Adult Children of Parental Addiction: Trauma and Healing
Adult Children of Parental Addiction (ACAs) were young children of parental addiction who have not received healing, so the developmental trauma effects last through the lifespan. Presentations are specific due to trauma and chronic stress from chaos, abuse, neglect, violence, uncertainty, and relationship dysfunction. Survival roles and defenses can be passed down intergenerationally.
Childhood safety skills can appear as confounding adult behaviors affecting relationships, such as traumatic bonding, emotional constriction, cycles of re-enactment, and unresolved grief. Effects are further complicated in families with poverty, racism, incarceration, gender bias, and other forms of discrimination. This is a quietly marginalized and invisibly stigmatized population. Identifying resiliencies and accessing strengths offers a new perspective on self and a solid foundation to build from in the healing process.
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