Can childhood trauma affect ines one's relationship?

[Anonymous]

By March I'd have been dating my boyfriend for 2 years. It's been great in the first year but this second half has be crazy. I constantly look up to my boyfriend for validation. I apologise for things whether I was wrong or right. I always seek my boyfriend opinion over everything I do, it almost like I'm not my own person. I tell him of all I do. I cry to him always and look up to him for emotional and mental help. I felt at some point I should take a break from him to help myself but I dont know. I really wanna be my own person. Do I have a problem and should seek therapy or its ok to be like this?

[GreenLanternI0I]

Can a childhood trauma effect relationship? Absolutely. Not only it can, it DOES. Look at all the broken families and people around the world, look at all the murderers, rapists and people who torture other people for fun. I can bet you $10,000 at some point in life, 90% of all these type of people either witnessed a murder or experienced brutal attacks from their family members, friends or some outside force themselves. Same goes for rapists, they also either were sexually abused by their family members, friends or some outside force. Most humans are not born evil and sadistic, this world makes them this way through horrible life experiences.

[Asker]

True. Thanks