{"product_id":"i-inherited-my-anxiety-dorian-lamarre-9798277394557","title":"I Inherited My Anxiety: Understanding Intergenerational Trauma, Epigenetics, and Breaking Family Patterns","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDo you ever feel like your anxiety is too big for your life?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike you're carrying fear that doesn't match your experiences? Like you inherited worry from generations before you?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou're not imagining it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResearch now proves that trauma can be passed down through generations-not just through learned behavior, but through actual changes in gene expression called epigenetics. Your grandmother's Holocaust survival, your great-grandfather's war trauma, your ancestors' famine or displacement-these experiences may have changed how their genes functioned, and those changes were passed to you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis isn't \"all in your head.\" It's in your body.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou might be carrying: - Hypervigilance that seems disproportionate to your life - Anxiety about authority figures, food scarcity, or abandonment that you can't explain - A nervous system that never fully relaxes, even when you're objectively safe - Patterns that run through your family for generations - Responses that made sense for ancestors but don't match your current reality\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this book, you'll discover: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe science of inherited trauma\u003c\/b\u003e - How epigenetics actually works and what research proves about trauma transmission across generations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat you might have inherited\u003c\/b\u003e - Specific patterns from different traumas: genocide, slavery, war, famine, refugee displacement, colonization, and family violence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow to tell what's yours from what's inherited\u003c\/b\u003e - Distinguishing personal trauma from inherited patterns so you can heal both appropriately\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy standard therapy often isn't enough\u003c\/b\u003e - What actually works for inherited trauma: somatic therapy, nervous system regulation, polyvagal approaches, and body-based healing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow to break the cycle\u003c\/b\u003e - Becoming the one who transforms family patterns, even imperfectly, so you pass forward less trauma than you received\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaily life with this knowledge\u003c\/b\u003e - Practical tools for recognizing activation, navigating family relationships, and building new patterns while honoring what came before\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYour anxiety isn't a personal failing. It's a biological inheritance-and it can be healed.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnderstanding inherited trauma changes everything. It explains the anxiety that seemed too big, the patterns that didn't make sense, the responses that felt disproportionate. And most importantly: it shows you the path forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou're not broken. You're carrying what your ancestors survived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd you can be the one who breaks the pattern.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers of \"The Body Keeps the Score,\" \"My Grandmother's Hands,\" and \"It Didn't Start With You.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dorian Lamarre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798277394557\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d","brand":"Dorian Lamarre","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49083852456191,"sku":"9798277394557","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-inherited-my-anxiety-dorian-lamarre-9798277394557","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}