Tag: adversity
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Depression Is “A Normal Brain Responding to Stress or Adversity”
Actual title of the article, quoting the main author of the Nature op-ed. There has been a…
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Childhood stress causes muscle dysfunction in adulthood by damaging oxidative metabolism
Yet another study demonstrating that many mysterious, and sometimes severe/fatal (e.g. ALS) muscle-related conditions may be not…
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Childhood stress / deprivation leads to early puberty / aging
The evidence that adult health problems have their roots in childhood or even prenatally continues to accumulate….
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The government knows stress causes “learned helplessness” / depression
I have had discussions with numerous psychiatrists about the concept of “learned helplessness” (LH) and its relation…
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Chronic stress (adversity) lowers dopamine and causes mental illness
The evidence for the role of chronic stress in virtually every health condition doctors have a name…