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Trauma is life sentence...

![divider-7551966_1280.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmW1KuBDzdVQegxuQTTcSYG7RVr56sTquThCzatu51ro7J/divider-7551966_1280.png) 4 year old Gobe has no fun Without its Childhood a Child has No Life ![divider-7551966_1280.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmW1KuBDzdVQegxuQTTcSYG7RVr56sTquThCzatu51ro7J/divider-7551966_1280.png)

**Anyone who reads the words above**, the slogan on one of the 'Terre des Homes' posters out of a series from almost 30 years ago, knows enough. Trauma _is_ written all over (in Dutch we say written on the forehead). If it comes to the slogan I like to state that without a childhood, not only a child but also an adult has no life. >There's no need to discuss what trauma is because we all know it is a major experience infecting one's personal life and the only solution is to find a way to live with it. **For one child a trauma is a bicycle accident**, for another, it is a near drowning, while the next child is sexually abused for years by their step father or football coach and another survives a concentration camp. Interestingly enough, the average adult does _not_ speak out when it comes to traumas which almost everyone experiences. Instead, bullying at school, lack of food, bad hygiene or being hit by a father is mentioned. These examples can certainly cause trauma, but more often it doesn't. >What is drastic enough not to process, even so much that it affects 'normal' functioning and behaviour and has far-reaching consequences for one's well-being, is referred to as trauma. ![pdf_ffc1e3a6-d80f-11e3-9537-bc18acdf5c64.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmSodhYp2vacczPVrjwRj1CCx293ucfRDrZzPr6WW4HiiA/pdf_ffc1e3a6-d80f-11e3-9537-bc18acdf5c64.jpg) _{[source](https://www.lastdodo.com/en/items/955003-b000616-terre-des-hommes-gobe-van-vier-heeft-geen-plezier)} _{The poster above I saw at a bus stop nearly 29 years ago. It stroke me and I thought: this is me. I made phone calls and travelled over 2.5 hours to get one for free. For years it was in my home and reminded me of how my life once had been. For sure Gobe was not the only child without a childhood, there are many more even next door but no one cares about them. No one cared about me.
That hurt child still lives inside of me but it today it has a voice and is cherished but seeing this picture makes me cry again.} _{NOTE: The drawing is made by **Dick Bruna** the children's bookwriter.}

**Is trauma recognised?** I doubt it. The average person, including parents, teachers and doctors, is too busy with himself and prefers to pretend that everything is fine. It's easier this way and 'no one' will be hurt. Pretending that nothing bad happened is not only what adults do but children too. This works well for some, while others go from one care provider to another who, unfortunately, rarely offers a solution. >Sometimes talking helps and sometimes it does not. Time is needed to 'get over' a trauma. Some need 10 years others might need 100 years or three life times. It depends on the person, the child x adult, what provides solace. **I don't believe real trauma can be forgotten**. By forgotten I mean erased from memory, the DNA. The mind remembers everything no matter how deeply buried it is and the body, just like the mind, responds to this. This can be conscious, but it is often unconscious. Accepting what happened is important, seeing this as a life experience and part of yourself is quite a job but necessary. This process will not be resolved within a few weeks but might take a lifetime. >The world is full of aggression, and violence and in societies where it was rare, it is increasing drastically. The problem of trauma in children will never be solved, nor will it be the case with women, soldiers, war victims and victims of crime. **I'm not worried about what childhood trauma will do to children, but** what it will do to all those children who have grown up, adults who experienced trauma and can't control/help themselves and harm others which can be each one of us. If I think about it there isn't one generation raised without or infected by war.
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