Generationaltrauma Stories

The Weight of Dreams is a poignant and powerful story about a young nurse's struggle to break free from the cycles of generational poverty, exploitation, and heartache that have defined her family's past. Fresh out of university, she faces the harsh reality of unemployment, crushing self-doubt, and the weight of responsibility for her loved ones. As she navigates the treacherous landscape of job hunting, she must also confront the suffocating expectations of her family, who rely on her to support them financially. The pressure is relentless, and the emotional toll is devastating. She teeters on the brink of despair, nearly succumbing to the darkness of depression and addiction. But she finds a glimmer of hope when she lands a job and begins to taste the sweetness of financial freedom. Yet, just as she's about to spread her wings, the crushing weight of "black tax" descends upon her. Her family's demands are relentless, and she's torn between her duty to them and her own desperate desire for happiness. In a heart-wrenching climax, she confronts the ultimate question: has she sacrificed too much of herself to break the cycle? The Weight of Dreams is a searing exploration of the human spirit, love, and the true cost of putting others first.

♡𝐆𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐲 𝐱 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞♡ (𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟏 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬) Serenity Siren Sinner is a 22 year old kind-hearted, soft, and beautiful girl with a sassy side who believes life is a gift from God and is worthy to be prayed for. She is a lover of peace and believes that a person can change. A person can be the best version of themselves only if they believe it. Sorian Sivan Saint-Pierre is a 24 year old who grew up with so much pain along with his brother. He carries a dark aura around him and is antisocial. He always has the same serious and stoic facial expression. His family may be called the Saints, but only if you knew how their secrets make them far from what people make them out to be. Where there are Saints, there are Sinners, like two lovers that can't live without with each other. This is a story about two very different people coming together and making something beautiful out of it. ☀︎𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐦𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤.

"Karma of Zero" is a reincarnation drama about a boy born with memories he should not have and wounds that never belonged to him. Zero carries the weight of a past life - a promise unfinished, a love lost, and a karma that refuses to die. In this lifetime, he is determined to break the cycle that held his family down for generations. But the more he rises, the more his past returns - through dreams, visions, and a mysterious woman who appears in his mind calling him by a name that isn't his. This is a story of destiny, trauma, sacrifice, and the courage to rewrite a fate written long before birth. A journey from nothing to everything. From pain to power. From Zero... to the one who breaks the ancestral curse.

In the heart of Apartheid-era Queenstown, two girls from different worlds find a bond that defies the walls built to keep them apart. Maria, ten years old and already carrying the scars of rejection from her stepfather, longs for a place where she belongs. Anathi, her quiet but fierce friend, hides the pain of watching her mother battle illness while their community struggles to survive. Between them stand their mothers: Lena, who tries to shield her daughter from a cruel marriage, and Valerie, a Xhosa woman whose strength becomes both a lifeline and a lesson.

In the shadows of the Radrawansha clan, power is not just inherited. It is carved through blood and fire. For generations, the Radrawansha family has ruled with an iron fist, weaving webs of fear, loyalty and secrets that bind their enemies and allies alike... Disanda Radrawansha, the second son of the family, is the heir to the Radrawansha empire. His greatest challenge is to win a love that defies centuries of tradition a forbidden romance with Suvahas Ariyawansha, the newly risen heir of the rival Ariyawansha Walawwa... To the outside world, this love is illegal... in a society that claims love has no place, they choose to love each other with everything they have even their lives. Throughout the story, power, secrets, betrayal, murder, and mysticism unfold. Disanda, Suvahas, and even Lisali each carry their own traumas, fears, and vulnerabilities. This is a deep, emotional tale of love hidden behind walls. A battle between family legacy, conspiracy, and truth. Behind the Wall is another name for love that breathes, grieves, and hides in the shadows... ⚠️ Warning ⚠️ This is not a lighthearted tale, nor is it a paradise for innocent minds. Within this story lies a world shaped by dark love, psychological distortions, generational trauma, unchecked power, and unspoken truths. It contains deep affection, broken lives, and unbearable scars - even reading for an hour might leave your heart burning. What your eyes see is not just the truth of others, but a reflection of your own fragile, withering soul. This story is intended only for those with a prepared mind, mature understanding, and emotional discernment. If you are not ready, please turn back. Written by:-shinelleaurora

