Born Anxious: The Lifelong Impact of Early Life Adversity and How to Break the Cycle
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- Synopsis
- Why are we the way we are? Why do some of us find it impossible to calm a quick temper or to shake anxiety? The debate has always been divided between nature and nurture, but as psychology professor Daniel Keating demonstrates in Born Anxious, new science points to a third factor that allows us to inherit both the nature and the nurture of previous generations-with significant consequences. Born Anxious introduces a new word into our lexicon: "methylated. " It's short for "epigenetic methylation," and it offers insight into behaviors we have all observed but never understood-the boss who goes ballistic at the slightest error; the infant who can't be calmed; the husband who can't fall asleep at night. In each case, because of an exposure to environmental adversity in utero or during the first year of life, a key stress system has been welded into the "on" position by the methylation process, predisposing the child's body to excessive levels of the stress hormone cortisol. The effect: lifelong, unrelenting stress and its consequences-from school failure to nerve-wracking relationships to early death. Early adversity happens in all levels of society but as income gaps widen, social inequality and fear of the future have become the new predators; in Born Anxious, Dan Keating demonstrates how we can finally break the cycle.
- Copyright:
- 2017
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 238 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781250075048
- Publisher:
- St. Martin's Press
- Date of Addition:
- 08/16/17
- Copyrighted By:
- Daniel P. Keating
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Self-Help, Health, Mind and Body, Psychology
- Submitted By:
- Kevin Schwarte
- Proofread By:
- Heather Benfield
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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