world often becomes a reflection of that internal stress. In this case, he chose the path of destruction because that’s what his environment felt like.
"Without emotional safety, those patterns can follow them into adulthood."
In my book, The God Shot, I explain that this isn't "bad behavior"—it's a nervous system trapped in a high-stress state. Trauma is a physical injury to the brain that keeps us in a constant fight-or-flight mode long after the danger is gone.
It’s time to move from surviving to healing. Get your copy of The God Shot on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FHFZNN6T