Early-life stress leaves a 'scar' inside brain cells

gmays 30 points 8 comments August 20, 2026
medicine.washu.edu · View on Hacker News

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redrix

I remember having it drilled into me in High School that unless you did well on your finals: 1. You wouldn’t get the score you needed to get into a good University and/or accepted into the course you wanted. 2. If you didn’t get into that course, you wouldn’t be able to do <x> for a career. 3. If you DID get into the course you wanted, it needed to be at a top University (which of course required an even higher entry score) or else you’d find it hard to get a job afterwards. Imagine all of that stress: Telling 16-18 year olds that unless you ace your tests, you won’t be able to do what you want to in life.

nemosaltat

When our Little, Stuart falls down we don’t even know what he remembers. [in mice]

jdw64

Then my brain must be full of scars.

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