Connection of abuse and adverse life experiences in childhood with psychopathy

A child is born with a pure heart, clear mind and no negative energy. When that child grows in a particular environment, he/she starts to absorb the energy, emotions, feelings, behavior and attitude of that environment.

so, a child grows like an alien, wherever environment that child is; they become like that through silent learning, observation and imitation. So, it is parent or caretaker’s responsibility what picture to draw on a blank sheet of paper; in the blank mind of a child.

• What word we are using to a child…
• How we deal with problems in front of that child…
• How we react to the mistake of a child…
• How we treat other family members in the family…
• What abuses a child goes through in his/her early childhood…
• How family treats neighbors/their pet/their job and other people…

These all actions effect the psychology of a child.

You might observed one common thing in history of all psychopaths/serial killers— “They all have a history of abuse or adverse life experiences in their childhood. Some went through sexual abuse, some through extreme physical abuse, some through mental abuse, some got extreme neglected in their childhood etc.“

A research source: A Behavior Sequence Analysis of Serial Killers’ Lives: From Childhood Abuse to Methods of Murder (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7144278/)

Don’t forget, a child is always doing silent learning, observation and imitating actions and attitudes of the their caretaker. So, it is very important to create an environment where parents show the honest positive behavior, optimistic mindset, learning by doing etc.

Example – You might have observed one of these examples of child imitation in your life…

1. A kid throwing school uniform and shoes after returning from the school –> Parents might be doing the same thing after returning back from the office.
2. People beating their kids and spouse —> In childhood, seeing a mother getting beaten by their father changes the definition of physical violence as a negligible action in that child’s mindset, which ultimately comes out as rage in adult age.
3. Some adults hurting others physically and enjoying it —> Parents or relatives might have hurt a kid in his/her childhood regularly and never show any empathy to that kid. This mental and physical torture can make that kid feel numb towards any physical torture in the future and might enjoy seeing it

A planned parenting with support from both parents can bring a very positive outcome in a child. Violence, torture, trauma, inside and outside the family can change the course of that positive outcome in child.

Plan it, protect it and share happiness and knowledge.

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