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How Does Trauma Affect a Person’s Interaction with Their Child?

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Trauma can change the brain . . .

. . . but the person who experienced the trauma may not be the only one whose brain changes.

In the video below, Ruth Lanius, MD, PhD describes what we’re discovering about the connections between a parent’s trauma and their child’s developing brain.

Take a look – it’s about 4 minutes.

How have you seen trauma affect a person’s interaction with their child? Please leave a comment below.
For information on how to help clients reclaim what’s been lost to trauma, please click here.

 

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  1. SYLVIA BACA, Another Field, Gridley, CA, USA says

    I struggled with bonding with my children as if I was not good enough for them completly withdrew believing they would be damaged if i were around Its been years I have been living with this empty painful saddnes not one day goes by I dont cry the pain is more intense now that im older I believe this is how I will die empty and broken and I have come too accept my faith

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