Mustard Seed Counseling Blog

  How Childhood Trauma Shows Up in Adult Relationships   and How to Address It Connecting the Past to the Present Have you ever found yourself reacting strongly to something your partner says or does—and afterward, you wonder, “Where did that come from?” Maybe it was a tone of voice, a forgotten chore, or a moment of emotional distance that triggered a reaction that felt bigger than the situation itself. If so, you're not alone—and you might be brushing up against something deeper than just the present moment. Many of us carry invisible wounds from childhood - traumas - that quietly shape and impact the way we engage and relate in adult relationships. This is especially true when those early years were marked by trauma—whether big, obvious events like abuse or neglect, or more subtle wounds like emotional invalidation, inconsistent parenting, or being forced to grow up too fast.  For many of us, these emotional wounds were fairly inconsequential, or so we thought...