Childhood Trauma

Childhood maltreatment is a prevalent problem through out the world. As a child grows and matures the brain continues to develop according its experiences. During this time sensitive periods of development for different areas of the brain. A few areas that are of interest are the stress-influenced areas, which are at an increased risk for developmental problems when exposed to maltreatment. The extra stress from such exposures can influence abnormalities throughout the brain, which have been linked to structure changes with in the corpus callosum, anterior cingulate, dorsolateral prefrontal, orbitofrontal cortex, and hippocampus, amygdala, and cerebellum, as well as changes to stress related hormone systems. These structural changes are associated with an increased risk of psychopathology and other life long educational and physiological risk.

It impacts the maturation of specific brain areas at particular ages, the physiological and neuro-endocrinological responses as well as impacting the ability to coordinate cognitions, behaviours and emotional regulation. Therefore, the effect of trauma is different in different developmental stages. Ornitz (1996) has listed critical periods of major structural changes in brain development in accordance with Piaget’s stages of cognitive development. This includes the periods between early childhood (1.5-4 years), late childhood (6-10 years), puberty and mid-adolescence. This ensures that there are widespread implications of trauma in childhood especially in terms of the age at which exposure to trauma occurs as well as the areas of the brain affected. For example, the volume of the brain shows a rapid increase in first two years (Matsuzawa et al., 2001), a time when the development of attachment also takes place. Moreover, this growth is more experience- dependent (Schore, 2001). Children below the age of two also show a greater right brain than left brain

Even though research proves that childhood traumas are buried and/or have the ineffectiveness of being buried, memories serve as a trigger for trauma. Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Dissociative Disorder (DD) greatly explains why Ned acts the way he does. For instance, Ned struggles with figuring out who he is as person currently. He is the son of a photographer and is an awkward teen that is a runner. The night when Greg and Ned met Brys, the druid, and Cadell in the middle of road, it hinted at the type of disorder Ned faces. Brys was annoyed with Greg’s unfiltered mouth, and snapped him back onto the concrete. Ned’s reaction to this action took place instantly. Ned automatically switched into a different emotional state he had

It may be that certain experiences, situations or people trigger flashbacks or other symptoms. These might include specific reminders of past trauma such as smells, sounds, words or a particular type of book or film.

Dr. Nadine Burks Harris talks about the Adverse Childhood Experiences study during her lecture. What has been discovered is that those who have suffered from childhood trauma have a greater chance of developing health complications versus those who have not been exposed to trauma. In the Adverse Childhood Experiences study was conducted by Dr. Vince Felitti at Kaiser and Dr. Bob Anda and the CDC, together they asked 17,500 adults about their history of exposure to adverse childhood experiences (Harris). Experiences meaning: sexual, physical, emotional abuse, physical or emotional neglect, parental mental illness, substance dependence, incarceration, parental separation or divorce. For every yes they answered

The cycle of abuse is studied by many, and researcher Coates (2010) explains the trauma of childhood abuse. The trauma that comes with being physically or sexually abused as a child has an immense impact on the children’s behavior, social skills, their thinking, and even physical function (392). Studies conducted by Coates suggest that child abuse effect the brain in ways that no one would even imagine. Child abuse specifically alters the limbic system, which contains the amygdala, hippocampus, cerebral cortex, and the corpus callosum (394). To better comprehend the significance of these discoveries, learning how the brain reacts, especially when faced with threat, is quite obligatory.

Family violence is always disheartening. Childhood sexual abuse is by far the worse. There are many forms of childhood sexual abuse. The sexual abuse can involve seduction by a beloved relative or it can be a violent act committed by a stranger. Childhood sexual trauma causes psychological, interpersonal, and behavioral. This paper will show a first account of the impact of childhood trauma.

