Burdens

Imported beliefs, emotions, and energies that weigh down parts but aren’t intrinsic to them.

Description

Burdens arrive through trauma, family, and culture. From the inside they feel like plain truth, which is what makes them hard to spot — nobody experiences “I must be perfect or be rejected” as an opinion. But they behave like cargo: with enough safety and witnessing, they can be put down.

A burden itself usually can’t tell you where it came from, since it’s the part that’s carrying it and the one deciding when it’s ready to release or update beliefs.

What Burdens is NOT:

Not original sin, not a personality trait, and not the part carrying it. That last one matters most in practice — the part is not the burden, which is exactly why the burden can go and parts always stay.

Examples:

“I must be perfect or be rejected.”
“Anger is only ever dangerous.”
A dread about money that turns out to belong to your grandparents.

see also:

Personal vs. Legacy Burdens ; Unburdening; Exiles; Cultural Trauma; Trailheads