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, alone by itself. Physical abuse is also emotional abuse.
             Before I start with adult effects, I'd like to mention those that never live to see adulthood. "According to information from 34 states representing 67.3% of the U.S. population under the age of 18, an estimated 1,215 child maltreatment deaths were confirmed by child protective service (CPS) agencies in 1995." (childabuse.com; no author or year mentioned?) This number is considered to be well under factual figures because, 16 states did not supply their information and, many SIDS deaths and accidental deaths could actually have been caused by abuse, but it could not be proven. (childabuse.com)
             Another cause of premature death due to child abuse is suici...