Being Bullied Permanently Changes a Person

[liveonearth]

notes from an article in the Boston Globe by Emily Anthes
Inside the bullied brain; The alarming neuroscience of taunting

Comments

[hausfrauatu]

Oh yeah. I believe it.

[liveonearth]

Mmmm hmmmm. Those of us who have been bullied or have lived closely with those who have been, we know. I think they're going to find a lot more outcomes besides increased cortisol, decreased myelination of the corpus callosum, and decreased cell survival and maturation in the hippocampus. I think it affects the cortex as well as the limbic system.