Childhood traumatic experiences are the dangerous, hostile, scary and life threatening issues that children from 0 to 18 years encounter in their early lives. These traumatic issues include; sexual and physical abuse, accidents, disasters like hurricane and wildfires, mental illness, terror acts, emotional neglect and the like. If these traumatic events are not checked they can result mental disorders later in life and determine the behavior of the victim.
Childhood trauma can last the whole life of the victim if not taken care of. The short term effects include; anxiety, low self-esteem, fear, difficulty in trusting other people, anger, isolation and self-destructive thoughts. The long term effects are suicidal thoughts, health complications, attachment and relationship problems, among other destructive behaviors (Wang L., 2020).
There is no specific age when the childhood trauma manifest itself in adulthood. It is the signs like sleeping disturbances, shaking, isolation, eating disorders, panic attacks, illnesses, night terrors (Arnekrans A., 2018)and other such signs that reveal childhood traumatic experiences in adulthood. When such signs start to appear the affected person should seek psychologists help.
Childhood traumatic experiences have more effects on females than in males. For example, females who are victims of sexual abuse are more exposed to use of alcohol and other addictive substances than males (Çakar F., 2018). But, the limitation is that more females are able to seek help compared to males. The effects might be the same if an equal number of males and females seeks professional help. The alcohol dependence is higher in males who are victims of childhood physical and emotional abuse.
The childhood trauma contributes a lot in psychosocial and physical health problems in young adults. Young adults who are victims of childhood traumatic events are more exposed to substance abuse, violence, depression and family problems. This can make them find themselves on the wrong side of the law. The same applies to juvenile sexual offenders (JSO). The JSOs who shows mental health problems are likely to be victims of childhood traumatic events (Boonmann C., 2016).
Childhood trauma destroys trust on others, the victims have attachment and relationship problems. For example, marriages of childhood trauma victims are vulnerable to trust issues. The same victims do not develop healthy work relationships with their colleagues at the workplace.
The women who are victims of sexual abuse in childhood experiences Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder during early pregnancies. Childhood abuse need be mitigated in order to better the mental health of women. The same women have a high chance of engaging in anal intercourse and this makes it necessary to screen women when giving them sexual education (Scheidell J., 2020).
In conclusion, people who have experienced childhood trauma may not experience trauma in the future but they are prone to be scared when in situations that resembles where they faced trauma in childhood. This means people who take care of children should be careful on how they handle children under their care.
Childhood trauma can last the whole life of the victim if not taken care of. The short term effects include; anxiety, low self-esteem, fear, difficulty in trusting other people, anger, isolation and self-destructive thoughts. The long term effects are suicidal thoughts, health complications, attachment and relationship problems, among other destructive behaviors (Wang L., 2020).
There is no specific age when the childhood trauma manifest itself in adulthood. It is the signs like sleeping disturbances, shaking, isolation, eating disorders, panic attacks, illnesses, night terrors (Arnekrans A., 2018)and other such signs that reveal childhood traumatic experiences in adulthood. When such signs start to appear the affected person should seek psychologists help.
Childhood traumatic experiences have more effects on females than in males. For example, females who are victims of sexual abuse are more exposed to use of alcohol and other addictive substances than males (Çakar F., 2018). But, the limitation is that more females are able to seek help compared to males. The effects might be the same if an equal number of males and females seeks professional help. The alcohol dependence is higher in males who are victims of childhood physical and emotional abuse.
The childhood trauma contributes a lot in psychosocial and physical health problems in young adults. Young adults who are victims of childhood traumatic events are more exposed to substance abuse, violence, depression and family problems. This can make them find themselves on the wrong side of the law. The same applies to juvenile sexual offenders (JSO). The JSOs who shows mental health problems are likely to be victims of childhood traumatic events (Boonmann C., 2016).
Childhood trauma destroys trust on others, the victims have attachment and relationship problems. For example, marriages of childhood trauma victims are vulnerable to trust issues. The same victims do not develop healthy work relationships with their colleagues at the workplace.
The women who are victims of sexual abuse in childhood experiences Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder during early pregnancies. Childhood abuse need be mitigated in order to better the mental health of women. The same women have a high chance of engaging in anal intercourse and this makes it necessary to screen women when giving them sexual education (Scheidell J., 2020).
In conclusion, people who have experienced childhood trauma may not experience trauma in the future but they are prone to be scared when in situations that resembles where they faced trauma in childhood. This means people who take care of children should be careful on how they handle children under their care.
