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Many, many moons ago I saw a study in children about trauma and they found a kind of bimodal distribution -- some kids "bounced back" and some kids very much di
by at_a_remove 5y ago
Many, many moons ago I saw a study in children about trauma and they found a kind of bimodal distribution -- some kids "bounced back" and some kids very much did not bounce back. Of course, the replication crisis being what it is, who knows, but I suspect some people are geared for it and some people aren't.
Evolution being what it is, I wonder, if this were true or true enough, about the tradeoffs are between the two groups.
- kayodelycaon 5y agoMeasuring this is problematic. I'd probably qualify as "bounced back" because a lot of the damage wasn't apparent in my daily life. I survived and thought I was okay. It wasn't until I was 33 that I realized none of it had gone away. I'd just hidden and internalized the abuse and blamed myself for being the way I was.