Generational Fear and Diabetes

My parents were born just before the depression. There wasn't much money. There wasn't much food. There was scarcity everywhere.

My mother, one of six siblings, grew up in a small manufacturing town on the East coast. There were nine people living in their small house, including two parents and my grandmother's father. There was a lot of stress on the family, a big concern they wouldn't have enough food. There was fear that the children would be split up sent live with someone else and perhaps go to the “poorhouse.” When I was a child, I would hear these scary stories about the “poorhouse.” There was emotion, feeling and fear behind them!

I encourage you to talk to your parents, your grandparents or extended family members to find out what life was like for your parents when they were growing up. What was it like for your grandparents? What types of cultural things were happening at the time? What kind of personal things were happening at the time? Because the personal histories of your grandparents affect the personal histories of your parents and the personal histories of your parents affects your personal history. The more you understand about the generations before you and the fear that came down from them, the more you’ll understand your own personal history. This is a key step in healing the impact of fear in your life.

Were there scary stories about people who had terrible complications or died from diabetes? These stories may have been told numerous times when you were a child. Something in your subconscious today might be holding you back from making the changes you need to make to manage your diabetes differently.

Understanding how fear is passed down through the generations will help you recognize the impact of this fear on you and how you take care of yourself.My parents were born just before the depression. There wasn't much money. There wasn't much food. There was scarcity everywhere.

My mother, one of six siblings, grew up in a small manufacturing town on the East coast. There were nine people living in their small house, including two parents and my grandmother's father. There was a lot of stress on the family, a big concern they wouldn't have enough food. There was fear that the children would be split up sent live with someone else and perhaps go to the “poorhouse.” When I was a child, I would hear these scary stories about the “poorhouse.” There was emotion, feeling and fear behind them!

I encourage you to talk to your parents, your grandparents or extended family members to find out what life was like for your parents when they were growing up. What was it like for your grandparents? What types of cultural things were happening at the time? What kind of personal things were happening at the time?

Because the personal histories of your grandparents affect the personal histories of your parents and the personal histories of your parents affects your personal history. The more you understand about the generations before you and the fear that came down from them, the more you’ll understand your own personal history. This is a key step in healing the impact of fear in your life.

Were there scary stories about people who had terrible complications or died from diabetes? These stories may have been told numerous times when you were a child. Something in your subconscious today might be holding you back from making the changes you need to make to manage your diabetes differently.

Understanding how fear is passed down through the generations will help you recognize the impact of this fear on you and how you take care of yourself.

Dr Elaine

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