Since beginning the Early Childhood Trauma project little has not surprised me. When we first discussed the project and learned that the men volunteered to participate in this study due to personal desire I was shocked. Maybe it is due to my personal biases, but I would never expect these men, who have mainly negative experiences with institutions to participate in an institutionally based intervention project. The men volunteering for this project indicated that I should attempt to limit guiding my process by preconceived notions and instead be as partial as possible. My lack of understanding, misconceptions and absence of personal experience that relates to these topics no doubt is partially why I find the majority of the information surprising. However, the experience of our first meeting, which I am examining here, was surprising for a different set of reasons. There were several moments during our meeting with DeAndre, Luis, Angle, Junito and Ron I would classify as 'disorienting', and I will reflect and synthesize them in the following paper. They apply to atmosphere, unforeseen commonalities and knowledge,

In general, traumatic events effects children throughout different times in their adolescence (Alisic, 2012; Deihl, 2013; Little & Little, 2013; Walkey & Cox, 2013). For example, the Mental Health of Tarrant County (2012) revealed that “26% will witness or experience a traumatic event before they turn four years of age and more than 13% of students report being abused” (p. 1). Children’s reaction to trauma is different from how adults react (Bennett et al., 2014; Elzy et al., 2013; Garfin et al., 2014; Walkey & Cox, 2013; West et al., 2014). Traumatic events can lead children to events that cause suspensions and maybe eventually dropping out of school (Porche et al., 2011). Researchers found exposure to traumatic events early cause problems

Traumatic events are defined as those in which an individual experiences, witnesses, or confronted with actual or threatened death, serious injury, or threatened physical integrity of self or others (DSM-V). Children are exposed to various experiences that can be traumatic for them. Childhood traumatic experiences may stem from experiences that were of a violent nature, physical, psychological or sexual. Children are often witnesses to physical violence in the homes, domestic violence against the parent. They are exposed to gun violence, drugs/substance abuse, and homelessness. Some children live in households where family members are incarcerated, mentally ill or have experienced a tragic loss as a result of death.

(AGG)Since the beginning of time, humans have fought for food, shelter or land, and there have always been consequences, sometimes good sometimes bad. (BS-1)War has many physical outcomes, whether it be from shootings, bombings, etc; people can be drastically changed. (BS-2)War and traumatic experiences can emotionally scar someone, which can lead to depression and anxiety. (BS-3) War can bring people together and can give people hope and opportunity in the middle of war and tragedy. (TS)War can physically and mentally change people for the worse or the better.

When young children experience trauma the aftermath is far greater than when an adult experiences trauma. With their brain still developing these traumatic events have a huge impact in reducing their brain cortex. This ultimately can affect many complex functions, such as memory, attention, perceptual awareness, thinking, language, and consciousness. These changes may also affect their IQ and the ability to regulate emotions, making the child fearful and may not feel as safe or as protected. When their parent or caregiver is the one causing these experiences the child will often become stressed and their ability to communicate effectively will decline. Researchers have come up with two main coping skills. They are hyper-arousal continuum (fight,

Adverse childhood experiences, for one, can potentially cause extreme childhood trauma and lead to chronic stress. Overloading the Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis (HPA axis) has the ability to cause recurring complexities and sends the body into an overdrive-like state. Paul Tough describes it as, “Overloading the HPA axis, especially in infancy and childhood, produces all kinds of serious and long-lasting negative effects—physical, psychological, and neurological.” (Tough, 13).

Most people probably know by now that high levels of unmanaged stress can lead to very serious physical symptoms and illnesses. But did you know that excessive stress can also cause damaging changes in your behaviors too, such as stress eating or self harming? These are just two ways in which people try to stop feeling overwhelmed as stress takes a toll on their lives. But there are many others. Here are my five best tips to stop stress from ruining your life.

In the article “When Diagnostic Labels Mask Trauma, the authors provide an effective and appropriate abstract summary that clearly defines the purpose of the study to be focused on the relationship between childhood trauma resulting in a wide range of mental health disorder diagnostics. The abstract also gives additional support to the hypothesis question in explaining that the reason for this study is to provide knowledge that if such failure occurs in recognizing the relationship between the two variables, diagnosis and treatment in children will merely manage symptoms instead of addressing the trauma. While the abstract does not mention many highlights about the research methodology used in the study, it does indicate the list of mental