Environmental Trauma In Childhood

As Oprah Winfrey said ”Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different. In this quote, Oprah is talking about how childhood is a cause of trauma and how it affects adulthood. Trauma is when a person is deeply distressed or have a disturbed experience. Environmental trauma is emotional shock outside experiences. Trauma must be acted upon a threatened death, serious injury, and self-esteem or fear. While some argue that trauma mostly affects a child’s behavior, it has more impact on a child’s emotions; therefore, environmental trauma has a greater impact on a child’s emotions. Children who experience trauma is most likely to show signs of different emotions. Environmental trauma creates a stress disorder for children. …show more content…
“...including the experience of or exposure to physical and sexual abuse, drug and alcohol abuse or mental illness in home.” For instance,consider Alejandro male survivor of sexual abuse. He endured years of sexual abuse at the hands of his local minister: a well-respected member of the community and personal friend to his parents. The pastor would often tell Alejandro that the activities they engaged in were part of “God’s Plan” for Alejandro’s life, and that challenging the plan would put his soul in danger. Physical abuse of a child is very impactful of their life. “Several studies have found that in 60% to 75% of families in which a woman is battered, children are also battered”(Osofsky).A video was linked showing a woman forcing her young adopted son to hold hot sauce in his mouth and take a cold shower as punishment for lying. Audience members were horrified but the woman insisted that she couldn’t find a better way to control her child. This is a main effect of how abuse can lead to trauma in …show more content…
Environmental trauma can cause a decrease in school production and have their garde to decrease also. Post traumatic stress disorder can take the best of a child and affect future relationships with parents and other people they may come across. Drug abuse and things of that sort can be a root of a child suffering from trauma and this can make them more aware of their surroundings and know how to fend for themselves.“We cannot have a world where everyone is a victim. "I'm this way because my father made me this way. I'm this way because my husband made me this way." Yes, we are indeed formed by traumas that happen to us. But then you must take charge, you must take over, you are responsible”( Camille