When we talk about parenting triggers, most people think about obvious trauma.
But many of us developed reactive patterns from seemingly normal childhood experiences that taught us to suppress parts of ourselves.
Maybe you learned early that big emotions weren't welcome.
That your needs came second (or last).
That love came with conditions.
These patterns shaped how your nervous system responds today.
When your child expresses the emotions you learned to hide, or asserts boundaries you learned to ignore, your body remembers those old messages - and reacts in a big way.
When we talk about parenting triggers, most people think about obvious trauma.
But many of us developed reactive patterns from seemingly normal childhood experiences that taught us to suppress parts of ourselves.
Maybe you learned early that big emotions weren't welcome.
That your needs came second (or last).
That love came with conditions.
These patterns shaped how your nervous system responds today.
When your child expresses the emotions you learned to hide, or asserts boundaries you learned to ignore, your body remembers those old messages - and reacts in a big way.
All of these signs (and more like them) indicate that you've had childhood experiences that created some kind of trauma response in you.