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        ⚔️&nbsp; What it means to have grown up with a violent parent
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        <strong>Growing up with a violent parent meant living in a constant state of hypervigilance, where violence or the threat of it hung in the air like smoke—you never felt completely safe in the place that should have protected you.</strong>
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        You may have learned to read micro-expressions and body language like a survival manual, developing incredible threat assessment skills that helped you sense when situations might turn dangerous. Your nervous system became calibrated for chaos, making peaceful moments feel strangely uncomfortable, and you might find yourself either avoiding conflict at all costs or reacting strongly when you feel threatened—both strategies that once kept you safe.
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        You may have developed an overactive danger radar that sometimes struggles to distinguish between true threats and false alarms. Physical closeness can make you jumpy, even with people you trust, and you might find yourself attracted to fixing broken situations or helping others through chaos because it feels like familiar territory where you know how to navigate.
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        💔&nbsp; The Core Wound
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        "You learned that love and danger could coexist in the same space, that your nervous system needed to stay alert even at home, and that survival sometimes meant becoming hypervigilant to threats that others couldn't even see."
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Tools & Learning

⚔️7 Ways Violent Parent Trauma Affects Your Relationships

Blind Spots in Plain Sight

Going to the Opposite Extreme

Living in Fight-or-Flight

Same Dance, Different Partners

The Advocate

The Fighter

The Rescuer