How exactly does your family of origin affect the impact of Trauma?
What we know is that people from families that are unstable are more likely to suffer intensely when trauma of any kind happens to them. By unstable, we’re talking about a household where a parent has a psychiatric disorder and the life of the child is unpredictable because the parent’s reactions are unpredictable. This also refers to a childhood with many separations, economic problems or family violence are also part to the family factor. All these circumstances decrease one’s ability to feel competent and resourceful in the face of trauma.
Similar to this background piece, is the absence of social support to help out. Many people who come from unstable homes don’t have the skills to create a social support system, since the trust of parents is lacking.
If you are feeling like you “should” be getting over it, but just can’t, maybe you started the fight without any tools necessary to do battle (with the cancer diagnosis, with the hurricane, with the attack). For you, it was an unwinnable fight. Not to worry, it’s never too late to develop those resources and to find your own way to feel competent an resourceful.
Recovery is an option.
Here’s to your journey, unfolding in just the right way for you.
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