[HN Gopher] Abuse and the developing human brain (2000)
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Abuse and the developing human brain (2000)
Author : softwaredoug
Score : 47 points
Date : 2022-01-28 20:55 UTC (1 days ago)
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| temp0826 wrote:
| I work at an ayahuasca retreat center in Peru, and childhood
| abuse is one of the more common things people come here to work
| on. Often people will arrive with rather "generic" intentions for
| their stay (e.g. anxiety or depression) and will often discover
| after a couple ceremonies that childhood wounds had created
| broken patterns that have governed their whole lives. It's often
| shocking, but once the realization is there the healing work can
| begin. IMO, the traumas don't have to be permanent, as the intro
| to the article says. Ayahuasca isn't necessary (though I do think
| it's quite a boon to this work!), therapy can be sufficient for
| many. Don't be afraid to get help.
| beebeepka wrote:
| Are functional junkies welcome where you work? Asking for a
| friend.
| temp0826 wrote:
| Most definitely. Past drug use and related traumas are
| another biggy. But of course you wouldn't be able to use
| while here (while on the diet), and likely should take a
| break from any/all substances prior to arriving. (This is not
| solely due to the possibility of contraindications with
| ayhuasaca's MAOI effects, but it's a big reason)
| exikyut wrote:
| _[Mumbling about the lack of contact details in your profile]_
|
| (I'm _quite_ far away from Peru myself, but others might not
| be)
| temp0826 wrote:
| nihuerao.com is the center's website. Compared to other
| centers, there are very few "tourists" that come here that
| are just interested in trying out aya; much more catered to
| long-term dieters than the average center. It's very
| traditional Shipibo, with a big focus on "master plant" diets
| (additional plants taken along with ayahuasca for their
| healing/teaching abilities), and tends on the stricter side.
| mkl95 wrote:
| I grew up in a hypocritical society where on paper you are free
| to choose your own beliefs, but in reality education is dominated
| by ancient catholic values. As a schoolkid you feel like little
| more than a prisoner. I wonder how much it contributes to shaping
| kids personalities, and how much it contributes to the area's
| absurdly low birthrate.
| scrozart wrote:
| > Published: October 1, 2000
|
| Not knocking the article, but I'd love to see something a ouch
| more recent. Our understanding of PTSD, in particular, has
| changed a bit in the past 20+ years.
| z3c0 wrote:
| I experienced extreme physical abuse when I was 3 (my babysitter
| used to shot put me across the living room when I wouldn't take
| naps.)
|
| A lot of what is in this article, I can attest to firsthand. I
| didn't realize I had been abused until I was 15, as I had stifled
| the memory, and though I remembered it, it never "clicked" as
| abuse before then. I've had a host of mental health problems that
| have led to me being diagnosed ADHD/bi-polar in my early teens,
| with the latter being renegged as too hasty of a diagnosis.
|
| Today, I can't get a diagnosis, as I don't have enough symptoms
| in each category to fulfill any one (BPD vs DID vs PTSD). It
| feels like I have some kind of grab-bag illness of all three.
| What's more, the medicinal options available to me are awful, and
| cause me a whole host of different problems, both physical and
| mental.
|
| What I'm trying to say is that - as someone dealing with these
| problems - it still feels like there's a long way to go before I
| have any real options towards improving my mental health. I'm
| very hopeful for the increasing popularity of THC/CBD for the
| treatment of trauma, as I've found that to work wonders for
| stopping/avoiding psychosis. I've communicated this too all my
| doctors, but it's never been taken seriously. I am "prone to drug
| abuse" after all.
| Lammy wrote:
| Apologies if this comes off as trying to e-diagnose you, but
| may want to look into "Complex PTSD" (ICD-11 F62.0) if you
| haven't.
|
| "Complex PTSD is a new disorder category describing a symptom
| profile that can arise after exposure to a single traumatic
| stressor, but that typically follows severe stressors of a
| prolonged nature or multiple or repeated adverse events from
| which separation is not possible (e.g., exposure to genocide
| campaigns, childhood sexual abuse, child soldiering, severe
| domestic violence, torture, or slavery)."
|
| https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3799241/
| bubblecheck wrote:
| Throughout childhood, I was subjected to serious physical abuse
| by my peers, as well as serious verbal bullying/psychological
| abuse.
|
| I stood up to a long term bully with a below-the-belt comment,
| which led to extremely violent abuse from peers. One of the last
| incidents was on the property of a town police officer, before
| high school started (around 12 yrs old). The police officer stood
| by while I was horribly beat up (punched full blast to my balls)
| by a scumbag with a group of people behind him.
|
| The physical abuse included acute trauma from repeated impacts
| via punches and full strength kicks to my head. Saw stars every
| time I was hit, like those old Batman comics.
|
| I entered high school as a broken child with cemented learned
| helplessness. Never the same.
|
| Now homeless and destitute. I became permanently suicidal after
| grade school, totally afraid of death. Trapped in an unwanted
| life. Just went homeless yet again last night suddenly. The one
| shelter here seems like a psyop of sorts: in view of wealthy
| people, under blinding bright lights. Fodder for the wealthy,
| like a dystopian plot in popular Netflix shows.
|
| I now suffer from tinnitus and hyperacusis picked up from
| overexposure. I am a destitute middle aged white male college
| dropout. Suicidal all of the time. This time going homeless I
| have no vehicle to sleep in. It's warm here but I am unsheltered.
| Demoralized, defeated, and hoping to die.
|
| I beg of God to forgive me and grant me peace in the afterlife,
| whether I am able to complete suicide now or later.
