The Subtle Childhood Trauma Symptoms You May Still Be Ignoring
It's time to wake up and smell the trauma for what it really is. Now is the time to transcend.
While some of us live openly with the knowledge of our turbulent pasts, not everyone understands or even recognizes the signs of childhood trauma in their lives. It’s understandable. The effects of this early trauma are complex and far-reaching.
In order to find truth and connection in our adult lives, though, we have to be brave enough to pull back the curtain and accept how these traumas of the past are affecting our here-and-now.
Not all trauma is easy to see.
If you’re someone who thinks that trauma only lives on the surface, you’d be badly mistaken. Trauma is an emotional response to stimuli in our environments.These are mostly events that distress us or force us to question ourselves and our central sense of safety and stability.
While physical abuse can create trauma on the outside as well as the inside, emotional abuse, manipulation, sexual abuse, and shock experiences can all impact us irreparably as children too.
The effects of childhood trauma are complex and far-reaching.
Have you been living with the quiet signs of childhood trauma that you’ve yet to confront? Are there wounds beneath the surface that haven’t healed? We may find that our lives and relationships are filled with turmoil, or we may find that we walk around with a continual feeling of emptiness that just can’t be filled.
All of these are signs that trauma dances on the edges of our childhood memories.Now is the time to admit how it’s really affecting you and the quality of your adult life.
Subtle signs of childhood trauma you’ve probably been ignoring.
Not all signs of childhood trauma are overt. Sometimes, only little cracks appear as a result of the trauma we suffer early in life. Still, these cracks can grow over time and turn into major issues that undermine our happiness in adult life. Want to build a future that’s better and brighter than now? Admit when childhood trauma is tripping you up in the present.