Abuse can completely destroy a child. It affects children in the worst ways. If not handled with therapy or other medical intervention, childhood abuse can have a variety of negative consequences that can last a child's entire life on their physical, mental, and emotional health. They are less able to perform appropriately, and their emotional and physical health is in danger. As parents, we should ensure that our children are raised in a household with love, affection, and care. Unfortunately, this is not the reality for some children. Childhood abuse may be more common than you think.
The physical health of the child may be impacted by physical abuse. A child's brain pathways change entirely when subjected to any kind of abuse. This keeps them in a fight-or-flight response. In turn, this may result in issues like high blood pressure, sadness, and anxiety. Children who have experienced physical abuse may sustain minor wounds, including cuts, lacerations, broken bones, or internal bleeding.
Abuse in early life can lead to a variety of mental problems. This effect persists into maturity. PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders like bipolar disorder (BD) or borderline personality disorder (BPD) can all be brought on by childhood trauma. Childhood maltreatment has an impact on a child's cognitive development, which can result in major issues like speech and language abnormalities. They may also develop eating disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and an inability to pay attention in school. These children develop excessive animosity towards others, including friends and family. They feel like they can be attacked at any given time, and this results in them pushing people away who actually care for them. In addition, apathy and sluggishness, insomnia, and sleep apnea can all manifest as common side effects. Infants who have experienced physical abuse are likely to develop long-term health issues, such as neurological damage that shows up as tremors and lethargy, and other cognitive retardation.
Young people may experience social anxiety as adults. These kids may also have an impulse to over-obey authority figures to the point where it becomes detrimental to their own emotional and physical well-being. These children are people-pleasers, to put it simply. They tend to keep other people's needs first and get stuck in a cycle of being misused. These people tend to end up in abusive relationships because their understanding of relationships is warped. They quickly fall in love due to their emotional needs, which usually results in them getting attached to people who can take advantage of their vulnerabilities. Children who experience abuse or neglect develop a dread of intimacy as they grow up and may struggle with trust. Read "Resilience In The Face of Rejection" to find out more about how the abuse affected the author, Laquisha Morrow, and learn how she dealt with its effects.
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