Originally posted on Virtual Therapy Clinic℠
Childhood is often depicted as a stress-free period in life, full of playfulness, fantasy, and exploration. In-between those times or maybe in the absence of those times, exposure to traumatic events can elicit feelings of fear, danger, or shame. Processing those emotions is difficult enough for an adult; processing these feelings as a child easily overwhelms our ability to cope. This is childhood trauma.
There are long term implications of traumatic childhood experiences, but many struggle with identifying, “What counts as a trauma?”. The following is a closer look at defining childhood trauma to understand how specific events may cause some of the post-traumatic symptoms you are dealing with in your day-to-day life.
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