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Stress can have a myriad of effects on a person’s life that can include physical and mental problems. For those who have been exposed to a traumatic experience, extreme stress enters the picture and has a lasting effect on the body.
Childhood trauma is widely acknowledged to be connected with adult difficulties. Children of alcoholics sometimes struggle with drinking, and those affected by abuse often require additional prevention measures to keep the trauma from affecting another generation of children.
Alcohol may play a larger role in traumatic events than previously suspected. According to a recent Science Daily report, individuals who have consumed a moderate amount of alcohol before a traumatic event tend to report more flashbacks than those who have had no alcohol. Those who drank a large amount of alcohol before such events did not report an increase in the number of flashbacks.
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