10 ways to heal your childhood trauma-

Many people have traumatic experiences growing up.

Unresolved trauma is an active and usually disruptive emotional response to terrible event or experience individuals with childhood trauma show much more depression, anxiety, distorted cognition, personality deficits etc.

Types of trauma -

• Bullying

• Separation from a parent

• Negligence of child

• Sexual abuse

• Physical or mental abuse of child

• Complex trauma disasters

• Traumatic grief

• Emotional abuse of child

• Community violence

Impacts of childhood trauma-

• Cognition

• Behaviour

• Emotions

• Mental health

• Physical health

• Relationships

• Brain development

Time does not heal all wounds

It just gives them space to sink into the subconscious where they will still impact your emotions and behaviour.

When left and healed, your past trauma cannot only affect your mental and physical health, it can shut your sense of being and severely impact your life

If you have experienced trauma in the past it is likely that you need emotional healing as your you may be unaware of how your suppressed emotions are affecting you.

When do you need emotional healing?

If you have experienced trauma in the past, it is likely that you need emotional healing as you may be unaware of how your suppressed emotions are affecting you

When left and healed, your past trauma cannot only affect your mental and physical health, it can shut your sense of being and severely impact your life

Emotional healing is necessary if you want to feel mentally, emotionally and spiritually healthy. If you don’t know the answer then find out the signs that show you need emotional healing. All people will heal that will need emotional healing at some point during their lives

Emotional healing is a process of accepting all your painful life experiences and the negative emotional reactions which are generated from them.

It covers -

• Dealing with childhood trauma immediately

• Identifying core issues with pain

• Identifying when the problem started

• Acknowledge and recognise the trauma for what it is

• Seek support and don’t isolate yourself

• Clearing limiting beliefs

• Make a list of all issues you can remember

• Identifying what is a traumatic event

• Identify and replace unhealthy thought patterns

• Triggers or life events

• Write your limiting beliefs

• Forgive yourself and others

Find a good therapist. They can help you through the dark days probably better than anyone else. That is what they are trained to do.

Life really is better when you heal your emotions. Just keep trying.

Don’t give up on yourself without trying for at least a couple of weeks.