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Sinnsearachd t1_iy3dyrj wrote

I can't remember where I read it, but we saw this with people who were born after 9/11 in the States. Pregnant mothers who experienced heightened levels of anxiety and PTSD after the attack had significantly lower cortisol levels and they passed that onto their children in utero. I imagine that happens all over the world with traumatic events.

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-drunk_russian- t1_iy3gv3t wrote

You mean "higher" cortisol levels, I think.

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Sinnsearachd t1_iy3hdqx wrote

Oops maybe I got it backwards, it's been a while since I read it.

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-drunk_russian- t1_iy3jjph wrote

High cortisol is bad for you, it's a stress indicator.

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Jumpi95 t1_iy75b50 wrote

Get rid of the ", I think" u drunk, be confident

Source: read this exact thing in a psychology book 2 weeks ago. It's why kids under constant stress will hit puberty earlier than their peers without that constant excess cortisol.

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Moont1de t1_iy3mp1t wrote

That's one of the reasons I don't think I'll ever have kids, I could not live with the fact that I - even if accidentally - caused a living being to come into an already austere world with lifelong complications

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DirEnGay t1_iy6dviu wrote

Same here. I have terrible eczema and allergic to most things - gluten dairy tomatoes most fruits avacado detergent fragrance and lots more. Im not gonna bring another life to this world and experience the same suffering i do- or worse.

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camisado84 t1_iy3rrxq wrote

How are you gonna measure that?

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Moont1de t1_iy3sd1e wrote

I won't, I just won't have kids

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skullpriestess t1_iy40j42 wrote

I am right there with you.

I do want to adopt kids, though. Like, they already exist, but by me choosing to adopt them, I am providing them a better life.

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