How domestic abuse effects a child
Spotting the signs
These are some things that children may do after experiencing or witnessing domestic abuse:
- Become anxious or depressed
- Have difficulty sleeping
- Have nightmares or flashbacks
- Complain of physical symptoms such as tummy aches
- Start to wet their bed
- Have temper tantrums
- Behave as though they are much younger than they are
- Have problems at school, or may start truanting
- Become aggressive
- Internalise their distress and withdraw from other people
- Have a lowered sense of self-worth
- Older children may start to use alcohol or drugs
- Begin to self-harm by taking overdoses or cutting themselves
- Develop an eating disorder
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