Although experts comment that there are ways to reverse it.
Long ago, research in 1996 linked childhood stress to chronic illness in adulthood. So childhood trauma leads to chronic life-threatening disease is neither a hypothesis nor a theory; it is a proven medical fact.
Experts comment that chronic adversity or childhood trauma leads to a chronic “fight, flight or block” state. This state is induced when inflammatory, stress hormones flood our body and brain, which is an evolutionary trait designed to help us survive.
The problem is that when these hormones flood a child’s body, they alter the genes that control stress reactivity, setting the stress response in a “high” mode. for life, which causes chronic illness.
But not all is lost! One study showed that when doctors recognize and discuss childhood trauma with their patients, patients reduce their next visits by 35%.
Childhood trauma such as the divorce of parents or the contempt of parents or siblings or cases of bullying can cause a response of “fight or flight”, so parents must be aware of the stress levels of our children and create an environment of love and peace.