Emphasizing feelings of unwantedness, years of childhood trauma leads to a never ending state of depression and the inability to fully express emotions and cope establishing the large impact of an individual’s childhood on their mental health. Creating a sense of undesirability, trauma experienced in one’s younger years is a catalyst for depression in adulthood. Developed early on, an individual’s self worth is began to be understood in the first few years of life. Those who are not given the needed love and attention deem themselves unworthy, a feeling that lasts for a lifetime. Like physical baggage, the weight and emotions from childhood trauma are impossible to get rid of (Source A). Metaphorically depicting the weight of childhood trauma, …show more content…
Equally as important, those who are physically abused believe that the abuse that they received is due to something they have done, again generating feelings of unwantedness. According to Truman Capote, author of In Cold Blood, childhood trauma is continuous, seen in his character Perry whose adult life was destroyed by his traumatic childhood. Capote’s portrayal of the impact of childhood trauma in adulthood shows that a false sense of worth leads to a dark path of depression. Even further, individuals are forced to forever see themselves as their childhood abuser perceived them. Refusing to allow their abuser to define them, some individuals …show more content…
Individuals who are traumatized during their childhood have great difficulty expressing themselves as they never learned how to. Continuing on into adulthood, victims of childhood trauma still lack the skills needed to properly communicate leading to frustration, and eventually depression. Anastasia Rowland-Seymour, a psychiatrist, revealed in a study that many of her patients who were traumatized as children had great difficulty expressing their feelings. Rowland-Seymour’s studies perfectly demonstrates how childhood trauma is directly linked to lack of communication skills, and further linked to adulthood depression. Similarly, those who cannot express themselves may turn to violence, and their consequences will trigger a tragic depression. These individuals may perceive their violence as the only way they can communicate. “When the B.B. gun was behind the chair my brother was sitting in, I grabbed it & held it to my brother’s ear & hollered BANG!” (Source H). Perry’s exemplification of unnecessary violence, explains how lack of communication skills due to trauma experienced in childhood is harmful. Furthering the damage, the violent acts committed will lead to guilt and pain which develops into a dark depression. While many are unable to express themselves after childhood trauma, some are able to escape the seemingly inevitable path and