Child Abuse Recovery.

Sexual, physical, and emotional child abuse can have a very profound effect on our emotional and physical well-being as adults. These effects can be difficult to change because we are so use to practicing life with the various beliefs and coping responses that we subconsciously developed perhaps many years ago. Childhood abuse sends our system into a state of shock which can be triggered by related (even vaguely) stimuli later in life.

Child abuse Self-assessment: here is the self-assessment found in our Free Ebook "The 10 Pillars of Health and Happiness"

1. I dont feel any lasting effects of the childhood abuse I suffered.
2. I have let go of resentment towards the people who abused me.
3. I feel good about myself and do not let what happened affect how I view myself.
4. I take good care of myself and do not let people abuse or take advantage of me today.
5. I choose relationship partners who treat me with respect.
6. I am able to trust and feel safe with people.
7. I treat myself as well or better than anyone else in my life.
8. Where possible I have spoken with my abuser(s) and given that part of me that was abused a powerful voice.
9. I feel like an adult even when I am experiencing strong emotions.
10. I don't put myself in unsafe situations.

The degree to which child abuse affects people is not necessarily determined by the intensity of the abuse, but usually by the way the abuse was handled by the adults in the child's life, and the corresponding beliefs that the child adopted based on the events. Some of the more common effects of childhood abuse are listed below:

Poor self-esteem
Inability to function well in intimate relationships
Hyperreactivity
Chronic fear
Addictions, including addictions to food, people, and trauma
Eating disorders
Endometriosis and ovarian cysts
Inability to determine wants and needs
Excessive people pleasing
Aggression and criminal behavior
Attention deficit disorder

Though this is not an exhaustive list, if you experience any of these, chances are you experienced some kind of verbal, physical, or sexual child abuse.

The program in our free Ebook is designed to help you overcome the behavioral and belief patterns that were developed as a result of the childhood abuse, which now create symptoms in your life. Remember many of these patterns may be out of your conscious awareness and require a commitment to self-examination and willingness to learn new ways of thinking and acting.

Tips for Overcoming Effects of Child Abuse:

1. Acknowledge that you were abused but do not blame the abuse for the problems in your life today.
While it is important that you do not deny the fact that you experienced abuse, remember that it is no longer happening (if it is remove yourself from it immediately), and that what you are experiencing today are the chosen thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors that were learned from the abuse. This is important because you have a choice about how you think and behave, but you cannot change the past.

2. Make a written list of all the thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors that you have developed since the abuse.
This will be very difficult because you are probably not completely aware of what you learned from the abuse. However, you probably can get in touch with these things with some effort. One way to determine what your beliefs are is to get an idea of the repetitive results that you are getting in your life. For example, if you keep getting into abusive relationships as an adult, you may have the belief that you deserve it, or that love hurts. The most important of these beliefs are the ones you have about yourself. It is common for abuse victims to believe that they are worthless, dirty, weak, stupid, bad, and destined to misery. These beliefs will inevitably determine the choices you make and the behaviors you practice.

Behaviors that childhood abuse can contribute to are protective behaviors such as not trusting, hurting others before they have a chance to hurt you, over-reacting to innocent events, being hyper-vigilant to others motives, self-criticism, and self-mutilation. Ask yourself honestly what you learned to think and believe, and how you try to protect yourself based on the abuse you experienced. You will likely find that these are things you learned and not a part of who you really are or how you want to be. more...

childhood abuse recovery

Child abuse Self-assessment: here is the self-assessment found in our Free Ebook "The 10 Pillars of Health and Happiness"

Tips for Overcoming Effects of Child Abuse:

You may also want to look at sections on help for depression, anxiety relief, self-esteem and anger management .

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