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Scenario

When Your Child's Age Triggers Your Own Trauma

My son is the same age I was when my parents divorced and I am projecting all my childhood fears onto his normal developmental struggles.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Developmental milestones in our children can activate unresolved trauma from the same age in our own childhood.

Your guide for this
Rabia
Rabia works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Generational trauma — identifying and interrupting?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.