What Are the Effects on Someone Who Has Been Continually Abused by Parents Throughout Their Life?

Question by Kusama Fuyumi: What are the effects on someone who has been continually abused by parents throughout their life?
[rewrite]The mother physically, verbally and mentally abuses. The mother physically abuses less often than she does verbally, and the mental is constant; what I mean by mental is the mother never shows affection, the person doesn’t remember the last time the mother hugged or kissed them or said ‘I love you’. The physical abuse maybe happens every two weeks to a month, I’m not sure, on a few instances the mother has practically beaten the child up so the child has several bruises running down legs and on head. The father is overly protective, quick to anger, treats the child like they’re a three year old when they’re an adolescent, emotionally dependent on the person and a serial emotional blackmailer.

The person knows that abuse is WRONG, that if they ever have kids, they will strive to be the best parent that child/children could possibly have. That person hates the mother, and pities but dislikes the father. That person doesn’t wish to redeem their parents, or even try. This person wishes to move out ASAP and to never have anything to do with the parents, but they cant for another year and a half or so, and even then it would be exceedingly difficult.

What are the psychological effects of this abuse the person will show?
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Answer by LemonLime
Depression, emotionally dependant on either themselves or others, cold towards people, anxiety, violent, Post traumatic stress disorder, disorganised attachment and dissociation are some of the effects the victim could suffer, they may also develop a variety of other psychological issues later in life.

Answer by Jerry
View: http://www.child-abuse-effects.com A previous answer follows, print for the victim: One suggestion is to write a letter, expressing how it has affected your life, and what you would like to see happen about it now, then either post it, unaddressed, or have a ceremony, and burn it safely, in a metal container, and flush the ashes down the toilet, symbolically ending the matter. Hypnosis is merely a heightened state of suggestibility, in which communication with your subconscious mind is facilitated. 85% of people are suggestible, to some degree, so you could preferably seek professional hypnotherapy. If not an option, hypnosisdownloads has ones on overcoming a troubled childhood & escape emotional abuse, and/or asktheinternettherapist.com has one on re-parenting your inner child, and/or instant-hypnosis.com has one on dealing with child abuse. If the above proves insufficient, I suggest that you seek psychotherapy, and a course of EMDR therapy, (* http://your-mental-health.weebly.com/q.html ) would probably reduce the negative emotions associated with your memories of abuse to more acceptable levels – the EMDR to reduce the negative, combined with the other techniques shown may be all you need, enabling you to avoid psychotherapy (open ended; can take years, cost a small fortune, and achieve little, depending on the therapist, and client). Try the relaxation methods at http://www.drcoxconsulting.com/managing-… or http://altmedicine.about.com/cs/mindbody… or www.wikihow.com/Meditate and/or Tai Chi, Qi Gong, or yoga.

Also page L at this site*, where there are several to choose from. Some people are still dismissive of them, but scientific testing has demonstrated conclusively that they increase activity in the left prefrontal cortex, when practised regularly, and will enable you to find a way of being; awareness, without suffering, when you need it, and is a valuable tool for helping you through the worst parts of life. Give the acupressure EFT a good tryout, to see if it helps you. It is free via the searchbar at ** www.mercola.com “EFT” & “EFT therapists”, or www.tapping.com (13 free videos) or, if still available, the free video for PTSD at www.emofree.com Professional EFT is always preferable. – There is a version for use in public places**, (you could claim to have a headache, as you employ the acupressure massage/tapping your temples, but you would then be restricted to subvocalising: saying it to yourself in your mind: “Even though I suffer the aftereffects of child abuse, I deeply and completely accept myself.” ABUSE: See http://www.drdrew.com/ on abuse & http://www.burstingthebubble.com/ & http://www.reachout.com.au/home.asp At the end of therapy, discuss the importance of (sincere) forgiveness; to not do so is to hold onto the hurt, but you may not be ready for this step for some time.

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