Traumatic Events In My Family Analysis

Traumatic events can alter the way a person views oneself, others, and the bonds that hold or break a family. As different types of traumatic events occur through the course of history it can evolve a human’s genetic disposition and how people raise the next generation. My family exemplifies both of these trends through their own foundation. When my family merged with other families the way everyone handled anxiety continued to transform. I therefore, learned to apply different anxiety responses dependent upon the situations that I faced. My mother’s side of the family uses the tactic of pushing ahead and swallowing the emotions. The entirety of my mother’s side were large scale dairy and swine farmers. It was a family business and my mom’s dad Eugene Tapley also worked at a factory. When my mom was ten and my aunt was eleven their dad was killed in a freak accident at the factory. This put their family in a complete state of distress. There was no …show more content…
But, the addition of my step-mom and step-dad furthered how I viewed the complex issue of anxiety. Kim Garner literally appeared in my life over-night. One weekend I went to my dad’s house for visitation and Kim was there. Kim is the complete opposite of my parents she has dealt with quite a few anxiety filled situations and has learned to comfort others when these occasions arise. Therefore, anytime there is an anxiety situation or just life happening Kim jumps in to help and throw everything on the table. This comes from her background for she is from a super loud Italian family that fights, swears, and protects their own ridiculously. I went from the quiet anxiety to let us figure out how to solve them, she even managed to persuade my dad to open up to my brother and I about hidden conflicts from the past that would bring clarity to many unanswered