If you think you have Trauma, science says it didn't start with you. Unhealed trauma doesn't just disappear—it gets passed down through DNA as self-sabotage, cycles of failure, and toxic relationships. Here's what science says about generational trauma (and how to break the
First, what is inherited trauma? It’s the psychological and biological footprint of your family’s unresolved trauma. It's passed down through generations as unexplained health issues, anxiety, and emotional stuckness. Here's where it gets interesting...
Scientists have discovered that trauma ACTUALLY changes your genes. When your ancestors experienced war, poverty, or sexual abuse, their bodies adapted to survive. These changes—called epigenetic tags—alter how our genes are expressed. When you are born, you carry these
Take, for instance, the holocaust descendants. They report persistent anxiety, even when their external circumstances were safe. This anxiety is linked to inherited patterns of scanning for danger. It's rooted in their parents’ survival experiences. Studies show that
Take, too, the Native American descendants who've experienced record levels of alcoholism and depression. These are enduring marks of cultural loss, family abuse and identity struggles that plague American Indians to this day.
A fact: Trauma never entirely leaves our nervous system. Even if we don't experience the actual event, our bodies hold onto an ancesteral memory. For instance: We inherit fear. What happens? We see threats everywhere in our environment. We inherit grief. What happens? We
How do you know if you’re carrying inherited trauma? Here are common signs: 1. Recurring family patterns (addiction, conflict, failure). 2. Fears or beliefs that feel irrational. 3. Chronic stress or illness with no clear cause. These patterns will persist until you've
But here’s the good news: You can break this cycle. You can heal inherited trauma. When you heal, it doesn't just change your life. It has a ripple effect on all those around you. Everyone benefits from you healing intergenerational trauma. Here are 4 ways to reverse
1/ Explore your family history. What unspoken events shaped your family? Was it loss, war, migration, abuse, or betrayal? What secrets lie in your family tree? What "taboo" topics were you aware of? Understanding past legacies is essential to your healing.
2/ Identify and become aware of inherited language. Listen for repeated family phrases such as "We never get ahead" or "no one in our family succeeds." Or, "never trust anyone, especially around love." These beliefs reflect unhealed trauma, generationally passed down.
3/ Work with a therapist to balance your neural networks. Inherited trauma isn’t just emotional—it’s stored in your body and nervous system. It's somatic. Here’s what really works ↓
Proven Neuroscience tools for healing: • Somatic therapies: Walking without devices outdoors in nature. • Breathwork: Polyvagal breathing to calm the nervous system. • Drawing: Rewire emotional responses. These tools directly reset your body’s stress responses and create
4/ Reimagine your narrative and rewrite your story. Trauma may have shaped your family's story, but it doesn’t define you. Altering your default mode network (DMN) from ruminating to imagining will break your intergenerational patterns.
You’re not broken. Inherited trauma isn’t a life sentence—it’s a calling to heal what others couldn’t. When you do the work, you don’t just free yourself. You free your family’s past and future.
If you are looking for guidance around breaking your intergenerational patterns, book a free discovery call with me and we can sort it out. https://calendly.com/lorwen_co...
@LORWEN108 Lorwen, your my new favorite person here on Twitter. Thank you for being here. 🙏
@Nobody883733817 Thank you!!
@LORWEN108 Thanks for sharing this! 🙏 Trauma isn’t just personal—it’s ancestral. Patterns, fears, and self-sabotage often echo generations past. Pause. Feel what’s yours vs. what’s inherited. Seek support, speak to someone trained to guide you, and choose where the chain ends.
@WorkuHaile6 Thanks for replying and resonating with my thread!
@LORWEN108 Excellent thread. Something rarely discussed is how unconscious parenting perpetuates trauma. Healing requires not only personal work but also conscious awareness in how we relate to and nurture the next generation, breaking the cycle in real time.
@YouElevated Thanks for your feedback!
@LORWEN108 Grow the fuck up and stop making excuses. 😣 what a pathetic copout.🤢🤮
@LORWEN108 @musclemadnez Generational trauma is a fallacy. Made up by wanna be doctors so everyone can be a victim.
@LORWEN108 Science has been wrong countless times. It was only short while ago they did frontal lobotomies on folks. Now they do chemical lobotomies. They will say anything.
@LORWEN108 Not through DNA. Through morphic resonance. Just my take on it.
@LORWEN108 Sins of the parents... works both ways, "we always land on our feet"..
@LORWEN108 Never develop an acquired taste for trauma.
@LORWEN108 Love it! Thank you so much, Lorwen! :)
@LORWEN108 I've been healing my family trauma for years. Breaking cycles is hard work but worth every tear.
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@LORWEN108 Stop making excuses. Dead people don’t control your destiny, especially in a free country.
@LORWEN108 What a lot of pish. Stop moaning. Get on with it.
@LORWEN108 What’s this stupidity?
@LORWEN108 @GreekGodFitnez Africans always knew that. They wouldn’t explain it in pathways terms but from observed behaviour, therefore they tried to “exorcise” that or only allowing the people who are past child bearing age to see & deal with the worst forms of traumatic events. People from war R cleansed
@LORWEN108 Laura, thank you so much for all that you share to raise the collective vibration and supporting people on their life journey. You are a special soul and brilliant! Keep shining your light. 🌟 Namaste 🙏🏻❤️
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