It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle ()

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It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle ()

By Mark Wolynn
A groundbreaking approach to transforming traumatic legacies passed down in families over generations, by an acclaimed expert in the field Depression. Anxiety. Chronic Pain. Phobias. Obsessive thoughts. The evidence is compelling: the roots of these difficulties may not reside in our immediate life experience or in chemical imbalances in our brains—but in the lives of our parents, grandparents, and even great-grandparents. The latest scientific research, now making headlines, supports what many have long intuited—that traumatic experience can be passed down through generations. It Didn’t Start with You builds on the work of leading experts in post-traumatic stress, including Mount Sinai School of Medicine neuroscientist Rachel Yehuda and psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk, author of The Body Keeps the Score. Even if the person who suffered the original trauma has died, or the story has been forgotten or silenced, memory and feelings can live on. These emotional legacies are often hidden, encoded in everything from gene expression to everyday language, and they play a far greater role in our emotional and physical health than has ever before been understood. As a pioneer in the field of inherited family trauma, Mark Wolynn has worked with individuals and groups on a therapeutic level for over twenty years. It Didn’t Start with You offers a pragmatic and prescriptive guide to his method, the Core Language Approach. Diagnostic self-inventories provide a way to uncover the fears and anxieties conveyed through everyday words, behaviors, and physical symptoms. Techniques for developing a genogram or extended family tree create a map of experiences going back through the generations. And visualization, active imagination, and direct dialogue create pathways to reconnection, integration, and reclaiming life and health. It Didn’t Start With You is a transformative approach to resolving longstanding difficulties that in many cases, traditional therapy, drugs, or other interventions have not had the capacity to touch.

In his groundbreaking book, “It Didn’t Start with You,” Mark Wolynn explores a new perspective on understanding and resolving longstanding difficulties, such as depression, anxiety, chronic pain, phobias, and obsessive thoughts. Wolynn challenges the notion that these difficulties solely reside in our immediate life experiences or chemical imbalances in our brains. Instead, he delves into the idea that our emotional and physical health can be influenced by traumatic legacies passed down through generations.

Building on the research of experts in the field of post-traumatic stress, Wolynn highlights the work of neuroscientist Rachel Yehuda and psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk. He emphasizes that traumatic experiences can be encoded in everything from our genes to our everyday language, even if the original trauma has been forgotten or silenced. The emotional legacies inherited from past generations often play a significant role in our present-day well-being, shaping our behaviors, thoughts, and physical symptoms.

As a pioneer in the field of inherited family trauma, Wolynn has dedicated over twenty years to helping individuals and groups on a therapeutic level. In “It Didn’t Start with You,” he presents his pragmatic and prescriptive method known as the Core Language Approach. This approach involves diagnostic self-inventories that help uncover the fears and anxieties conveyed through our everyday words, behaviors, and physical symptoms. Additionally, Wolynn guides readers through techniques for creating a genogram or extended family tree, which allows individuals to map out their family experiences across generations. Through visualization, active imagination, and direct dialogue, readers can find pathways to reconnection, integration, and reclaiming their lives and health.

“It Didn’t Start with You” offers a transformative approach for resolving longstanding difficulties that traditional therapy, medication, or other interventions may not have fully addressed. This book invites readers to explore the hidden emotional legacies that may be impacting their lives on a subconscious level, providing tools and techniques for healing and growth. By understanding and addressing the traumatic legacies passed down through generations, individuals can break free from the patterns that have held them back and create a brighter future for themselves and future generations.

Product Details

ASIN: 1101980362
Publisher: Penguin Life; American First edition (April 26, 2016)
Language: English
Format: eBook Digital
Pages: 256
ISBN-10: 9781101980361
ISBN-13: 978-1101980361

Order your copy of “It Didn’t Start with You” today and embark on a transformative journey towards understanding and healing your inherited family trauma. Discover the power of breaking free from the patterns that have held you back, and create a brighter future for yourself and future generations.