The Effects of Childhood Trauma on Adult Behaviour
Childhood Trauma therefore can be described as any event that a child goes through that results in emotional, mental, or physical harm. This broad range is usually resultant of neglect, abuse, violence, or loss through bereavement, or disasters such as hurricanes, among others. There have been numerous accounts of how some of the things we do, in our day-to-day lives have certain residual impacts on the brain. Brain Changes: Here, the Centre describes how adverse childhood experiences result in changes to the architecture of the brain. For example, the part of the brain that triggers the reactions called the fight or flight amygdala, may overfunction leading to increased responses to stress in adulthood. Emotional and Psychological Impact Emotional Scars: Some of the normal emotional troubles that affect a traumatized person include; anxiety, depression, and reduced self-esteem, among others. This may be accompanied by the sort of mental load that feels like, figuratively, one is