Does anger cause damage? If Georgia Ellenburg still believed in coincidences, she'd disagree. But George knows better. People get hurt around her, and now that her sister doesn't want to go to a college--a dream George gave up so that it could belong to Maeve--George is forced to stare down her past, and, in the meantime, protect her budding relationship with Sam, who she knows her anger will harm if given the chance. Since having assumed guardianship over her sister, George has one goal: to keep Maeve safe, and, at twenty-four, she's done so by creating a life with minimal unpredictability. In her efforts, George has given up nearly everything so that her sister can have the life that was supposed to belong to George. Maeve, however, expresses other ideas, ideas that don't involve college or anything that George gave up for her sister, which pits George against the choices she's made and the anger she's buried because of them. George has a secret, a secret that can no longer be considered a coincidence, and when Sam enters her life and begins to chip away at the pain she thought she'd let go, she must face the ultimate test of unpredictability: either confront her past or risk hurting Sam. Because her anger always hurts those around her. xxx tags: slow burn, romance, family drama, feminism, trauma

What is love? Anveshna - this question asked by her mom shook her and usually Anveshna never asked for answers-until life handed her questions she couldn't ignore. One summer, surrounded by silence, dust, and memories no one speaks of, she stumbles into something that changes the way she sees everything. What begins as boredom turns into a quiet unraveling of the past-layer by layer, letter by letter. She thought she knew her family. She thought she knew herself. She was wrong. the question-what is love was only the beginning and anveshna had to answer and understand many questions in this journey. A slow-burning, emotionally raw story about the search for truth, connection, and the courage to face what we're not ready to hear.

Spy x Family meets The Avengers in a world recovering from a war and the emergence of superpowers! The Fromage Kingdom split in two: a bitter civil-war-turned-revolution. Truvia United carved out their own space amongst the countries, trading in their dairy farms for sugar factories. In this short story collection, we learn the political and human stakes of two countries at war, and what it is like for a new nation to take their first steps. Among all the obstacles, the influx of the Frosted appearing overnight with unimaginable powers meant the very concept of peace was not quite so straightforward. This novel-in-stories follows the early years of this new nation through many different points-of-view. Ghosts stuck in the in-between. Widows trying to move on. Frosted who try to discover what their futures hold. Young women married too early. Before the concept of heroes, there was a need for them. This is the story of how that need manifested. GENRES: *short story,* fantasy, superhero, allegory ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First Draft/second concept version. An X-Dreams Production: Origins. Project's current word count: ~30,000

When a man steals a selkie woman's pelt, she is trapped on land with him in human form, separated from the sea and her selkie family. She fights him at first. But, as the years pass, the lack of her pelt and the loneliness slowly drain the life out of her. And she soon starts getting desperate, drowning in despair and willing to do anything to escape... Will she find her pelt and get back to the sea and her family? Will she give in to her kidnapper and make a life on land? Or will she perish, imprisoned forever by her captor? And how far will she go to regain her freedom? Trigger Warnings: Mentions of drowning, kidnapping, unwanted children, abandonment, and depressive and suicidal thoughts. (Based on the old legend / fairytale of the selkie girl.) © All Rights Reserved. Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, events, and incidents are the products of the author's imagination. Space, time, and history have been rearranged to suit the convenience of the book. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is entirely coincidental. Cover made in Canva.

Luna Madrigal, the only child of Bruno, had looked forward to getting her gift all of her life, until her gift became the reason she and Bruno were treated worse in the family Luna's life from 5 to 15 has just been one crazy rollercoaster with just trying to get through life with trauma, anxiety, and being one of the black sheep of the family

