Posted by:
Dr. No
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Date: August 11, 2019 04:44PM
Lot's Wife Wrote:
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> In the present world, such hypersensitivity is
> merited. But it is an understandable adaptation
> that has very unfortunate consequences. People
> who experience such anxiety and terror are
> permanently changed by it.
>
> Consider those who experienced the Holocaust.
> They carried PTSD, which is a form of
> hypersensitivity, with them their whole lives as
> well as the concomitant depression, anxiety
> disorders, and relationship troubles. They
> bequeathed that to their children as well, for the
> latter had to deal with all sorts of psychological
> challenges. The same is true of kids in refugee
> camps or those deprived of the support of parents
> and community.
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Not only does Horror change the neurophysiology of the witness, there seems evidence that - through the mechanism of epigenetics - the consequence of Horror is heritable
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/10/trauma-inherited-generations/573055/We are optimized to survival - and pay a price