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When becoming a parent triggers your childhood trauma

I just had my first baby and I am terrified I will mess her up the way my parents messed me up even though I swore I would be different.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The responsibility of not perpetuating harm can feel overwhelming when harm is all you knew.

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“Where Are You with Healing from a difficult childhood?”

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