Past Life Regression and Healing Generational Trauma

Past Life Regression Therapy and Healing Generational Trauma Many things get passed down from family to family. Things like inheritances and family heirlooms, genes and genetic conditions, physical characteristics, and in some cases trauma. Generational trauma is trauma that isn’t just experienced by one person but extends from one generation to the next. “It can be silent, covert, and undefined, surfacing through nuances and inadvertently taught or implied throughout someone’s life from an early age onward.” Everyone is susceptible to generational trauma. The symptoms of generational trauma may include: Hypervigilance A sense of a shortened future Mistrust Aloofness High anxiety Depression Panic attacks Nightmares Insomnia A sensitive fight or flight response Issues with self-esteem and self-confidence “We know trauma can manifest itself through stress, anxiety, fight or flight, and other heightened alert systems in our brain and bodies, but intergenerational trauma can also mask itself through learned beliefs, behaviors, and patterns that become ingrained. This kind of wiring impacts personalities, relationships, parenting, communication, and views of the world.” Children Can Be Affected by Traumatic Events Experienced by Their Parents Multiple studies have found that children of Holocaust survivors are prone to worry, guilt and hypervigilance. Compared to others, they are more likely to assume the worst when something negative happens. They also frequently experience anxiety and nightmares. Other studies have found similar symptoms in children of Vietnam war veterans. These symptoms often persist through adulthood. Your Grandmother’s Exposure to Stress May Affect Your Weight The Netherlands experienced a brutal and widespread famine in the winter of 1944. Later studies found that the grandchildren of women who survived the famine were more likely to be obese than would be expected. Further research found that the grandchildren of women who were pregnant that...