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What Is Intergenerational Trauma?

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Intergenerational trauma refers to emotional, relational or survival patterns that can be passed through families. This does not always happen through words. Sometimes it is passed through silence. Sometimes through nervous-system responses, family roles, beliefs, loyalties or the unspoken rules of belonging. A child may grow up sensing what is safe to say, what must […]