Can Trauma be Passed on through our DNA? [UpLiftConnect.com]

In his book "It Didn't Start With You", Mark Wolynn addresses these same issues.  It is both fascinating and disheartening that this kind of transmission is happening.  It makes the work more important to prevent ACES and trauma from taking place at all, and yet it is even more common now than ever. 

This is both good and bad news.

Good in that we have some control over the gene expression of children we bear. And it's further reason to heal, not only for our individual selves.

Bad in that it can put further undue pressure/guilt to make sure we try to heal the trauma earlier, as well as eat healthily - be vigilant about our lifestyle, until we've finished bearing children.  It means the disadvantaged can have an overly disproportionate amount of work to do. Same old.

'Thanks' a lot then, to both sides of the family: great great great grandparents and those going forward from them! Pay it forward can take on a whole new meaning!

I often wondered about how far back the abuse, etc must have occurred. I thought it had to be learnt behaviour continually passed down from generation to generation. Interesting research. Makes some sense.