02154cam a2200325 i 4500 545745490 TxAuBib 151105t20162015||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781476748368 paperback 1476748365 paperback 9781476748351 hardback 1476748357 hardback (OCoLC)6309 AU@ eng AU@ OCLCO rda TxAuBib rda Nakazawa, Donna Jackson. Childhood disrupted : how your biography becomes your biology, and how you can heal / Donna Jackson Nakazawa. New York : Atria Paperback, 2016. ©2015. xxiv, 278 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Your biography becomes your biology. The emotional trauma we suffer as children not only shapes our emotional lives as adults, but it also affects our physical health, longevity, and overall wellbeing. Scientists now know on a bio-chemical level exactly how parents chronic fights, divorce, death in the family, being bullied or hazed, and growing up with a hypercritical, alcoholic, or mentally ill parent can leave permanent, physical fingerprints on our brains. When children encounter sudden or chronic adversity, stress hormones cause powerful changes in the body, altering the body s chemistry. The developing immune system and brain react to this chemical barrage by permanently resetting children's stress response to high, which in turn can have a devastating impact on their mental and physical health as they grow up. Donna Jackson Nakazawa shares stories from people who have recognized and overcome their adverse experiences, shows why some children are more immune to stress than others, and explains why women are at particular risk. Psychic trauma in children. Adult child abuse victims Mental health. Post-traumatic stress disorder. Parent and child. Psychology.