A woman submerged in water with only her head visible, gazing forward, symbolising the deep emotional layers of ancestral trauma.

Emotional Signs of Ancestral Trauma

Unresolved ancestral trauma can surface in emotions like persistent anxiety, fear, or even patterns of self-sabotage. It’s like these emotional echoes from the past influencing our present. Recognising and addressing these feelings is a crucial step in the ancestral healing process.

SYMPTOMS & PATTERNS TO LOOK OUT FOR:

  • Unresolved emotional wounds from family history affecting present life
  • Family history of mental illness, addiction, or detrimental patterns affecting own life
  • Strained relationships with family members,
  • Disconnected from emotions
  • Feelings of shame or guilt
  • Depression
  • High anxiety
  • Feeling of lack, unworthy, not enough
  • Deep unspeakable grief
  • Repetitive negatives cycles of behaviour and toxic patterns
  • Complex grief intertwined with other emotions and events
  • Suppressed rage
  • Lack of trust
  • Low self-esteem
  • Frequent unconscious self-sabotage
  • Constant expectation of things being taken away
  • Never feel safe to open up or be vulnerable
  • Unexplained feelings of terror
  • Struggle to feel deep gratitude.
  • Strange sense of shortened future
  • Displaced or disconnected feelings