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What Every Childhood Trauma Survivor Needs To Unlearn
Unlearning these is what leads to our empowerment
Trigger Warning: The following content includes personal experiences and discussions around difficult topics such as trauma, emotional challenges, childhood maltreatment, or abusive relationships. While my intent is to educate and share personal insights, some readers may find certain content emotionally distressing. This article is for informational purposes only.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 61% of adults report having had at least one Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) and 16% reported scores of four or more. If you’re interested in taking the ACE test, you can go here.
Childhood trauma comes in many forms, which commonly include: our emotional, social, or psychological needs going unmet, our physical needs (food, shelter, water, safety, warmth) going unmet, divorce/physical abandonment, physical/emotional/psychological/sexual abuse, witnessing violence, alcoholism/drug addiction, sexual addictions/other addictions, poverty, or a lack of consistent rules and boundaries. This list isn’t exhaustive, and other forms of childhood maltreatment are less common but are still documented, such as war, natural disaster, or gang violence.
