Childhood Resources on childhood neglect?

[Justmehere]

I'm looking for solid resources on the impact of childhood neglect and it's relationship to PTSD or cPTSD symptoms in adulthood.

I have gone through a lot of other things, overt trauma, but again and again, I keep being told the neglect is a big issue. When I did a specialized program, they made a big deal of it. I keep focusing on the rest of the trauma, but some of what they said it popping back to mind now.

Anyone find any helpful books or other resources online that are helpful for sorting out this type of trauma?

 

[Friday]

If you’ve got a university near you, the Early Childhood Education & Psych departments have some stellar textbooks. I had to do a few of them way back when, but couldn’t remember the titles to save my life / it wasn’t really my area. Neither looked specifically at one disorder, but rather the entire spectrum of possible results and management.

Development Through the Lifespan by Berk, however, I can remember/recommend, but abnormal childhood development is going to be a much smaller piece than the textbooks focused solely on abuse & neglect, or even childhood development overall. Laura E. Berk

As with all things textbook, buying a used copy an edition or two back will cost $20 instead of $100+.

 

[starvingGrad]

Hope you've found some sources by now. This is where I started and what started moving little shreds of childhood memories/medical history in to a bit of sense. It's dated, (1993) but I found some of it useful. https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/neglect_1993.pdf

Also this guy has some great free articles on his website. Pete Walker, M.A. Psychotherapy

For me realizing the patterns of absentee-ism and that all the random little things/times my care givers were not "there" for me (in a multitude of ways) added up to "you can't trust anyone in this world" in my tiny child brain. Vulnerable, powerless, scared, alone. Life was overwhelming as a child and that hyper vigilance /deer in the headlights fight or flight reaction stuck.

 

[Whirlwind]

Old post but interesting topic. Here's another brief overview Developmental impact of child neglect in early childhood - Wikipedia

I think the effects of my neglect were as bad as the rest. In some areas it was worse.

I really detest the idea that I have permanent damage due to them and I'm stuck with it. It may be true but doesn't mean I have to like it.

And it isn't our whole story. Reading this stuff makes me feel bad but it also doesn't always apply. My orbitofrontal cortex survived just fine :-)

Best,

Whirlwind

 

[Tinyflame]

I think it feels hard to see neglect as traumatizing or affecting, because it's not so much " what's " happened or done, but what didn't. Esp too if perhaps others weren't aware.

Not too helpful but I find it less helpful to go back to child development theory as to trace back beliefs in adulthood to childhood (the other way around, to see the link or find the belief that way).

I think the biggest impact is how it contributes to core beliefs or ways of seeing the world (now as an adult, expectations, and value). (JMHO).