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When family historical silence creates identity confusion

My grandfather never talked about the war and now that he is dead I realize I have no idea what my family lived through and I feel disconnected from my own history.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Gaps in ancestral narrative can create a sense of rootlessness that the mind tries to fill through story rather than present-moment embodiment.

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