Eden Armstrong
How trauma can affect me later
Washington State Community College
Drew Antill
I believe that a lot of childhood trauma can affect you horribly in the long run. It can
affect your way of viewing relationships and viewing the world. With the research that I have
conducted so far, I have found that people who have experienced childhood trauma are more
prone to adulthood abuse and an unhealthy relationship. They are also way more prone to having
mental illnesses and having a hard time keeping a healthy relationship. They will often find
themselves wondering why a healthy relationship feels so weird to them. They are also more
prone to having multiple different health issues such as heart attack, stroke, obesity, diabetes, and
cancer.
Some of the major topics that I am going to discuss in this essay include but are not
limited to how abuse mentally physically changes a person. How abuse can affect relationships
with future romantic partners and friends. The purpose of this research project is for my
composition II teacher. I chose this topic because I was once completely uneducated about how
bad abuse can affect someone.
I plan to use these two sights for a lot of my information.
Publishing, H. (2019, February 19). Past trauma may haunt your future health. Retrieved
March 14, 2021, from https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/past-trauma-mayhaunt-your-future-health
Fennel, J. (2020, October 12). The lasting effects of childhood trauma. Retrieved March
15, 2021, from https://health.clevelandclinic.org/childhood-traumas-lasting-effects-onmental-and-physical-health/
I chose to use these two sources because they are both from very reputable sights. I am
using this article from Harvard medical because it is new and recent information. It was
published in 2019 and it was edited in February of 2021 so all of the information is new and
accurate. I also chose this website because they have a lot of reputable articles. I really like the
information that this source has. It will help me continue my research on the topic. Here is just a
small chunk out of the whole article. I am using the Cleveland clinic site for the same reasons as
the Harvard medical source.