A List Of Adulthood Problems That Reliable Childhood Trauma Therapy Can Prevent

By Catherine Thompson


Suffering childhood trauma can affect you even in adulthood. Unfortunately, the pains of feeling unloved or unwanted often follows an individual all throughout life and this can cause psychological issues. Irrespective of the details of the traumatizing environment in which you lived as a kid, seeking childhood trauma therapy can offer you the solutions you need to lead a happier and more fulfilling adult life.

It is natural for kids to analyze things. They will want to make meaning of everything that happens to them directly or indirectly. With this, they create a formula that gives them a perception of what the world is and this helps them cope with their current hurdles. Unfortunately, not all their interpretations of what the world is are correct. The misinterpretations need to be corrected before they destroy their adult lives.

There are more than a few negative aftereffects of living through a traumatizing childhood. The first is that patients carry their wounds all through life and they therefore hide their true selves from the world to avoid getting hurt. Creating a false self takes time and this only means that unmasking a patient is equally challenging. Victims will often bury their true feelings and only reveal what they think is lovable.

Children need love and care for them to grow mentally and physically healthy. If a child is not given the needed love and attention he or she may think that there is something wrong with the way they look, act or feel. Patients will therefore create a false self that they think is lovable and will not show the sides of them that they assume cannot be accepted, loved or cared for.

It is also normal for patients to have victimhood thinking. This is characterized by negative self-talk that disempowers them and leaves them believing that they do not have any control over their lives. Through therapy, you can get to understand that even though you were victimized as a child, you do not have to remain a victim in adulthood.

Another way through which traumatizing childhoods haunt adults is by making them think that it is better to suppress emotions. This in turn makes them passive-aggressive, creating walls between them and anyone who dares to get close to them. Because they are unable to show what they really feel, the bottled up emotions affect them psychologically.

Awkward as it may sound, anger is healthy and very natural emotion. For you to cope with a situation, you need to first acknowledge that you are angry because of a specific issue. Acknowledging that you are not pleased will in turn pave way for solutions to be realized. On the other hand, suppressing what you feel will only leave you with a constant feeling of being angry at someone or something. This is what triggers passive-aggressive actions.

The road to recovery can be challenging, though it is possible. First, you have to accept that your childhood was not rosy and you experienced something that should not have happened. You want to recall it all, connect with your emotions and let them out in a healthy manner. It also pays to share your story because this will enable you to release the pain and let it go. With assistance and guidance from a proficient therapist, you should be able to heal and enjoy your adulthood better.




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