EP 250: When Parenting Triggers your Own Trauma Part 1 of 6

Content note: This episode discusses trauma, parenting stress, and nervous system overwhelm. There are no graphic details, but please take care while listening.

Parenting a child with a vulnerable nervous system can stir up your own trauma in ways that feel surprising, intense, and deeply unsettling. In this episode, we slow everything down and make sense of why this kind of parenting can feel so much harder when you have your own trauma history.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why parenting a dysregulated child uniquely activates trauma for caregivers
• How attachment, memory networks, and a narrowed window of tolerance collide in everyday parenting moments
• Why understanding your nervous system is just as important as understanding your child’s
  
  
  

Resources mentioned in this podcast:

• When Parenting is Traumatic Ep 95
• Trauma, Memory, and Behavior Ep. 91 (implicit memory)
• Free Resource Hub

Read the full transcript at:RobynGobbel.com/whenparentingtriggersyourtrauma

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