Childhood Trauma

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The Impacts of Abuse: A lonely child
Yessenia Lopez Barradas
Community College of Aurora

Thesis Individuals who are abused and,or neglected as children are most likely to become violent and, or commit crimes as an adult, unlike a child who was free of childhood trauma.
Introduction
Childhood trauma is classified as traumatic experiences that occur to children between the ages 0-17. The National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children reported that 26% of children in the U.S. witness or have experienced a traumatic event before they turn four years old. Childhood Trauma has become a key element in understanding why individuals act with violence, as explained by the article titled, “Understanding the Experience …show more content…

It is also important to understand that many of the mass murders that occurred today are caused by neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorder or head injury. Children will have different reactions towards abuse depending on their age. gray matter in the lateral region of the prefrontal cortex is responsible for executive functions such as controlling impulses, reasoning, and making decisions. Traumatic stress interferes with the normal death of neurons, development of neural pathways, and with synaptic pruning, leading to emotional, physiological, psychological, and social development issues. Some of these neural circuits are responsible for the ability to cope adaptively in emotional and stressful situations thus affecting the behavior of children under stressful situations. Long terms effects of the brain appear to be most present in individuals who experiences Type III Trauma. Kids will have a harder time learning, speaking and making relationships. I also learned that children who experienced trauma will often be in a state of alert, and loud noises, scents, even another person can bring back the memories of the abuse and will make the individual recall this moment and act out accordingly to how they feel. This may cause someone to be extremely violent, and will take it out on others. Many organized serial killers will target those who remind them of the people that caused harm to them or someone who let the child be abused by another person. The individual will recent these people and will target those who look like them, they may also hurt those people in the same way that they were hurt. The study “Biology, childhood trauma, and murder: Rethinking justice” explains the following: information when we need it to understand new experiences. Traumatic events overwhelm the brain's

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