Raederle

Introduction Research in the last couple of decades have uncovered a shocking truth: Traumas in childhood cause disease even when these traumas are not followed by environmental factors or habits associated with disease. This means that repeated humiliation from a mother, for example, can cause a young girl to develop autoimmune diseases and even lung cancer in her forties as a direct result – even if she ate a relatively healthy diet, got ample exercise, and did not indulge caffeine, alcohol, smoking or street drugs. Studies that controlled for these factors found that even adults who lived healthy lifestyles who had also had severe trauma in their background were more than twice as likely to develop disease and more than four times as likely to develop depression. Even “mild” trauma, such as being “almost raped” a single time in childhood, or being teased at school, has been scientifically correlated with significant increase in disease risk. For more of an overview of t...