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Why Self-Harm Sometimes Runs in Families

My teenage daughter is cutting herself and I see my own self-harm scars and wonder if pain is something we pass down in our DNA.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Self-destructive coping mechanisms can be transmitted across generations through both genetic predisposition and learned behavior patterns.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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

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