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When you discover your parent struggled with the same demons you inherited

I found my mother's hidden journal from when I was little and realized she was struggling with the same depression and rage that I fight every day and I don't know if this helps or makes it worse

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More people experience this than they realize.

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You're confronting the painful recognition that mental illness patterns run deeper than you understood, forcing you to reckon with both inherited suffering and your mother's humanity.

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“Where Are You with Intergenerational trauma — the legacy you break?”

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