>Why is this complicated? If you can’t remember the trauma, how can you suffer from it?
Because trauma affixes neutal pathways. You don't have to remember it to be affected, at all.
Because trauma affixes neutal pathways. You don't have to remember it to be affected, at all.
Does a car mechanic need a video of the crash to fix the car?
Past trauma can often be the root.
Failing to recognize it and reprogram that part of your brain leads to patching over symptoms, which... causes other issues.
Where this breaks down for some people -- not everyone has trauma, or at least severe enough trauma to need to deal with it.
Some people act like assholes because they were hurt when they were young. Others act like assholes because that's just how they decided to act.
If you want to fix the code, you need to go to the right line.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6428430/
https://aifs.gov.au/resources/practice-guides/effect-trauma-...
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3968319/
Adding to this, trauma extends to multiple generations:
"Intergenerational influences of paternal combat-related trauma on offspring behavioral and brain function"
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235228952...
"Exposure of Men to PTSD-Promoting Trauma Elevates Levels of Sperm miRNAs with Anxiety and Depression-Inducing Activities"
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.22.720211v1...