We know that a father influences the person their son becomes. However, when it is distant or strained, emotional wounds tend to linger well into adulthood. But when this bond is strong, sons grow up feeling secure and valued. Even though this bond usually takes time to evolve, it is time well spent.

I was recently speaking with a friend about my long-ago healed anxieties, insecurities, and trauma reactions that have returned since DJT announced his candidacy and his subsequent win of the presidential election. Have you been feeling strangely unlike yourself? Are the unhealed parts of you looming large? Is despair creeping up on even the strongest…