The gene sets the range. The environment sets where you land. Epigenetics passes it forward.
Generation 1
Before significant trauma
Genetics set a broad range. Nervous system has capacity. Responds and recovers without flooding.
Generation 2
Chronic stress / unresolved trauma
Environment compresses the window within the genetic range. Nervous system rewires around chronic activation. This gets passed down epigenetically.
Generation 3
Born already compressed
Inherits a compressed window before a single experience. Environment didn't cause it this time. They were born into it. The predisposition IS the inheritance.
The gene sets the range
Your DNA determines how wide your window CAN be. That range is inherited. You can't exceed it.
Environment sets where you land
Chronic stress, neglect, or instability compresses where inside that range you actually operate.
Epigenetics passes it forward
The compressed landing point gets written into how genes express and passed to the next generation. They start where you ended up.