Your childhood trauma is killing your relationship
When we fail to heal and resolve the trauma of our childhood, it takes a direct toll on the quality of our adult relationships.
by: E.B. Johnson
Childhood trauma is complex and troublesome, following us well into our adult lives and the relationships that we build there. When we fail to put the pain of our pasts to rest, it can cause serious issues in our present-day lives. That includes our romantic relationships and the lives we build with those we love most in this world. If we want to get our happily ever-after, we have to put our childhood trauma to bed once and for all.
Lack of love in childhood is a major problem.
Our childhood sets the stage for our adult lives and how they will unfold. This begins with the relationship we build with our caretakers and expands and manifests through the experiences and relationships we lean on in adolescence. If these childhood experiences are self-affirming and confidence building, then we become secure and confident adults. When our childhoods are plagued by trauma, things can take a different turn.
When we struggle in our childhoods, we often struggle in our adult…
