Intergenerational Trauma, Anxiety, and Depression
Intergenerational Trauma, Anxiety, and Depression
Trauma alters gene expression. This can get passed down family lines. It is designed to prepare both individuals and their descendants to deal with a dangerous and chaotic world. Unfortunately when this goes too far and can't switch back off, it can become a family curse. It can turn into a self fulfilling prophesy leading to continuous cycles of pain and frustration.
This curse comes in the form of altered glucocorticoid- and immune-related gene expression. These can have broad reaching effects on the body. They influence psychological states, ability to focus, and function socially.
Offspring of trauma survivors are more likely to develop PTSD, mood, and anxiety disorders and demonstrate endocrine and molecular alterations compared to controls.
The expression of this can cause wide ranging damage from obesity to insomnia and infertility.
If affects families financially as well. Having intergenerational trauma may make it harder to focus and plan, all of which have long term financial consequences for families often resulting in intergenerational poverty.
Thankfully, these genes can also be switched off.
The practice and ritual of forgiveness and gratitude seem to have deeply soothing psychological effects.
This may be why they have been so central to so many religious traditions. Although the practice sounds simple, it can actually be quite useful as a daily practice.
According to Dr. Drew Pierson, these practices can help stabilize alpha wave rhythms in the brain associated with relaxation and focus.
This can help you to achieve flow states in the present, tapping into creativity and the ability to bring your ideas to fruition.
Is it also possible that plants have the power to help us switch off these genes?
Herbal formula Xiao Yao San is widely used for stress, depression, and anxiety as well as their manifestations in a diverse range of diseases ranging from obesity, to infertility, and physical pain.
Xiao Yao San has been shown to "regulate multiple aspects of depression through these (gene) targets, related to metabolism, neuroendocrine function, and neuroimmunity. "
"XYS acts on hub genes" to flip the genetic switches and with them the hormonal responses that rule people's lives.
When you drink a formula like Xiao Yao San, you signal healing at a very profound level. These plants have the potential to not only heal you in the present, but also help break the chains of intergenerational trauma, freeing you in the present and helping to protect future generations as well.
At a daily self care ritual you may want to consider cultivating your internal garden with forgiveness, gratitude, and botanical medicines.
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Highlights Of Our Xiao Yao San Tea
-Wildcrafted Chai hu from the Tibetan region
-All herbs are fresh and sulfur-free.
-Active ingredients, water content and bacteria tested
References
Daskalakis, Nikolaos P., et al. "Intergenerational trauma is associated with expression alterations in glucocorticoid-and immune-related genes." Neuropsychopharmacology 46.4 (2021): 763-773.
Lindsay, Karen L., et al. "Intergenerational transmission of the effects of maternal exposure to childhood maltreatment on offspring obesity risk: a fetal programming perspective." Psychoneuroendocrinology 116 (2020): 104659.
Mucci, Clara. Beyond individual and collective trauma: Intergenerational transmission, psychoanalytic treatment, and the dynamics of forgiveness. Routledge, 2018.
Hargrave, Terry D., and Nicole E. Zasowski. Families and forgiveness: Healing wounds in the intergenerational family. Taylor & Francis, 2016.
Emmons, Robert A., and Anjali Mishra. "Why gratitude enhances well-being: What we know, what we need to know." Designing positive psychology: Taking stock and moving forward (2011): 248-262.
Yuan, Naijun, et al. "An integrated pharmacology-based analysis for antidepressant mechanism of Chinese herbal formula Xiao-Yao-San." Frontiers in pharmacology 11 (2020): 284.