When you think you’ve changed through therapy and workshops, go home for the holidays and see what happens when your family pushes your buttons.<\/p>\n
Therapist Jerry Wise: “All of us grow up in families in which we are hypnotically induced to accept the norms of our family.”<\/p>\n
“The deepest trance you’ll be in is in your family trance.”<\/p>\n
“It’s not something we notice because it is a trance, but once it is broken, you see you were really in a trance.”<\/p>\n
“Kids are highly suggestible because they are so dependent upon family.”<\/p>\n
“A parent’s feelings become the reality for children.”<\/p>\n
“As we get older, we can try to have our own reality, but that is hard if you are still under the trance of a dysfunctional family.”<\/p>\n
“A family trance is the emotional paradigm we grew up with. These givens are the glasses through which we see the world.”<\/p>\n
“It’s possible to break your family trance but it is not an easy thing to do alone. Fish don’t see the water. It’s not easy to see your water.”<\/p>\n