Childhood Trauma And Social Relationships

Before considering the aspects of childhood trauma and social relationships as well as the effects of childhood trauma, one must develop an understanding of basics of childhood trauma. In class, we discussed the categories that contributes to childhood trauma. Childhood trauma covers the entire realm of abuse and does not just focus on sexual or physical abuse. The victims of childhood trauma are any child between the ages of 0-6 years of age. These children find themselves victimized by people that they respect, love and trust. These people include parents, uncles, aunts, neighbors, pastors, siblings, and many other authority figures, whom children love and respect. When the said trauma occurs children find themselves experiencing numerous
of feelings. Children have reported feeling weak, used, self-doubt, loss of respect for authority and many of other feelings that they never expected to feel because they trusted the people who would later cause harm to them. Through conducting research, many specialists notice a change in how the children, who have experienced trauma, act towards authority figures. Children that have experienced trauma at the hands of the people they loved and respected, tend to either be afraid of authority or rebel against authority. Because they react in such a way, it is evident that their entire world has been shaken. Those children have basically experienced their assumption of what authority figures are and should be, questioned and demolished. The social relationships, that are supposed to serve as foundation for relationships to come, are filled with pain and lacks trust. They begin to believe that anyone, who claims to love and care for them, will hurt them. That is no way to have to spend the rest of your life.