What is the impact of CDV?
CDV impacts people in a number of different ways. One of the most common is that experiencing Childhood Domestic Violence can negatively wire a developing brain, encoding a series of negative beliefs – or LIES – which, if left unchallenged, can last well into adulthood.
Those who believe some or all of these LIES about themselves can face challenges in some or all of 4 key areas of their life –
The impact of Childhood Domestic Violence can be lifelong in terms of physical and mental health problems, such as anxiety, depression, and traumatic stress, difficulty in relationships with others, academic and employment failures, and trouble parenting.
– Dr. Sandra A. Graham-Bermann
Director, Child and Violence Trauma Lab
Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry
University of Michigan
The single best predictor of children becoming either perpetrators or victims of domestic violence later in life is whether or not they grow up in a home where there is domestic violence
– UNICEF
Behind Closed Doors: The Impact
of Domestic Violence on Children
Those who experience CDV are…
But the LIES can be unlearned
The brain can unlearn what was learned in childhood, and each LIE has a corresponding transformative TRUTH.
