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Gabor Mate has taken a close look at the epigenetics of trauma. He suggests it takes a few generations to clear up, but it's unclear if that's an epigenetic thi
by kyleyeats 3y ago
Gabor Mate has taken a close look at the epigenetics of trauma. He suggests it takes a few generations to clear up, but it's unclear if that's an epigenetic thing or just a re-traumatizing thing.
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- lo_zamoyski 3y agoIt makes sense. Children takes cues about what's normal, what's rewarded, etc, from the behavioral patterns of their parents. If your parents are victims of bone fide trauma, the patterns will be different from what they would have been otherwise. So a trauma victim might display signs of hypervigilance, and children will observe this hypervigilance (in behavior, in the words used, in the attitudes adopted and result from it). So the child will be conditioned, but also, the child will likely infer the mental state of their parents to some degree. If you look hypervigilant, the child will infer "there must be danger". If maintained consistently enough, the inference is "the world is a highly dangerous place", blown out of proportion with the situation.