title: [Revival of transgenerational traumas (TGT) in psychotherapeutic context. Some possibilities of interpretation in four cases].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The authors think that the destructive factors that influence one's destiny in life could be the transmissions of collective, familial, and other factors coming from the clan system. This transmission is described by the concept of transgenerational trauma. A burdensome heritage can either directly, or indirectly, be passed on, even through several generations, as it can be seen in the presented cases. Also cases of intrauterine catastrophes are presented. A catastrophe like this is the case of vanishing twins.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four psychotherapy cases are analyzed in which the patients' sufferings may be attributed to the intrauterine death of their twin. In two of the cases the loss of a twin sibling is a proven biological fact. In the other two cases there is a high probability that the same has happened.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A novel element introduced by the authors in the interpretation of this phenomenon is the concept that the fetus and the embrio may be able to preserve the memories of the experienced catastrophes, which as state-dependent memories will be revived in stress situations in the form of physical symptoms and feelings connected to the trauma. However, at this point in time traditional medical thinking is unable to explain the process through which a burdensome heritage is taken over from previous generations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The authors present Bert Hellinger's family constellation and Rupert Sheldrake's theory of morphic resonance as well as the uncertainty principle of quantum psychology. All these consider the multi-dimensional, topological reality that is beyond time and not the four-dimensional geometrical space as the medium in which transgenerational pieces of information spread.
authors.affiliation: Szent Ferenc Korhaz, Pszichoterapiai Rehabilitacios Osztaly, Miskolc, Hungary. vas11@t-online.hu
authors.forename: Pál József
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Vas
authors.forename: Annamária
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zseni
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D014427:Twins