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When you repeat the trauma you swore you'd never pass on

I was beaten as a child and swore I'd never hit my kids but yesterday I spanked my 4-year-old and I see the same fear in his eyes that I remember feeling and I hate myself.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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A parent confronts the devastating realization that their own unhealed trauma has erupted despite their conscious commitment to breaking the cycle.

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