Submitted by MistWeaver80 t3_10m5pqz in science
Reply to comment by autistic_bard444 in Childhood abuse may alter brain function in adults. Study found people who experienced abuse during childhood (but not adolescence) experienced altered functioning in the brain for systems associated with perceptual processing and attention. by MistWeaver80
Got a source on ADHD being caused by abuse? Because I've only ever found studies showing that it's not due to abuse.
This article title literally states that abuse causes attention (and perception processing) altered brain functions.
Yes, Hypervigilence. That's not ADHD.
i accidentally posted links to a comment above
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/24750573.2017.1367551
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161011130010.htm
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this is primarily because of how ptsd/cptsd will rewire the brain. so that someone who did not actually begin life in early development as lear4ning disabled, ocd or adhd, ends up being stuck as neurodivergent due to how the ptsd rips the brain apart
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a couple good examples of this. in the season 3 of the boys, mothers milk talks about his bipolar and ocd and trauma because of how someone threw a car through his house and killed his family. in doing this, he ends up having to do an ocd ritual in order to maintain and facilitate that actionary. because he believes if he did this, things would have been different
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the legend of korra also touches on this when amon terrorizes korra. her trauma responses are many, and even by the end of the series she is NOT well, nor who she used to be.
that hyperarousal and hypervigilance, mixed with shame and guilt bring many people to their knees mentally
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the book that was adapted to hulu for catch 22 by joseph heller also offers several classic examples of how people change with ptsd.
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the show mash, is also a good study on ptsd across a broad spectrum of characters. korra, catch 22, and mash are both two of my comfort shows because of the ways they each tackle ptsd in characters
Except plenty of people have ADHD without those issues. Itoesbt make sense. If trauma caused it, they'd have been shouting it from the rooftops decades ago.
trauma makes the predisposition to it come forth
genetics still plays an important role itself, due to gene expression.
just like gestational exposure of air pollution to a mother can increase the odds of autism spectrum disorder.
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Causes of ADHD
Brain injury.
Exposure to environmental risks (e.g., lead) during pregnancy or at a young age.
Alcohol and tobacco use during pregnancy.
Premature delivery.
Low birth weight.
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https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/facts.html
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lemme tell you traumatic brain injuries suck
had one at 9, 17, 20 and a huge one at 37 (the perils of being a lumberjack. no one gets out of that industry unscarred unless they only work one day).
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Prenatal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAH, a component of air pollution, raises the odds of behavior problems associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, at age 9, according to researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health at the Mailman School of ...Nov 5, 2014
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https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/public-health-now/news/adhd-air-pollution-link
boys tend to have the greatest risk of inheriting or ending up adhd
air pollution is liable to be one of the main causes of why so many more kids are being born neurodivergent
never mind all the chemicals in the water, especially here in illinois with the coal ash and pesticides/herbicides which end up back in the water supplies (this is also why kidney disease is the largest death machine in illinois)
brains are sensitive organs. it does not take much to mess them up
and ptsd/cptsd/neglect/sexual abuse/physical abuse can mess up a young mind like a grenade will mess up an apple tree
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