You’re terrified of the thought of your child suffering how you have suffered.
Can trauma be passed down to your baby?
You want nothing more than to keep your child safe, secure, and healthy - physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.
The long-lived battle of nature versus nurture does not rest on the issue of trauma. From a biological perspective, we are learning that trauma is transformational all the way down to a cellular level. More recent research on epigenetics indicates that trauma directly affects our biological makeup and can even change and modify gene functions and expressions. This allows for trauma to be passed down through generations, thus affirming the notion of intergenerational trauma.
I work with women who are ready to break free from the bondage of trauma, not only for their sake, but for the sake of their children and, ultimately, their entire lineage.
So what’s the good news?
Just as gene functions and expressions can be changed negatively through trauma, they can also be changed positively through healing. Inheriting the genes of the previous generations does not only apply to cell changes in response to traumatic experiences, but also to good experiences which promote mental health, strength, and resiliency. Both types of cellular transformations are inheritable. Furthermore, even if there is a biological predisposition to pass down trauma to future generations, this is not something you are helpless to. You have a part in changing this pattern and choosing to break the cycle of generational trauma. It only takes one person in the line of a generation to become aware of this and change it for the rest of the generations to come! Why shouldn't that person be you?
You do not have to live out the rest of your life through the lens of trauma, and neither do your children. Decide today to break the pattern of dysfunction not only for yourself, but for the many generations to come. Whether the result is changes at a cellular level that is passed on biologically; positive behavioral changes that emerge as symptoms dissolved and are observed by those around you; or environmental changes as a newfound clarity is gained once those trauma lenses are removed. No matter what form healing takes, it will be noticed. Change your life while you break the cycle for all future generations.