Early childhood trauma and neglect profoundly impact how someone navigates their emotional landscape. This is the client who has learned to internalize emotions, has difficulty expressing themselves, they often struggle with emotional intimacy, they may engage in addictive behaviors, when relational conflict arises they blow up or shut down. Their emotional dysregulation results in disconnection and avoidance or an anxious and excessive dependency on others (insecure attachment styles). Ultimately, at the core of this type of trauma is a decreased capacity to sit with, name, express, and cope with difficult emotional experiences.