Time does NOT heal wounds and it certainly doesn't heal trauma.
In fact with time trauma can be passed down from generation to generation and start to shape the family and the way people relate to each other in families.
All tagged family and money
Who Taught us that We have to Only Make Money Once a Month or Once a Week?
That a good life is one where we work and save and work and save and then eventually one day when we have "enough money" we can start to do the things that set our souls on fire?
Understanding Something Intellectually doesn’t Lead to Behavioral Change
Fun fact: when I lived in Boston, MA I had a tutoring company where I taught university students from Wealthy families and the Saudi Royal family (the princes and princesses) finance. I taught from freshman to 3rd year.
The Link Between Self Sabotage and Being the First to Achieve Something in your Family
A while back, we had someone moving into her dream apartment and she posted daily, sometimes 3 times a day in the student group, sharing her deep insights and fears and the pain of being the first in her family to move to her own place and live alone.
The Generational Trauma of Keeping Dirty Family Secrets
I don't think we talk enough about the generational trauma of hiding dirty linen and keeping secrets in families.
The trauma of burying truths in an attempt to "protect the children or the other family members."
The Link Between Vicarious Trauma, Abuse and Vows of Loyalty
One day we’ll have to sit down for a full day and unpack vicarious trauma and how most children who grow up seeing mothers being abused by fathers, fathers being abused by mothers or parents being abused by other family members financially, emotionally, mentally and physically grow up with deep vows of loyalty to the parent (s) who were abused.