"Intergenerational trauma is a deep, deep, deep hole that we could probably talk about for hours," she says. "Once they come into our body, we then must break them down into usable form." The only way to do that sometimes is to bring yourself to a state of relative safety again and sit in the discomfort Again just because it still feels uncomfortable doesn't mean it is still dangerous,. That I am still in the same situation that produced the bad feeling".