Statistics have proven that children who suffer abuse as they are growing up become adults with anxiety disorders and suffer from post traumatic stress (PTSD). In a survey of over 4000 people, 82% suffer from some type of anxiety related to childhood abuse. The worse the abuse, the stronger the risk in people to develop this maladies.
Over a quarter of a million Americans will develop PTSD at some point in their lives after being victimized or witnessing violence or other tramatic events. The major categories contributing to this number are surviors of child abuse, and the rates go much higher for war veterans.
These things should tell us that we have to do something to stop child abuse. It is unfair to our children to steal away their innocense in childhood to face the cruelty of abuse and then to be hit with a double whammy of anxiety disorders and PTSD as the aftermath of their survival. Will anyone speak for those who cannot speak for themselves?
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Great posts...the statistics are really sobering.
The statistics are quite sobering - but sometimes I wonder if they're enough. Are the statistics enough to stir people to stop this never ending nightmare?
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I'd like to see more studies that better define abuse. Sometimes I feel that people automatically think of broken bones and injuries when the topic arises. I was physically and psychology abused as a child. My life was never in danger and other than a few bruises there were never any visible signs, but even so my father created an environment of fear and control. My anxiety now that I'm out in the world supporting myself is sometimes crippling and very damaging to personal relationships. I'm just now beginning the process of healing at the age of 26. Everyone that works with children should be trained in how to recognize behavioral signs of abuse, so that both the child and the parent can get the help they need (often times abusive parents were abused themselves).
I'd like to see more studies that better define abuse. Sometimes I feel that people automatically think of broken bones and injuries when the topic arises. I was physically and psychology abused as a child. My life was never in danger and other than a few bruises there were never any visible signs, but even so my father created an environment of fear and control. My anxiety now that I'm out in the world supporting myself is sometimes crippling and very damaging to personal relationships. I'm just now beginning work through it at the age of 26. Everyone that works with children should be trained in how to recognize behavioral signs of abuse, so that both the child and the parent can get the help they need (often times abusive parents were abused themselves).
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