Amygdala

When Home Feels Like a Battlefield: How Family Conflict Rewires a Child’s Brain
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When Home Feels Like a Battlefield: How Family Conflict Rewires a Child’s Brain

When we think about the impact of war, we picture soldiers carrying invisible scars. But groundbreaking research shows that children exposed to repeated family conflict experience eerily similar changes in the brain. Their fear and threat-detection systems become rewired in ways that mirror combat veterans. This adaptation may help a child survive in the short…

One Word Is All It Takes to Calm an Anxious Mind
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One Word Is All It Takes to Calm an Anxious Mind

Feeling anxious can make it hard to concentrate and leave you constantly worrying about what could go wrong. You might find yourself thinking “what if” a lot, feeling uncertain, and imagining disasters. Anxiety can change the way we think, making us more focused on potential problems instead of solutions. It can also make us feel…