My Story (Part I): Traumatic Childhoods, Being Highly Sensitive, Economic Instability, Immigrant Parents & More

Join me in discussing how I got where I currently am. You can expect to hear about:How I came to forget the majority of my childhood alongside my father and why this happens to many children who undergo trauma Growing up sensitive and empathetic in a home environment that was unpredictable Understanding the motivations behind my parents’ actions by observing their own dysfunctional upbringings in MexicoLiving in Compton with parents who worked factory jobs, we struggled financiallyEmotional and verbal abuse in the home; domestic violence; constant threats and gaslighting of our calls for change; walking on eggshells; dissociation Achievement as a coping mechanism and the collapse of this in college, led to crippling impostor syndrome Inability to find a pathway after graduating from college