How to Find a Way Out of Childhood Trauma?
- Abdullah_Azam_23100283
- Dec 2, 2021
- 1 min read
What is childhood trauma? It is an event or series of events experienced by a child that left a dark spot in their mind. Childhood traumas can include physical or mental abuse, suppressing behavior, etc. Childhood traumas are one of the scariest experiences of one’s life and can have lasting effects on their entire life. Even though having a childhood trauma is unavoidable since it’s not in one’s own hands. However, treating it is very crucial so that it does not affect their daily routine.
The most important step towards treating childhood trauma is acknowledging it. Many of the people suffering from it often tend to avoid thinking about what happened. Even you never face it, it will keep residing and growing inside you and never let you get over it. In your childhood, you were not in control; you just had to experience what others were doing since you were vulnerable. However, now things are different. You are in control, and you are the one making the environment for the vulnerable around you.
Therefore, facing your trauma and knowing that you are creating the environment for those who are now in the place you were in can make you more responsible for your actions and reactions toward particular things. Treating and conversing with yourself is one of the ways out of childhood traumas.
i really like reading about the lives of criminals with distinct psychological issues and most of time their issues are deeply connected to their childhood. I recently watched the documentary on Billy Milligan, who was convicted of rape, robbery and other criminal activities. During his investigation, people found out he had dissociative identity disorder (DID) where your mind is basically split into many parts, its like several people are residing in the same body. He stayed in mental facility, but after 7-8 months he was free to walk around, as medically he was unstable and not fit for trial. Anyways, later on it was discovered that his step father abused him both physically and sexually. His first personality, Arthur, was…
You have chosen a very different topic Abdullah and one that is not much talked about. I did my writing and communications research presentation on childhood traumas being a main cause of psychological disorders so felt like giving my insight on it. I agree with you that childhood trauma is something which we may overlook but it very much exists in some form or the other and then reflects itself in various forms later on in life. While doing my primary research back then, nearly all the people responded "yes" to the 2 questions: Do you believe childhood experiences can cause a major trauma in someone's life and do thoughts stuck in an individual's head play a major part in…