Kreed RevereFamilies teach expectations through repeated interactions. A child may learn that disagreeing leads to an argument, that needing help disappoints people, or that being useful secures their place. Those lessons can follow a person into adulthood.
Kreed RevereAs The Estranged Heart approaches the end of five years, I'm what I've learned from conversations with other families and continued reflection on my relationships.
Kreed RevereTherapy and self-reflection don't necessarily erase old relational pathways. A person can understand their childhood, develop compassion for a parent and become significantly more emotionally regulated—and still become activated.
Kreed RevereRelationships accumulate history, and history accumulates meaning. When the same kind of hard conversation happens over and over, across years, it stops being a series of isolated moments. It becomes a pattern.
