Burlington Therapy: Types of Childhood Traumas

 A child will be traumatized if they experience a threatening situation. Their vulnerability is heightened by their helplessness and the fact that they are not fully developed to handle threatening situations. Some of the childhood trauma experienced as a child must be dealt with through Burlington therapy. These include;

Physical Abuse

This involves doing things that harm the physical well-being of a child. They include behaviors such as:

Beating a child

Causing physical injury

Pushing around and rough handling a child

Using physical restraints such as locking up or tying a child

Throwing things to a child

Sexual Abuse

This occurs when a person, often a grown up, uses a child for sexual gratification. These include:

Telling a child sexually inappropriate stuff

Attempting sexual intercourse

Sexual intercourse

Molesting

Inappropriately touching a child

Emotional Abuse

This occurs when a child is harmed emotionally and requires Burlington therapy to recover. While it is seen as less severe, it is equally damaging as other forms of abuse. It involves:

Name-calling

Shaming

Humiliating

Gaslighting

Rating

Excess criticism

Overprotecting

Over controlling

Comparing a child to their peers

Putting a child down

Neglect

This happens when a parent or guardian fails to attend to a child who needs love, support, and care. Neglect can be both emotional and physical. It includes:

Abandoning

Lack of healthcare

Ignoring a child’s hygiene

Ignoring the basic needs of a child, such as food, shelter, and clothing

Lack of emotional support

Invalidating or dismissing a child’s feelings

Dysfunctional home environments

Bad home environments affect a child's mental health. A dysfunctional home environment is caused by factors such as:

Domestic Abuse

Parents having psychological issues

Constant parental fights

Parents struggling with drug abuse

Divorce

Parentification

There are various reasons a person can sustain childhood trauma and carry it to adulthood. If you suffer from childhood trauma, the best thing is to attend Burlington therapy to unpack and heal from the trauma.