Inherited & Personal Grief

Written By Barry Krost

Inherited sadness and grief often feels different than personal sadness or grief:

  • Feels older than you

  • Has no clear personal cause

  • Disproportionate to current circumstances

  • Persistent heaviness or depression

  • Carry a sense of burden or obligation

  • Intensifies around certain family members

  • Appears when you get close to happiness or success

  • Emotional numbness

  • Longing for something unnamed

  • Resists therapy focused only on your personal story

Personal sadness or grief usually has a clear event or loss attached to it

  • Comes in waves

  • Changes over time

  • Moves when it is expressed

  • Softens when witnessed

  • Feels proportionate to your life story

  • Allows space for moments of joy alongside sorrow

Without conscious awareness, children often replace connection with loyalty to their parents' unresolved issues.

Barry Krost

Barry Krost is a Family Constellations Facilitator and Trainer with over 43 years’ experience as a Bodywork and Energy Healing Practitioner. He begin his journey with Family Constellations in 2003. He offers Family Constellations workshops, trainings, professional certification and private sessions internationally both online and in person. He also holds degrees in Anthropology and History.

https://healingbodytherapeutics.com
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