{"id":4185,"date":"2016-03-14T07:19:53","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T14:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/?p=4185"},"modified":"2020-12-20T12:55:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T20:55:00","slug":"link-childhood-trauma-affects-adult-relationships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2016\/03\/14\/link-childhood-trauma-affects-adult-relationships\/","title":{"rendered":"Link &#8211; How Childhood Trauma Affects Adult Relationships"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2487,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2015\\\/10\\\/19\\\/abuse-disrupts-the-normal-development-cycle&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20240625214732\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2015\\\/10\\\/19\\\/abuse-disrupts-the-normal-development-cycle\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-02 13:51:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-17 12:00:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-28 04:31:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-07 05:47:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-24 19:48:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-13 03:10:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-19 20:36:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 14:05:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-10 14:10:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-10 14:10:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Childhood experiences are crucial to our emotional development. Our parents, who are our primary attachment figures, play an important role in how we experience the world because they lay the foundation of what the world is going to look like for us. Is it a safe place to explore and take emotional risks? Are all people out to hurt us and therefore untrustworthy? Can we lean on important people in our lives to support us in times of emotional need?&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/wordpress\/2015\/10\/19\/abuse-disrupts-the-normal-development-cycle\/\">I&#8217;ve written about this in the past as well<\/a>. 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