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- SAEJO, on 01/27/2009, -1/+12I thought this was obvious after watching one episode of the Jerry Springer show.
- MaxMWood, on 01/28/2009, -0/+4What about stressful experiences from computer games? Like dieing a lot, does that count?
- X9001, on 01/28/2009, -0/+4Oh yeah this ***** leaves loooong lasting baggage. Hell I'm willing to wagger that most "adult" problems stem from early childhood problems
- m00n1, on 01/28/2009, -2/+5So, wait, when bad stuff happens to little kids, it affects them in later life? Wow! I'm so glad we have modern science to tell us these things.
- diggadigga, on 01/28/2009, -0/+3The central nervous system operates in two different modes, one while relaxed, and another while anxious, stressed, shocked, ect. The body was only meant to operate in the stressed conditions for a short amount of time (face a lion or something), so operating in the mode chronically can do some bad things.
- quarkde, on 01/28/2009, -0/+3I remember watching an interesting program on National Geographic in which it was shown that pigs who are weaned (taken away from their mother's milk diet) too early become stressful later on in life and their personalities are usually changed forever. Apparently the Hypocampus (small part of their brain) get's "bathed" in chemicals when the pigs are initially stressed when weaned too early. The point was that since pigs are so similar to humans, the effects of stress can be very similar and permanent in humans too.
- cmost, on 01/28/2009, -0/+1Duh! Obviously!!
- NoozeHound, on 01/28/2009, -2/+3Hmm... 106 diggs, front -page, 4 comments.
- importfr87, on 01/28/2009, -1/+2Interesting that this would make front page.
- inactive, on 01/28/2009, -0/+1Thank you Captain Obvious!
- Endit, on 01/29/2009, -0/+1"I've never confirmed that story"
- inactive, on 01/28/2009, -0/+1in yoga you learn to release the way you carry your body
and often when you do, somehow emotional residue from stuff gets released along with it
so much of the way my body tends to fall is how i would have stood when savaged in sixth grade...deflated, armored, weary, withdrawn, hurt...and when you stand that way, you tend to feel that way...
in practice, even if you're warned, you can find yourself just breaking into sobs, for no apparent reason... - jahfreeka, on 01/28/2009, -0/+1Again, what is obvious to you is not so obvious to others. Anecdotal tales of how childhood stress ruined the future of one person can be easily countered with anecdotal tales of how it strengthened the future of a different person. Science seeks to objectively quantify things so that we have something other than anecdotes to inform policy decisions.
Moreover, this study was concerned with the effect of childhood stress on adult immune systems. Was it really that obvious before this study was reported that early childhood stress could be a factor in determining how the adult immune system functions - even when the child had long been removed from that stressful circumstance?
It's long been obvious to me that the bad things that happen to kids can affect them their whole lives. Yet, I never once considered that it would affect their immune systems.
Given the prevalence and mystery of immune system disorders, this information might actually be useful in ways you have yet to perceive.
One question I'd like science to answer: why do so many of the folks who post comments on the internet feel the need to be so snarky?
Oh wait....I already know! - jahfreeka, on 01/28/2009, -0/+1Yeah, me too! Because though it seems obvious to folks like you, I've met a lot of people who believe that when a person turns 18 they can just magically remake themselves into whatever they want. People who trace their adult-year difficulties to events growing up are thus regarded as making up excuses for their 'weakness'. Mercy be damned!
Of course, those same people don't believe science anyway - especially science from someplace like Madison. They believe that all information coming from 'the liberal educational establishment', and which goes against what they already 'know', is automatically biased in order to lead us to a socialized world.
I suppose it is important for them to believe that we magically recreate ourselves at 18. Otherwise, they might have to admit that their own view of the world had not grown at all beyond that which was laid upon them when growing up. Thus, they can believe exactly what their parents believed and yet believe themselves to be self-created. - cosmiq, on 01/31/2009, -0/+1i am so glad that you brought in this story, we just need a lot more love and nurturance for kids AND surviving adults, in this cold cruel world.
I have heard too many nasty people saying things like, "that happened a long time ago, get over it!" and, the welfare system denies help to these kids when they grow up and can't support themselves, due to their undiagnosed sickly conditions that don't have much of a medical name. "low stress tolerance" . anyway, so they often end up in our society, as homeless dysfunctional fringe members of society when they should be getting help and support from society and the government benefits instead, to help them through life. - cosmiq, on 01/31/2009, -0/+1children in orphanages would have been neglected just due to the ratio of kids to caregivers, and the fact that they weren't the beloved children of those caretakers. so it looks like beating kids or neglecting them, both have a similar effect.
interestingly, another study says that kids who are beaten in childhood are likely to be sexually deviant in some way. couple the sexual deviance with the low immunity factors, you might get a reason why so many of the promiscuous sexual deviants actually contract aids (besides the obvious reasons). - niseeta, on 05/06/2009, -0/+0Quite a week, indeed. - http://www.minihealthproducts.info/
- satterfield, on 01/28/2009, -1/+1Well putting someone is a protective bubble, shielded from all life experiences will make them worthless. It is those life experiences that can make a person. James Earl Jones had a bad stuttering problem as a kid. It wasn't until he brother was seriously ill that he had to run into town and tell the doctor was was wrong that he overcame his stuttering problem. And today James Earl Jones is known for his voice. So for every bad situation there is a good situation. (I'lve never confirmed that story about James Earl Jones, maybe I should google it)
- MeccaYdna, on 01/28/2009, -0/+0These "findings" are stupidly obvious. Screwed up ***** happening in your life.....makes good things happen later? hmmm we better do a couple studies on that...
- AdaptogenLady, on 02/05/2009, -0/+0I don't think this is a laughing matter, because these kid/adults can do something to help their body with that stress. It is called adaptogens! These plants grow for people who have stress in their lives. They can change and so can their bodies. The state of stress does not have to be a life long problem.
- robertaryte, on 03/22/2009, -0/+0I think the childhood will affect your adult life in more ways than most people seem to think.
- MeccaYdna, on 01/31/2009, -0/+0I disagree, although I can't decide whether or not you're semi-agreeing or passive-aggressively arguing with me.
Assuming for the moment this and other studies like it aren't pointing out the stupidly obvious, what action is going to be made as a result of suddenly gaining the knowledge that "we shouldn't screw with the emotions of children!"? Okay I'll get right on fixing that problem after lunch. /s
Newsflash. It's easy to ***** up a child's mind, everybody knows it. I'm sure doing so might have all kinds of random ramifications later on. Let's not waste time trying to quantify everything as if somehow doing so will stop retarded parents from being retarded parents! - SammyJr, on 01/28/2009, -2/+1Such as the stress of having part of your dick hacked off by your mother's doctor?
- fword07, on 01/28/2009, -1/+0And marijuana alleviates all of these lingering effects!
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