“I had once thought that I came from a line of Gods, and I had punished myself for failing to be Godlike. But we were not Gods, and I was not the avatar for our family’s unraveling. I was just another product of inherited trauma, unresolved grief, and reactive survival mechanisms, like everyone else who came before me. We were mortals who felt ashamed when we failed to appear omnipotent.” CultureFamilyAbuseMemoirIndianAbuse Survivors Book:They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us Source: They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us