Ghosts in the Nursery: Parenting and Healing Past Trauma

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Explore how Selma Fraiberg's 'Ghosts in the Nursery' concept explains how past trauma and childhood history influence parenting and emotional triggers today.

Ghosts in the Nursery: Parenting and Healing Past Trauma

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Hello, hope you are enjoying yourself I’ve made another discovery I am becoming aware of — what you mentioned about disgust and the kids. It’s like I have to pause and think: am I feeling disgusted because this reminds me of my past? Am I reliving that? Yes, it’s my past but I don’t have to take it out on my kids. It’s not their fault. Sometimes Steven’s face or character comes through in them and I end up being unkind — not because of them but because that ghost comes in. Is that good?

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