The Deepest Well
by Nadine Burke Harris M.D., Nadine Burke Harris, Dr Nadine Burke-Harris · first published 2018
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A pioneering physician reveals how childhood stress leads to lifelong health problems, and what people can do to break the cycle.
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…score should be detected as part of normal health screenings for everyone because of its outsized influence on health. See https://www.ted.com/talks/nadine_burke_harris_how_childhood_... or her book “The Deepest Well.”
on “A possible link between childhood trauma and Alzheimer disease” ↗…higher socioeconomic categories can have high ACE scores; poverty is only part of an ACE score. What is wild is the relationship to health as it ties to ACE scores. I found a lot of value reading The Deepest Well by Dr. Burke Harris. She notices that some of her patients are having strange health issues and then she realizes that these strange health issues can be tied to their ACE scores. Issues include epigenetic…
on “This is a teenager” ↗One book that really resonated with me was "The Deepest Well" about the epidemic of childhood trauma and its deep and measurable impact on health outcomes for adults. I learned that resolving childhood trauma would help on the order of curing cancer in terms of…
on “The Effects of Early Relational Trauma (2001) [pdf]” ↗…well as physical mechanisms that cause these health issues in traumatized kid (all animals respond maladaptively to stress hormones introduced too early in development) I’d recommend people read “The Deepest Well” - a great book on this topic.
on “Anxiety, depression, and PTSD may be adaptive responses to adversity: study” ↗From the book "The Deepest Well"[1], she lists mindfulness, relationships, exercise, nutrition, mental health (ie therapy/medication)... [1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33413909-the-deepest-wel...
on “Ask HN: How do you manage your traumas?” ↗