Ahmed Helmy to Make a Film on Childhood Trauma

Egyptian actor Ahmed Helmy is preparing for a new film.

In an interview with journalist Mahmoud Saad on the “Sold Out” program, he stated, “I have been working on a film for a while that I will start filming in January. It is a psychological film about childhood complexes and their problems,”.

"In short, it talks about how we think we are normal, however, we have internal problems that we cannot shed light on, so we need to seek help from someone, and just because you do bad things mean you're evil, "

What is childhood trauma and What causes it? 

Childhood trauma can occur when a child witnesses or experiences overwhelming negative events in childhood. 

Many childhood experiences can overwhelm a child. These can occur in relationships such as with abuse, assault, neglect, violence, exploitation, or bullying.

The magnitude of the problem at the global level. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 40 million children aged below 15 years fall victim to violence each year. 

The ensuing traumas vary according to the gravity of the violence and the child's personal experience and can, in the long run, have medical and psychosocial consequences. 

WHO defines violence to children as child maltreatment in all its forms i.e. physical and/or emotional maltreatment, sexual molestation, abandonment or neglect, commercial and other forms of exploitation, causing actual or potential harm to the health of the child, their survival, their development or their dignity in the context of a relation of responsibility, confidence or power.

Child maltreatment is often accompanied by verbal violence which consists in denying children their personality, hurling abusive words at them, or forbidding them to enquire about their rights and/or to carry out their activities. This psychological violence results in discrediting and depriving the child and can cause the child to be misunderstood or delinquent. The ensuing traumas could be medical, causing physical wounds, shock, or serious lesions. They could also be psychiatric, leaving behind emotional memories of a painful event deep-rooted in the brain.