Childhood Trauma 

"Trauma is not what happens to you, it’s what happens inside you as a result of what happened to you.

 

Trauma is that scarring that makes you less flexible, more rigid, less feeling and more defended."

 

Source Gabor Mate 

 

 

During early attachment experiences, we gain important information about our identity and abilities to regulate inner experiences and behavioural strategies for maintaining proximity to others.

 

Aggression or neglect from caregivers may be experiences contributing to the compromise of a realistic and balanced view of ourselves and others.

 

So, an insecure model of attachment with caregivers is internalized and could be at the origin of the expectancies for future relationships characterized by abuse or rejection.

 

So, children exposed to these unfavourable conditions are unable to recognize, regulate, and tolerate emotional responses and they fluctuate between extreme emotional lability and emotional inhibition.

 

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