The more Cycle Breakers I meet, the more I hear this story. This feeling of not really belonging to your family of origin, of feeling innately different, like you are a completely different species. For a while, this often causes some pain, as you work out who you are in the world and in relation to your family. They might also feel a lot of pain as you reject family norms and forge your own path forward. This is the journey of the cycle breaker.