October 31, 2025

It was Dr. Gabor Bántai's 31st birthday. His little boy refused to sing for him. In one split second, he slapped him. He wasn't angry at his son. He was reacting to the child inside himself, the one abandoned during the Holocaust, who grew up believing, "I'm not worthy of love." Years later, he understood When you don't feel loved just for existing, you start chasing love through success. That's how trauma hides, not in our memories, in our reactions. So before you judge your anger, pause and ask, is this me or my old wounds trying to be seen? Because healing doesn't start when you're perfect. It starts when we finally stop running from our pain.