Giving Compass' Take:

• GOOD Magazine reports on 20 personal stories people have had from childhood emotional abuse that extended into adolescence and adulthood — affecting self-image, worldview and relationships.

• How can we push for more data on childhood emotional abuse to inform early childhood programs? 

• Here's an article on how childhood trauma can affect mental and physical health into adulthood.

It’s been said before that childhood emotional abuse is “invisible” because it doesn’t leave physical traces. But what we may not realize is experiencing emotional abuse growing up can have a lasting impact on an individual — and we need to talk about it.

Our partners at The Mighty wanted to know what effects childhood emotional abuse could have on a person, so they asked their mental health community to share things they didn’t realize they were doing because of emotional abuse they experienced growing up.

Here's what they shared:

  1.  “Apologizing for other people’s behavior, making excuses for them or trying to build a logical reason for why they behave the way they do. I take blame for things that aren’t my fault. My parents would ridicule me and it’s left me with a severe social anxiety where I’m actually scared of people. I have an irrational fear of people staring or judging me. The worst thing for me is being embarrassed. I was bullied so much at home that being embarrassed in front of someone can eat me up inside for days, weeks, months. I have zero confidence in myself.” — Josephine J.

Read the full article about 20 things you didn't realize you were doing because of childhood emotional abuse by Juliette Virzi at GOOD Magazine.