How To Break Free From the Vicious Cycle of Violence and Abuse

This is a very personal post that I will be sharing with you. If you grew up in a very dysfunctional and violent household or extended family like I did or had a emotionally dysfunctional relationship you will be able to relate to every single word. You know how hard it is to break free from the scars and mindset we were conditioned to. Self growth is a constant process for every human being but for the ones who grew up in a violent household, the challenge doubles. UNDERSTAND THE REASON WHY... This was an incredibly hard challenge for me. Trying to understand and forgive my parents for having damaged parts of my childhood and leaving scars that would last though my adulthood was no easy task. Actually just the thought of forgiving and let go was too painful. And that's when I realized I was unconsciously holding on to it. Trying to understand why they were violent with each other and consequently with me, lead me into a journey into the past and forced me to remember everything I wanted to forget. It was only when I tried to understand their childhood, their life and their struggles that I could finally understand why things were happening that way. They had lived in dysfunctional families too and that was all they knew. All they did was to unintentionally reproduce their limitations and mindsets on each other and on me. Once you can take the extremely difficult task to dig into your family's or your partner's past, will you be able to see, the cycle of violence being r...
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