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When you realize you inherited your parent's escape mechanisms in different forms

I thought I was nothing like my alcoholic father until my wife pointed out that I use work the exact same way he used drinking to avoid everything difficult

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You're seeing how addiction patterns can transmit across generations through different substances or behaviors while serving the same avoidance function.

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

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