Most people experience a traumatic event some time during their lives — losing a loved one, being the victim of violence or surviving a natural disaster. But what happens when the impact of trauma is ...

Those who have experienced childhood trauma know all too well that the impact is long-lasting. It doesn't just disappear when you grow up, move away from home, and start a life and family of your own.

We often hear about generational trauma—the phenomenon in which traumatic experiences endured by one generation ripple down and affect subsequent generations. Stories of hardship, scarcity, and ...

Family gatherings look picture-perfect from the outside. Three generations gathered around the table, smiling for the camera. Yet beneath the surface, something darker might be unfolding. Some ...

Generational trauma can be passed down through families by biological, environmental, psychological, and social means. You may experience epigenetic changes, which affect gene expression linked to ...

Dr. Koslowitz says that you might overreact to minor misbehaviors "because your nervous system interprets it as a threat, or a sign of a future bad outcome." For instance, your child might refuse to ...

My parents are fairly anxious people. They are always 10 minutes early to every event and are typically sitting at the airport terminal 2 hours before boarding a flight. My brother and I inherited ...

As 2025 comes to a close, we're revisiting interviews with this year's nominees and winners of some of the biggest prizes in literature. Tessa Hulls’ grandmother, Sun Yi, was a dissident journalist in ...