Childhood Trauma

Mother is the first intimate relationship of the child. After the mother, soft toys and clinking and sound making objects sway the child’s attention. A human child is born very weak and doesn’t have coping mechanisms. Research has shown that children take at least 7-9 years to become fully functioning with meta-cognitive abilities. Children before that get fooled by the peek-a-boo trick. That is because in young children, the fact that the object is not visible is not connected to the idea of the existence of the object. Thus, the child giggles and brightens up and he sees his mother or father face again after it is revealed. 

Such is the way in which the inner life of a child is built. Slowly, according to the capacity of the child, the mother unwraps the world that the child will be living in. Children begin to suck the mother’s breasts for milk, then they learn to crawl, speak their first words, stand up and grow further on. At this stage itself, the child’s inner world is being built in accordance and correspondence with the external world. The mother’s fear and stress will be passed down to the child and how the father reacts and manages the mother will be passed on too. A mother that is putting more pressure on a child than his capacity, even if for needed reasons, in case of poverty or disaster or very recently pandemic, is doing an injustice to that child. 

This is how the illness hidden in the genes manifests. The environment puts too much pressure onto the child. It is more than he can tolerate. To cope with it, he acts out. That becomes an addiction.

Addiction is a stage reached after years of pain and trauma. In the core of personality, is the root of the problems. This is why medicines can only do so much. Therapy is how one makes peace with their past. Childhood trauma has to be tackled as we move toward recovery. Having ill parents teaches us ill coping mechanisms. We need to relearn for a wonderful recovery.

Recovery is possible. It can be achieved at any stage. Need is to only choose the best de addiction center in Punjab. It is necessary to change the company where we are living that doesn’t let us stop. When it comes to the rehabilitation centers they make sure about the environment and keep the victims busy in other activities which skip their addiction dosage and will recover soon. They detoxify the body and to remain there for a longer time will help them have a successful recovery time. Family and society matters a lot. When Psychologists analyze the pain of many addicts, most of them have gone through childhood trauma, felt lonely and got into the addiction of drugs and other toxic substance usage. It is highly recommended to parents to keep a good relationship with their children to avoid such cases in future.

The Hermitage Rehab is one of the leading drug detox centers available in Punjab. Located in the holy city Amritsar, the center is offering drug addiction therapy all around Punjab and recovering patients with addiction.