Long-term stress erodes memory
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Long-term stress erodes memory
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Re: Long-term stress erodes memory
#2Stress tends to wreak havoc on the entire body, so I'd have been surprised if this weren't the case.
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#3Possible, though generally stress also caused very clear memories, called traumas...
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#4Stress tends to wreak havoc on the entire body, so I'd have been surprised if this weren't the case.
A couple years ago I remember reading an article that bullying in school has strong epigenetic effects in the children given birth to by bullied people. That realization, that by bullying people you don't just break them, but even hurt their unborn children ...
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#5Stress tends to wreak havoc on the entire body, so I'd have been surprised if this weren't the case.
A couple years ago I remember reading an article that bullying in school has strong epigenetic effects in the children given birth to by bullied people. That realization, that by bullying people you don't just break them , but even hurt their unborn children ...
Gives a whole new meaning to "I'm going to hit you so hard, your kids are gonna feel it."
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#6I've definitely noticed this with our kid. There are days when I'm using the tracking app no so much to create a long-term record, but to make sure that I've actually fed her recently.
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#7Stress tends to wreak havoc on the entire body, so I'd have been surprised if this weren't the case.
A couple years ago I remember reading an article that bullying in school has strong epigenetic effects in the children given birth to by bullied people. That realization, that by bullying people you don't just break them , but even hurt their unborn children ...
do you have a link or source for this? not doubting you just curious to read more
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#8I can confirm it from personal experience. I have A.D. and O.C.D.
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#9>>Mice that were repeatedly exposed to the aggressive intruder had a hard time recalling where the escape hole was in a maze they’d mastered prior to the stressful period
This sounds like an extreme level of stress, of course the poor mouse has memory issues. I don't think you need to worry if you have ordinary levels of stress from traffic, mortgage, kids etc... But if you live in Syria and your city gets destroyed by war, then yeah, your brain performance will suffer, but I don't think anyone would be surprised by that result.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
A couple years ago I remember reading an article that bullying in school has strong epigenetic effects in the children given birth to by bullied people. That realization, that by bullying people you don't just break them , but even hurt their unborn children ...
do you have a link or source for this? not doubting you just curious to read more
There has been a lot of sloppy epigenetic studies, here is the sceptical view: https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2015/sep/11/why-im-...