What’s it like for an abused child who has never experienced love and carries years of trauma and high anxiety into all relationships and every life problem. Punishment for trauma triggered behavior is normal. Children get used to this in school, often expelled and not fitting in with peers. This morphs into self-doubt and hate and then into serious behavior problems, crime, and courts.
What’s it like for child that grows up in a violent, dysfunctional home with substance abuse minimal or nonexistent parenting or even a sense of safety. Many of this CASA Guardian ad Litem’s caseload children child never had a decent meal at home, had to be reliant on school lunch and struggling to find money to afford a meal every day.
Think about being locked in this place as this child,
with no one to help,
and no escape from bad things almost every day.
At a very young age I became the caretaker for my younger brother and sisters, trying to meet their basic needs while I was being hit, kept hungry, demeaned and lied about (for years). Think about being locked away as a child, with no one to help, and no escape.
Finally removed from the home forever but not healed. The invisible scars I carry remain. Life with these painful childhood memories, triggering behaviors, and bad habits in this world is terribly difficult to manage. Healing from a broken past is difficult.
No more punishment please.
This edited post from a KARA student volunteer who asked to remain anonymous.
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This article submitted by CASA volunteer Mike Tikkanen
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