Long Term Child Abuse
Long-Term Effects of Physical Child Abuse There's a child that lives, tucked away somewhere, in every adult. Our inner child is what often rules our feelings, emotions, response to feelings and emotions, and many of our behaviors. Most of us believe that we hide this child from the world. For example: we get our test results back and it's an A, we want to jump up and down with excitement right then and there but we don't. Why? Because, that would be, looked at by others as childish, so we wait until we get home. I would hope for most this child would know joy, happiness, excitement, exploration, self-worth, hope, and love. For the adult child of physical abuse, it doesn't. This child knows pain, fear, sadness, self-worthlessness, anger (I think rage is a better fit), rejection, denial, and hopelessness. This adult's behaviors react in life to all those feelings that are buried deep within from their childhood. What I was looking for in this research is exactly what some of these feelings are, and how adults of childhood physical abuse react or behave because of those feelings. I tried to separate physical and emotional abuse. I don't believe that physical abuse can stand, alo
Farmer; 1989; pg 50) Steven Farmer states that, whatever form of abuse experienced as a child, "it is the effects of emotional abuse that are at the core of the problems that still plague you as an adult". I hardly ever get angry-well, I never used to get angry". ) An abused child is also often told "if you weren't bad I wouldn't have to hit you" or "you make me so mad". Why would these adults trust anyone? "You fear that whomever you share innermost feelings with will either hurt you or abandon you - just like Mom and Dad did. "Children who are loved and wanted, whose parents are warm, supportive, concerned, interested, and active in their guidance, tend to develop positive self-esteem". Lastly the test of someone who truly does love them. I didn't find anything in my research to confirm this but I feel that the anger can also be felt towards those individuals that knew of the abuse as it was happening and did nothing to stop it. If we as a society don't start working to end the war against our children the "cycle of abuse" will only grow. Even if they were to experience them on occasion, chances are the negative would out weight the positive. Farmer; 1989; pg 35) Farmer, states, that many victims of child abuse suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.
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