About

Born in 2008, Elara grew up carrying silent wounds from a past no one saw. Behind her bright smile hid nights filled with fear, loneliness, and broken trust. When the weight of her trauma became too heavy to carry, Elara found herself alone, sitting in front of a door she didn't know how to open - the door to healing. Her past broke her. Her hope rebuilt her. Through tears, shattered dreams, and the broken pieces of her childhood, she faces the hardest battle: choosing to hope. The Traumatized Child is a powerful story of survival, showing how even in the darkest moments, the smallest glimmer of light can lead to peace, strength, and a new beginning.

Chapter 1 FAMILY PRESSURE

Elara once lived a life filled with happiness. Her days were spent laughing with her siblings, racing through fields, and falling asleep to her mother's lullabies. In her early years, she knew only tenderness and warmth. She trusted easily, loved openly, and believed the world was kind. But everything changed when her mother's heart hardened. The gentle hands that once brushed her hair now struck her with violence. Elara, fiercely protective, took the beatings meant for her younger siblings.

With each blow, her innocence shattered a little more, but she never for once hated her mum, she had alot of bruises on her but kept accepting everything.

At school, the pain she carried inside her began to spill out. Elara built a wall no one could climb. She dressed in loose, rough clothes, moving like a shadow between the lockers. She became a tomboy - tough, distant, and always ready to fight. Teachers called her rude; classmates called her dangerous. But no one saw the girl still crying inside, the girl who once loved the world and was now trying desperately to survive it. Fighting became her language, anger her shield. Behind every punch she threw was a silent scream: a desperate attempt to keep herself from breaking completely