19. Part 1: "Hold Yourself Accountable For The Energy In Your Marriage/Family AND Childhood Trauma, How it Affects & Alters Someone’s Overall Development In Life Completely"

Deep Thoughts W/The Dixons

Welcome to another brand new episode Deep Thoughts listeners! So glad to have you back & for those of you new to our show welcome! The lifestyle tip this week is MAJOR and based on some real life observations both Nina & Brian have made.

This week's main topic was suggested by a dear friend & listener of the podcast. It definitely took Nina down a rabbit hole of emotions while researching and also taught both Brian & Nina a lot. Although it is a very serious and semi dark topic, both Nina & Brian have made the effort to help their audience see the positive or see the good in something traumatic their audience members may have experienced.

This segment will be broken down into three parts to help us stay on track as we move through this topic with you guys.

1. Childhood trauma, what is it?
   
2. How it Affects & Alters Someone’s Overall Development In Life Completely
   
3. and How to Overcome The Stigma of Becoming A Victim Of Your Past (in part 2 of this episode)

Childhood Trauma:

Definition: trauma results from an event, series of events, or set of circumstances that is experienced by an individual as physically or emotionally harmful or threatening and that can have lasting adverse effects on the individual’s functioning and physical, social, emotional well-being.

There are three main types of trauma: acute, chronic, or complex.

• Acute trauma results from a single incident.
  
• Chronic trauma is repeated and prolonged such as domestic violence or abuse.
  
• Complex trauma is exposure to varied and multiple traumatic events, often of an invasive, interpersonal nature.

EXAMPLES OF TRAUMA:

Early childhood trauma generally refers to the traumatic experiences that occur to children ages 0-6. Children can experience various types of trauma including:

• Natural disasters
  
• Sexual Abuse
  
• Physical Abuse
  
• Domestic Violence
  
• Medical Injury, illness, or procedures
  
• Community violence
  
• Neglect, deprivation
  
• Traumatic grief
  
• Victim of crime
  
• Kidnapping
  
• Accidents
  
• School violence
  
• Loss
  

In fact, nearly any event can be considered traumatic to a child if:

1. It happened unexpectedly
   
2. It happened repeatedly
   
3. Someone was intentionally cruel
   
4. The child was unprepared for it

Listen to the full episode to learn how all this affects one's overall development in life.

Books:

1. Never Play Dead by Tomi Lahern
2. How To recognize & Overcome Victim Mentality by Donna Lively

Quote: "You have power over your mind —​ not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."