Childhood Trauma

 

     I am reading a biography where the author spent their formative years in a cult and it has made me really examine my own childhood trauma.

    What am I saying? Why am I writing?

    I don't know, but this has really struck a chord with me. Childhood is such a vulnerable time, and a time when one is arguably the most fragile. The damage cannot be fixed and the scope of the trauma cannot  even be measured. It's frightening. It gives me the chills just typing this.

     Darlene McLaughlin MD (@ Texas A &M) says, "The brain blocks the memory to help you get through the event." So, essentially the brain is protecting itself.  Again, according to McLaughlin it "walls off." Amazing. The brain is one complex organ.

   Now, we can get into a whole host of other factors. Suppressing that  traumatic memory can cause a whole array of both physical and psychological problems. In addition, so can a child's genetic make up, as well as their physical environment (happy home, etc.) All these factors come into play as to how that child may process that trauma while growing up.

   I'm still processing mine to this day. I 'm also shaking my head while I type this.

   We just gotta do more, folks.