Tips on How Childhood Trauma Can Affect Adult Relationships


The process of identity formation is disrupted by childhood trauma as the early trauma shifts the course of brain development and this trauma still continues to manifest in the adulthood and affect our current relationships. Here's how
How Childhood Trauma Can Affect Adult Relationships The person might feel a loss of childhood and might feel there are parts missing in him/her

HIGHLIGHTS

  1. Childhood trauma makes a huge impact on our adult relationships
  2. Forming attachments can be a tough task for one with childhood trauma
  3. Undergoing psychotherapy may show a positive affect on such adults
Free of worries and full of innocence, childhood is often said to be the 'golden' period of life. Unfortunately, for many of us this maxim does not hold to be true. Ideally, children are supposed to experience a sense of security and love that gives them a framework of stability. This provides the foundation for their interactions with the world even when they enter adulthood. However, when a child goes through emotional, physical, or sexual abuse, which results in trauma, this sense of security and self-worth are destroyed. And when this child grows into an adult, he/she may still carry this emotional distress into adulthood which would have a severe affect of many aspects of his/her life.

How does childhood trauma affect the experiences of adulthood?

The process of identity formation is disrupted by childhood trauma as the early trauma shifts the course of brain development. This happens because an environment characterized by fear and neglect, for example, causes different adaptations of brain circuitry than one of safety, security, and love.
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