Can you reverse a bad child hood?

[jennifer_bloom]

My parents never watched me properly when I was a kid and I would constantly injure myself due to not being guarded by my parents. I have memories of being burned multiple times cause nobody was around to babysit me when I was close to a fire, I have memories of getting wounds where I needed stitches, I have memories of banging my head many times and getting bumps on my head. And I have memories of daily verbal abuse by my mom when my dad was away in Canada and trying to get us to join him with immigration papers. I’ve been anti social in the sense that I don’t feel like I’m part of the team but I’m also very brave and bold.

[love_conquers_lust]

I got stitches on my eyebrow, split my lip open, burnt my fingers on a sparkler, stepped on glass and bled profusely, broke my finger, separated my shoulder, sprained both my knees, got knocked out, racked myself on a swingset, hit my head on asphalt, got a disgusting infection in my foot because of an open wound I didn’t allow to heal, felt like I disemboweled myself after trying to throw a ball too soon after surgery.

I don’t blame my parents for all these ails. They can’t be everywhere at once. Just a kid trying to have fun. They did their best with the time they had and they gave me the freedom to pursue my own happiness.

[Oigit]

Best thing you can do is get therapy. I had a extremely screwed up childhood with the main highlight being kidnapped and molested. That and other events caused me to carry around of mental and emotional trauma for years. I knew it was negatively effecting me in many ways. But tell I got some serious therapy and worked through it, I didn't realize how bad it was effecting me. After committing to going through the processes of dealing with it via therapy, I just wish I did it a hell of a lot sooner then I did. Because my unwillingness to get help with my issues cost me a lot over the years.

[MemeSupreme]

you can't take away the pain from the traumas of your childhood, but you can help put a bandaid on it with therapy and genuinely making an effort to change bad habits that impact your mental state.

for me i made the effort to get better coping methods, try to improve my reaction to things, and just not surround myself with people who were negative. it's not like it made all my issues go away and made me happy, but made dealing with life easier.

[LazerBean]

You cannot change the past, but a grown adult is fully capable of making their own choices.

[clampfan101]

You can’t change the past, but you can have control of the future.

[legalboxers]

I was tormented.. at school.. and when I came home the same...

[AsaKyo]

You can't. What's done is done.

[LemiaOfThunder]

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