Emotionally reactive parents put us into fight or flight. This can cause: - issues expressing emotions - fawning (people pleasing) being the “easy” child - fear of conflict - hypervigilance: always on edge, thinking someone’s mad/upset. I hope this video helps you understand yourself and your behavior. RETWEET FOR AWARENESS

If parents know what kind of neuro pathways in kids brain are forming while they reacting. They will rethink

What confused and embarrassed me for years is I would oscillate being overreacting (fight response) and other times completely underreact (freeze response). I was baffled I couldn't 'choose' the right response at the right time. It took years to get this right, or close to:)

If I said this to my mother as a kid, she would have thrown the shoe at me:) And she'd add in, 'No psychologizey me' If you know, you know💜😅

i only recently learned that our stress response is more than fight or flight. it's fight, flight, freeze, or fawn. we freeze when we can't fight or flight. we fawn when we can't fight or flight or freeze. i'm sure there is more to this than i understand, but just knowing it was a common stress response too helped me start recognizing it in myself & in others. so if you feel this, you're not alone, especially if you had a reactive parent. awareness is the first step to learning to self-regulate this response.

Parenting is about learning to keep peace first with yourself and then with your child. Showing up as your best self, being a present and a patient listener are the essential skills to master. It’s tough , but you’ll get there.

Little you is adorable! Love your content.

Thank you for sharing these insights! Understanding our past can be key to navigating our present behaviors and emotions.

The “fight or flight” response can be managed through mindfulness and relaxation techniques.

This is an awesome and educational take on the impact of emotional behaviours on children. Thank you!

This is both of my parents, but with a lot of "having a kid is so expensive…don’t you understand how much we sacrificed" and "we didn’t have to have you" thrown in.