Daily Mom Hug | The After Effects of Trauma
If we're lucky, we've grown up into the person we needed as kids.
Good morning, fam. It’s Your Mom!
Anyone else tired of hearing about how our trauma made us better people? I am.
But this week on Tiktok, I heard something that kind of blew my mind.
We all know there are usually two options as we grow up:
we continue the cycle of abuse, or
we do the work to break it.
For those of us who did the work, I want you to take a moment to think about this:
We have become the people we needed as children.
When I heard this, my heart skipped a beat.
While I always strive to ensure that my kids never have to experience what I did, it had never occurred to me that, in doing so, I’d evolved into the person I needed.
And that thought has helped heal my inner child.
I hope this helps you, too.
Until tomorrow.
Love,
Your Mom