autistic_bard444
autistic_bard444 t1_j66pfcn wrote
Reply to comment by Delet3r 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
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
autistic_bard444 t1_j65x2q2 wrote
Reply to comment by Delet3r 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
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
autistic_bard444 t1_j61ug5g wrote
Reply to Will we ever see a time where we could relive or be able to playback and watch old memories? by Personal-Ride-1142
as someone who has cptsd/ptsd
i sure the hell hope not
bad enough we have to relive that shit sometimes daily/weekly from intrusive thoughts
autistic_bard444 t1_j61r9b4 wrote
Reply to 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
repeated abuse (physical/sexual/psychological) pre-16 falls under complex ptsd
suffered almost my entire life it.
the change in people who are afflicted with it is incalculable :(
so yea. ive known for decades my brain is fucked.
but at least i went to a doctor and got help back in the end of 2021
quite a bit of data also suggests neglect, physical/sexual abuse can lead to adhd and other learning disabilities.
cptsd, ptsd, bp2, mdd, adhd (full host of learning disabilities), asperger's. several tbi's. sexual abuse. physical abuse. physical trauma.
words cannot express how i hate not being a normal person my entire life
autistic_bard444 t1_j61n3lo wrote
Reply to NASA's Annual Day of Remembrance today, Jan. 26, honors the astronauts who died during the Apollo 1 fire and the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters. by clayt6
one of the reasons gen-x is so jaded and dubious.
we set in classrooms and school libraries across the country
only to see tragedy
we were thrilled all morning
that ended after ~70 seconds
yet most of still dream of stepping into the dark void above
autistic_bard444 t1_j3om5i4 wrote
Reply to comment by smf0x10 in Earth’s ozone layer on course to be healed within decades, UN report finds | Most of atmospheric layer that protects planet from ultraviolet radiation likely to be fully recovered for most of world by 2040. by SetMau92
2100 humans will live underground
remember how they said 1.5c for the past 40 years
mean while we passed that long ago. 2.8 is still a pipe dream because it means human have to change their entire civilization. and we both know that will not happen until gen z and millennials get in charge of policies that gen x and the baby boomers were too apathetic in their capitalism to fix
exaggerating the dangers. shell oil did that since the late 1950s, when they knew oil production would wreck the environment. dont get me started on oil tar sands.
when corporations rule politics over the world over, expecting any type of long term change which does not profit them is a pipe dream
autistic_bard444 t1_j3olcah wrote
Reply to comment by gerundive in Earth’s ozone layer on course to be healed within decades, UN report finds | Most of atmospheric layer that protects planet from ultraviolet radiation likely to be fully recovered for most of world by 2040. by SetMau92
because 500ppm co2 isnt the issue
nor is a million tones of cfcs getting put into the atmosphere each year
nor is the bacteria overgrowth in baffin bay and the arctic oceans which raises the water temperature because the result of bacteria growth is heat
never mind the methane deposits going up, or the fact that the arctic has literally been on fire for years or that every mountain top glacier is melting at unprecedented rates, that the swiss alps is a forest now
no. it cant be humans destroying the planet, it must be the ozone layer? not industrialization, or the fact that we burn up 4 earths worth of resources a year. it cant be all the vehicles and coal we burn
no. it has to be the ozone layer
get a grip and wake up and smell what you're shoveling
what humans started 200 years ago. will not be stopped by the ozone hole fixing itself. our childrens children will inherit a wasteland because of what humans have done. mean while boomers think everything is fine and they refuse to take any methods to fix the issue?
but it's the ozone
autistic_bard444 t1_j3nruj6 wrote
Reply to comment by BigDamnHead in Earth’s ozone layer on course to be healed within decades, UN report finds | Most of atmospheric layer that protects planet from ultraviolet radiation likely to be fully recovered for most of world by 2040. by SetMau92
because short sighted people have been stuck on the ozone layer being the problem for decades now
it's like trying to repair a wall while the house is on fire
autistic_bard444 t1_j3n5avd wrote
Reply to Earth’s ozone layer on course to be healed within decades, UN report finds | Most of atmospheric layer that protects planet from ultraviolet radiation likely to be fully recovered for most of world by 2040. by SetMau92
5c by 2050
but it's nice they are so optimistic
autistic_bard444 t1_iyevp2i wrote
Reply to Elon Musk has come up with a fool proof plan of destroying Apple because they refuse to advertise on Twitter. by porichoygupto
he cant afford it. if he sold space-x and tom mueller to nasa, and sold tesla to ford, even then, apple would laugh at him
apple inc net worth is 2+ trillion
and even if he managed 2.5-3 trillion in liquidity, the ftc would shame him into a cave for even thinking about it
autistic_bard444 t1_j78ho1d wrote
Reply to How does water work in a closed container in space? by UnhappyLibrary2540
also interesting enough
you can technically line a spaceship with a field bulkhead of water, provided you use hydrodynamics to circulate the water in the bulkhead containers to avoid expansion.
i digress. bulk water like this (at a width of several cm) can halt ionizing radiation by half. you can extend this with wider bulkhead containers for the ship. this in fact helps protect space vessels from ionizing radiation from solar flares etc
yes, nasa has tested the hell out of this