Unlocking the wisdom in our pain
Many of our behaviours are developed to adapt to the circumstances or trauma that we are faced with psychologically and physiologically. For instance if your ancestors suffered extreme poverty, they had to adapt to getting very little and you who was born several generations after might have “poverty consciousness” that you have not had direct experience of. You might even be wealthy but always feel that, “I don’t have enough money”. This inherited belief might cause you to continuously stress about money affecting your life and impacting on your relationships. So, it was adaptive to your ancestors but maladaptive in your life.
The underlying message that was transferred here is “I am not enough”
So, where does this come from? It could be: