Good to hear from you again, Really now.
i share all this healthy optimism because a holiday meal with several generations of people who gave me cPTSD was survived without incident.
I crushed easter dinner with my numb, abusive family. And I did not pay the abuse forward o to my adult child. she was triggered, and it was annoying, but I knew I had resources to reach out to to get refueled so i didn’t take things out sideways on her.
What an incredible feat to reflect on. You can look at how you navigated that dinner and say, I stopped the cycle. It ended with me.
That brings a lot of hope.