Christina Aguilera reflects on growing up in an abusive home: ‘Trauma never leaves you’

Christina Aguilera opened up about her difficult childhood and how the turbulent years helped her through her journey into motherhood. The singer explained about early warning signs that she was in a less than safe environment during a recent appearance on the podcast. call her daddyin Alex Cooper (via Rolling Stone USA).

Still on the family reality that lived at the time, Aguilera comments that “I still feel affected by it,” and mentions that this type of trauma never leaves people, “you just find ways to try to heal it.”

Shelly Fidler It is Fausto Aguilerathe singer’s parents, divorced when she was six years old, after her mother suffered repeated physical attacks by her father, who suffered from sleep disorders. Shellyhowever, demonstrated to be unhappy in the marriage when taking christina and the sister Rachel on overnight tours between Pennsylvania and New Jersey – shortly after discussions with Faust.

There were some comings and goings. There’s always the tug of like, ‘I’ll never do that again’. There is small talk involved. There’s a lot of shame too in asking, ‘Well, why don’t you just go away?’ It’s much more complicated than that.”

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Aguilera still vents about the feeling of impotence in situations of violence against women, since, not always, “when you call the authorities, you don’t get the help you need – and then the door closes and you’re with your abuser again.”

It’s very important to try and research everything you can, talk to people you can trust and really try to get out of the situation. Because at worst, you won’t live to tell the story about it.”

Speaking out against abuse and domestic violence helped Aguilera on her healing journey, which she said can be marked by complex feelings of anger before giving way to release. “It takes a long time for a woman to let go of those situations too, and my heart aches that some of them don’t.”

Even now, the star of “Your Body” admitted that the smallest things, like certain movie scenes, can trigger a traumatic response in her. The lingering impact also made her deeply protective of her own two children, particularly her daughter.

“It’s a mental breakdown of self-esteem. You start to believe someone else’s narrative and verbal abuse towards you, and self-esteem is something that can break easily even for the most powerful executive. It doesn’t matter what you do,” she explained. “We can go onstage and have these grandiose personas, but all you have to do is believe someone’s negative narrative about you. That’s why I’m so adamant with my daughter…thinking things like ‘the first time someone hits you, the first time someone makes you feel bad about yourself’”.

listen to the episode call her daddyin Alex Cooperwith the participation of Christina Aguilera in full below: