Ashok Gupta explains why trauma hits some people harder than others, and argues the brain can rewire itself at any age. Neuroplasticity means your genes and your parents' trauma don't have to define you. Healing is about shedding old patterns, not becoming someone new.
Beautiful quote from Peter Levine which says, I've come to the conclusion that human beings are born with an innate capacity to triumph over trauma. I believe not only that trauma is curable, but that the healing process can be a catalyst for profound awakening, a portal opening to emotional and genuine spiritual transformation. And that's the hope that I want to give to all of us. And assuming that many of you have experienced mild to moderate to severe trauma somewhere on that scale, that whatever you have experienced, the brain is neuroplastic, that means our brain is flexible. It is not fixed. It's not a fixed entity. It's constantly changing. And sometimes we think, well, maybe it's changeable when we're younger, but once we're older, doesn't it become more fixed? We get fixed in our habits. And actually the recent research is showing that our brain is constantly rewiring, constantly changing. So I want you to know that your genes are not your destiny. Whether you've had intergenerational trauma or parental trauma, and your upbringing is not your destiny. That whatever you experience in your childhood, in your teenage years, or any traumas after that, that is not your destiny. Your destiny is to be the potential within you, to be the most loving, the most wise, the most mature, happy version of yourself. That is your destiny. And all of these other things don't have to be fixed or dealt with. They simply have to be worked through and let go of. You're not trying to develop, becoming happy or becoming strong or becoming are over coming these things, but actually just letting go of these things. It's a practice of these old wiring in the brain being let go of.
