How To Overcome Childhood Trauma So It Doesn't Have A Bad Effect For Life

Trauma illustration (Unsplash/Victoria Volkova)

YOGYAKARTA The psychological trauma experienced by a person as a child can actually have an impact on a person's personality until he is an adult. Therefore psychological trauma in the past is recommended to be addressed immediately. Then, how to deal with childhood trauma?

Quoted from AI Care, childhood trauma in psychology is classified in the study of Theverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACE'a) which is serious. When childhood, trauma can be in the form of many things ranging from loss, violence, harassment, lack of affection, and many more.

Trauma that occurs in childhood can have a bad impact and even the effects of mental disorders can be felt for life. The way to deal with these traumas is as follows, according to Andrea Brandt, Ph.D, marriage and family therapist in the US, quoted from the official website of the Ministry of Health.

If you have childhood trauma and start disturbing at an adult age, try to overcome it by focusing on yourself. You can find a place to be calm as well as comfortable and start calming yourself down.

Also do meditation by sitting quietly and taking a deep breath. Focus on your presence and feel the energy in your body.

After calm down, try remembering events that trigger your trauma. When the image appears, try a body reaction that appears whether you have a headache, shortness of breath, and so on. After the appearance of the sensation occurs, explain your feelings for yourself as if you are talking to yourself. Have a conversation with yourself in your heart.

Once you feel the emotions and sensations that arise due to memory of trauma, try to say in the heart what feelings appear in the heart. This step is taken to understand yourself.

Try to make peace and accept all the sensations that arise when your trauma arises. Tell yourself that you accept emotions that arise when trauma occurs. This is done so that you love yourself.

Focus on all the emotions and sensations that arise and are felt. Feel well and don't hold back and even hide the feelings that arise within you. This is done so that these feelings don't explode one day.

You are advised to tell stories with other people to let go of the existing burden. Tell all your feelings related to past trauma, but try to stay careful choosing people who are listeners. You can also tell all to professionals like psychologists.

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