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Early-life unpredictability is linked to adverse neuropsychiatric outcomes in adulthood
Psy Post ^ | September 27, 2022 | Emily Manis

Posted on 09/27/2022 9:58:24 AM PDT by BenLurkin

It is human nature to want stability, but what happens when those needs are not met in childhood?

Our experiences as children are monumentally important regarding our outcomes in later life. Early-life is an especially formative time due to the brain’s rapid development. Many factors can adversely affect brain development, including poverty, abuse, trauma, malnutrition, neglect, and more. These conditions are risk factors not only for stunted brain development, but also for negative mental health outcomes in adulthood...

Another key factor to consider is fragmentation or unpredictability. This has been shown to have adverse outcomes, even when there is no known trauma. The new study sought to understand how negative effects of early-life instability may contribute to symptoms of people at psychiatric risk.

Additionally, for people with childhood trauma, early-life instability was related to worsened PTSD symptoms, as well as greater symptoms of depression, anxiety, and anhedonia.

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1 posted on 09/27/2022 9:58:24 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

This is why you don’t take kids to drag shows.


2 posted on 09/27/2022 10:04:50 AM PDT by packagingguy
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To: packagingguy

I was just thinking that! Yes. Way to mess up a kids mind. What is wrong with those parents?!


3 posted on 09/27/2022 10:13:45 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: BenLurkin

unpredictability and neuropsychiatric

Please explain. My dictionary stopped giving definitions at words with 12 letters.


4 posted on 09/27/2022 10:22:27 AM PDT by antidemoncrat (.)
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To: BenLurkin

Yep. LGBTQ+ comes from trauma.


5 posted on 09/27/2022 10:25:59 AM PDT by viewfromthefrontier
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To: packagingguy
True, but this is about the kids with no father figures, abused and neglected children and those like myself never knowing what sort of foster family comes next. The last one caught up on the abuse quota big time so I thanked God for the state orphanage when I got there.

Horribly ironic that PC thinking has eliminated those refuges in favor of...foster families. All those psychological maladies can be overcome but never totally eradicated. Keeps me mindful to stay positive and count the blessings.

6 posted on 09/28/2022 9:39:19 AM PDT by MikelTackNailer
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