Repeated exposure to violence impacts brain development. A child’s developing brain soaks up everything the child experiences, good or bad. Here’s a video that was put together by the Attorney General’s Office of the California Department of Justice.
Please be advised that this video contains interviews with survivors, and includes some re-enactments that, depending on your personal situation/history, could trigger some intense reactions or anxiety. Be careful. If you start to feel yourself triggering or spinning up, press pause and allow yourself time to re-center, and resume the video later.
//twd