A study has been published that states that child abuse can change their genes, or at least, its expression or not according to a specific context. In this case, it has been found demonstrable in an article published by the journal Nature Neurosciencie, that people who end up committing suicide and who have been victims of ill-treatment in childhood have long-term changes in the expression of a gene, NR3C1 .
Apparently, the abuse would condition hormonal development disorders and in brain functioning, which in turn would increase the risk of mental disorders due to poor adaptation to stressors. These disorders can lead, as in the object of the study, in suicide, but also in depressions or violent behavior.
The authors point out that the experience of childhood abuse is related to an increased risk of multiple forms of psychopathology. In fact, there is evidence that the decrease in the hippocampus of the genetic expression of these receptors is associated with suicide, schizophrenia and mood disorders.
More than looking for ways to modify the expression of these genes To avoid the tendency to psychological disorders, which would also undoubtedly help people who suffered abuse and abuse in childhood, our efforts should be directed at avoiding, by all means, any form of violence against children.
There are numerous scientific data that show that stress conditions the functioning of the brain, the response to stress and fear, the possibility of reproducing violence and even modify genes in some cases.
It would be indispensable, since humanity itself has not succeeded, that non-respectful or empathic education methods were discarded at least by scientific evidence. We must investigate more.
Treating a child in a way that an adult would suffer may have unsuspected consequences in their development, the damage is surely deeper than what we perceive at first sight. Your brains are in formation and his vision of ethics too.
Children learn from what we do, not from what we say. So if it doesn't stick, let's start not sticking. If you don't insult yourself, let's start not insulting. If he doesn't scream, let's prove it by not screaming. If we want to be respected, we respect the children. Your happiness and your future deserve to be re-educated to learn how to do it, and also your mental health He deserves it too.
