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What if there was no help? No psychiatrist, therapists, meds. Would you pick yourself up and carry on the best you could or would you curl up in a ball and die? What would we do? I guess some would commit suicide but I bet the majority would not. I definitely would have been locked away somewhere for self harm and attempting but there were years I carried on and lived as normal as I could. Not knowing I had a mental health issue. Just assuming I was broken or my personality was wrong.
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When a child’s emotional needs are not met and a child is repeatedly hurt and abused, this deeply and profoundly affects the child’s development. Wanting those unmet childhood needs in adulthood. Looking for safety, protection, being cherished and loved can often be normal unmet needs in childhood, and the survivor searches for these in other adults. This can be where survivors search for mother and father figures. Transference issues in counseling can occur and this is normal for childhood abuse survivors.
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