An Autoethnography on the Family Relationship Experience and Recovery of an Adult with Childhood Attachment Traumatic Experience

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of childhood attachment trauma experiences in the original family on the experience of family relationships after marriage and the experience of restoring family relationships in the process of post-traumatic recovery from an insider's point of view, to help understand those who have experienced such trauma and to suggest counseling implications. Methods: For this purpose, we applied autoethnography, a qualitative research method, to collect data such as memory data, diary data including self-observation and self-analysis, and family interviews. The collected data were subjected to value coding, emotion coding, and longitudinal coding during data analysis. Results: As a result, it was confirmed that the experience of attachment trauma continues across generations and that maladaptive psychological processes resulting from the traumatic experience are repeated in family relationships after marriage. Moreover, the changing factors that appeared in the process of recovering family relationships were identified. Conclusions: The significance and limitations of this study were presented.