In my part of the podcast I will be arguing that Dorian Gray is victim of childhood trauma in the Picture of Dorian Gray. In “Exposure to Interparental Violence and Psychosocial Maladjustment in the Adult Life Course: Advocacy for Early Prevention”, it is argued that what people experience in their childhood impacts their actions and psychological mindset in the future. The article lists various negative outcomes from a study that could occur from interparental violence and says that children exposed to interparental violence “are more likely to exhibit an increased risk of emotional, behavioural, cognitive and social disturbances” (Roustit 563). Dorian displays many of these symptoms and acts impulsively with emotion throughout the story like
