How Genes Respond to Trauma and Stress

Donna Jackson Nakazawa 12/6/193:06 PM

Okay! So, after getting YOUR answers to my crowdsourcing question (thank you for the 100 responses on Facebook and Instagram!): "What do you want to see from me on social media?" the overwhelming #1 response was more nuggets of science, offered with the shared sense that I understand YOUR struggles, I see your suffering. And I do. Oh, you have no idea how much I do.

So, with that in mind, here's a nugget of science about How Genes Respond to Trauma and Stress. Some genes, like the ones that control eye color, are fixed, but most of our genes are in a constant dance with our environment, changing in response to it. Here's how and why stress in childhood can change the way the body responds to stress for life.

For more of my work, please see my website with information about my new book The Angel and the Assassin: The Tiny Brain Cell that Changed the Course of Medicine. and how to PRE ORDER a copy (the most important way to support an author's work!).

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