Megumi Fushiguro x Fem oc After dealing with her parent's divorce, Eve Han couldn't be happier to move to Jujutsu High School. Surprisingly, almost dying by a curse spirit's hands is more comforting than having daddy issues. Despite one thing drags down her days in paradise. A stoic, always indifferent boy who just exists, and even worse, Eve can't crack. Well, maybe she can, might take some time though. DISCLAIMER!! I don't own Jujutsu Kaisen or most of these characters, they all belong to Gege Akutami Cover art not mine. ALSO-"Puppy Love" will be much shorter in comparison to my other Jujutsu Kaisen books within the series, "Cut From The Same Cloth". It is the novella of the series and a benchmarker/checkpoint in some ways. It will also be a "potential ending" depending on how readers may interpret it. As the next three books after it in the series are all going to be spin off books in the same universe with only slight mentions to the usual cast. -Sicily

Yan Ng is the poorest student at Two Bridges Academy. While her peers are heiresses to great fortunes, her family struggles to get by selling treats at their small humble bakery. Lucky for them, Yan is at the top of her class. But behind closed doors, she feels inadequate as if nothing she ever does is enough. Enter Maia and Ainsley, two girls who swoop in and make her a part of their friend group. For the first time, she feels like she belongs at her preppy private school, but that's because they've confused her family for the owners of Ng Corporation, a massive overseas distribution company. Yan plays along, lying as much as she could to stay with her new rich friends. But when someone from her past threatens to expose her secret after a horrible misunderstanding, she must lie even more to cover her tracks. Can she hold up her elaborate facade or will she be exposed as one of Two Bridges's four charity cases?

Some wounds take sixteen years to heal. Some take longer. For Michael, Miller's Bridge has always been more than just a bridge. It's where he lost his father. It's where the questions began. And now, standing there with a trunk full of childhood memories-baseball cards, fishing photos, and an unfinished model airplane-he's finally ready to let go. But how do you move forward when the past keeps pulling you back? Now thirty-two, he has his own son, a little boy with his grandfather's eyes and smile. As Michael struggles to write one last letter to his dad, he must decide which stories to pass down and which burdens to leave behind. Between the rusted rails of Miller's Bridge and the dark waters below, Michael learns that sometimes the heaviest weight we carry isn't in what we hold onto-but in what we finally release.

What her mother buried in the past... has come to claim her daughter. Angel's shift at the mall ended like any other-until she was taken. Kidnapped by men in dark suits, she wakes in a mansion that whispers with ancient secrets. Strangers call her unknown names. They speak of a family she never knew existed and a destiny she never wanted. As her captors tighten their grip, Angel's parents race against shadows and blood-bound legacies to find her. But escape is no longer enough. Because the deeper Angel falls into their world, the more she realizes: She isn't just their prisoner. She's the key to something far darker than she ever imagined. Bloom of the Forgotten is a dark, immersive fantasy about hidden bloodlines, the cost of secrets, and a girl discovering that true power is not what you inherit-but what you choose to grow.

The Fischer Family struggle to find peace with their emotionally abusive matriarch in the weeks leading up to her death.

How We Butchered an Ancient Discipline and Called It Wellness

A delicate flower blooming amidst the thorns in the formidable garden of life. Leonie hailed from a deeply religious catholic family that wore its faith like armor. Yet behind closed doors, their piety masked a dark secret - abuse so insidious it left indelible scars upon Leonie throughout her youth.

Sequel to Letters to My Girl, addressed to my birth mother, saying the things she needs to hear even if she refuses to listen

Love Harrington has lived her whole life behind polished doors and perfect smiles. Her father Senator Charles Harrington built his career on faith, family, and control. Her mother Elena gave up everything to be the ideal wife. And Love? She's the obedient daughter. The one who never disobeys. Until college happens. At Hawthorne University, Love meets Aarav Singh a brown-skinned Indian student who doesn't care who her father is. He's wild where she's cautious, honest where she's terrified. He sees her. And that's what ruins her. When an unplanned pregnancy threatens her father's perfect image, Love's world collapses. Her parents forbid an abortion, pro-life, pro-family, no exceptions. But bringing "the boy responsible" home tears open an older, darker secret... one that links her mother's past to Aarav's family. Now trapped between love and obedience, truth and reputation, Love must decide: Will she stay silent in a life chosen for her? Or burn it all to the ground for the one thing she was never allowed to have 'freedom' ?

A one part story of a family facing generational trauma.