What is childhood trauma?

Childhood trauma is an event, situation, or environment you experienced as a child that left you feeling vulnerable and like you couldn’t count on the world or other people to keep you safe.

Can ASPD be treated?

There is no set treatment for ASPD. Therapies such as medication or psychotherapy may help control specific behaviors, though. Studies suggest that symptoms of ASPD are worst around ages 24 to 44, then tend to improve after age 45.

What disorders can childhood trauma cause?

Effects of childhood trauma

• Anxiety.
• Cancer.
• Depression.
• Diabetes.
• Heart problems.
• Obesity.
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
• Stroke.

Is there a connection between childhood trauma and OCD?

Dealing with your trauma through therapy is one thing, but outside the context of a comprehensive program, you probably won’t get far. Insight is necessary, but to truly address your childhood trauma and its link to your OCD, a combination of treatment modalities is ideal.

What is the difference between OCD and PTSD?

The difference between OCD and PTSD is that the PTSD symptoms will and can probably go away on their own as the trauma eases itself out of the person’s life. Many years after a robbery, a person may have calmed with the checking of doors and locks. However, a person with OCD would still be checking them.

Is childhood trauma a complex developmental disorder?

On many levels, childhood trauma can be regarded as “an environmentally induced complex developmental disorder”[13]. Exposure to a traumatic event or series of chronic traumatic events (e.g., child maltreatment) activates the body’s biological stress response systems [21-23].

What is developmental Traumatology and why does it matter?

Developmental traumatology, the systemic investigation of the psychiatric and psychobiological effects of chronic overwhelming stress on the developing child, provides a framework and principles when empirically examining the neurobiological effects of pediatric trauma.