Complex Childhood Trauma

Childhood stuff can carry over into adulthood.

There comes a time in people’s lives when they must deal with their childhood stuff. You know what I am talking about – the pains, hurts, injustices, and humiliations of our past.

Some of us have more stuff to deal with than others – divorce, alcoholic or addicted parent(s), neglect, abuse, narcissistic parent, mentally ill parent, bullying in school, peer ostracization, mistreatment from siblings or step-siblings, and the list can go on.

This stuff leaves its scars. You may not recognize it as such, but it can show up as low self-esteem, perfectionism, a history of bad relationships, addictions, feelings of never being good enough, feelings of being a failure, a chronically short temper, an over-sensitivity to criticism, frequent emotional over-reactions, or just day-to-day drama.

You may feel that you don’t have to deal with it. It was in the past. Why bring it up? Things are fine. You have a family, your career is promising, and your marriage is good enough. Why rock the boat?

You may be right – But.

Maybe things are fine, but sometimes, though, stuff happens. Current events can trigger past events, and then you have a lot of things to deal with.

And a lot of stuff gets messy fast.

When your stuff starts interacting with other people’s stuff, it creates different stuff. If left unchecked, it becomes the stuff of your nightmares.

There is a choice.

You can work on your past stuff so that it doesn’t explode into your current stuff, and you end up with much less stuff to deal with. Working on past stuff will make current stuff much less stuffy.

The alternative is to ignore your stuff, and let it deal with you repeatedly for years.

It is your choice. If you are ready to deal with your stuff, I can help. I am good at stuff.

Contact me for a free 20-minute consultation.