Originally Posted by Agnosticism

1) The abused become abusers, it's a vicious cycle.

2) If you believe in past lives their were studies conducted that past live trauma were carried to their current lives that were left unresolved.

3) Supposedly their are alcoholic genes and a lot of people that have them their parents were alcoholics. Now did they form the gene for alcoholism by becoming an alcoholic or was it already have it?

4) An example of your passed on genes a good example would be the Jews. If there was a group of people that endured suffering the longest it would be the Jews. Ever since history it seems they were trying to escape persercution or some kind of trials and tribulation. Look at the Jews today and look of their ideas about them. It seems everyone dislikes them and Jews have hard time trusting people outside of their race.

If you want a solution for your friend your best bet would have them totally resolve it or the best of their ability. Unresolve issues currently can past on in many ways.