I changed my last name when I got married because I wanted to escape my family's reputation in this small town but now I feel like I abandoned something important about who I am
More people experience this than they realize.
You're grappling with whether severing symbolic ties to a problematic family history was liberation or loss of essential identity.
“Where Are You with Intergenerational trauma — the legacy you break?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.