| suifbwish wrote:
| I once tried to help an acquaintance find a men's homeless
| shelter. We probably called 15 at least but almost all of them
| deal only with women and children. It's heartbreaking. Men who
| are homeless have very little resources compared to other
| demographics. Please try contacting some organizations where
| you can volunteer; often times they are filled with good people
| who would be happy to put you up in their home and help you
| find your feet. It may feel like all is lost but it never is.
| Sometimes it's very difficult if not impossible to believe that
| but it is true.
| bubblecheck wrote:
| thanks for the kind suggestions
|
| not going to try or do anything else again
|
| too many cycles of failure
|
| my only remaining desires are peace, rest, death asap, then
| nothingness
| filters wrote:
| > The physical abuse included acute trauma from repeated
| impacts via punches and full strength kicks to my head. Saw
| stars every time I was hit, like those old Batman comics.
|
| Laws usually protect adults from such treatment. How come the
| courtesy not extended to, uh, not-yet-adults especially given
| the high stakes? One of the loudest political cries in the
| west(especially, America) is "thinka-da-chillins". Is that an
| empty virtue signal? I mean people in the US act like a stray
| nlpple on prime-time TV will scar half the population for life,
| yet this is something that'll buff out? Neurotypicals are a
| mystery sometimes :)
| bubblecheck wrote:
| I heard that child:child violence is not tolerated any
| longer, at least not to the same extent as what I experienced
| decades ago.
| crakenzak wrote:
| It's absolutely gut wrenching to read your experience, no one
| should ever have to go through that. Please if you're ever
| having suicidal thoughts speak to a suicide hotline specialist.
| I almost lost a friend to suicide and he was really helped by
| talking to non judgmental people who genuinely wanted to help.
|
| Hope you're doing great, and life gets better.
| s5300 wrote:
| Just a heads up, suicide hotlines are an absolute joke,
| especially for those in long-term/drawn out situations like
| OP's
|
| They typically result in nothing more than police showing up
| to your house, carting you off to a place that will end with
| thousands of dollars of medical bills & no meaningful help.
|
| I'm glad you know somebody who had a positive experience, but
| it's really not the norm.
| haswell wrote:
| If anyone is reading this comment and needs help, hotlines
| are absolutely not just a complete joke.
|
| Hotlines do tend to be staffed by volunteers, and there are
| bound to be circumstances that are not handled as well as
| they could've been. But the opposite is also true.
|
| But if you need help, call.
|
| To the parent comment, some anecdotal opinions are best
| left unshared. This is one of them.
| bubblecheck wrote:
| I just became homeless again last night. Thanks for your
| thoughtful suggestion.
| mettamage wrote:
| > I was subjected to serious physical abuse by my peers, as
| well as serious verbal bullying/psychological abuse.
|
| Same, we all were, my first school was a special needs school
| and kids were having all kinds of mental health issues.
|
| > I entered high school as a broken child with cemented learned
| helplessness. Never the same.
|
| I had the luck to be transfered to a normal elementary school
| after they tested me thoroughly at age 10. I was a wounded kid,
| the teacher at that school patched me up.
|
| > Trapped in an unwanted life.
|
| I feel that we all have this to some extent. In all cases, I've
| noticed that a stoic mindset (and ok sleep combined with ok
| food) is the only thing that helps.
|
| > I beg of God to forgive me and grant me peace in the
| afterlife, whether I am able to complete suicide now or later.
|
| I've noticed suicidal ideation comes and goes. Because of that,
| it'd be a mistake to ever give in IMO. With that said, it seems
| you need help but I am in Europe. So I am not sure how to give
| it.
|
| Ask HN: Assuming bubblecheck lives in the US can someone from
| the US (or a group from the US) help bubblecheck?
|
| Feel free to email me, if you want someone to talk to.
| bubblecheck wrote:
| I have been steadily suicidal for a long time and have not
| completed it.
|
| No help is requested or required.
|
| I am now 100% unsheltered and in survival mode. I didnt sleep
| last night due to this.
|
| I am charging my phone at a food establishment here. Then I
| need to decide between unsheltered sleep and use the last of
| my cash for a rope, which will be a waste since I am scared
| to face death.
|
| I've bought and discarded complete, 100% planned inert gas
| setups with regulator, bag, etc, all planned incl ropes to
| hold my hands down
|
| I've bought and discarded numerous ropes over the years, most
| suitable for the less common drop hang.
|
| While I do oscillate, it's only between "suicidal ideation
| daily" and "i am executing on a plan to attempt completion."
|
| I can count the weeks on one hand where I've gone entirely
| without suicidal thoughts, since decades ago. It's constant,
| just varies in intensity and highly situational - eg my
| shelter is gone and I am back contemplating the end
|
| the thing is. I dont want help, I dont really want any more
| advice or ideas. Prolonging an unwanted life is burdensome to
| others; now to kind strangers on hn. It's a pattern that I
| wish to break but unfortunately I will not seek to rebuild a
| life again.
|
| This really leaves scraping the bottom to survive while
| avoiding outright suicide plan follow-thru. right now i am
| stuck trying to decide between unsheltered homelessness in an
| unwanted life, in pain anyway, and just getting it over with
| anyway
|
| __
|
| The fact is, I gave up at age 11. I decided that I would not
| participate meaningfully in a corrupt society that tolerates
| abuse and violence. As per the study, leaving these matters
| unresolved turned out causing me and my loved ones a great
| deal of pain. When others hurt you, you are responsible for
| self care unless (and until) civil compensation is sought and
| awarded. That isn't feasible for children except in egregious
| cases of intentional harm.
|
| What got me was how the bully increased his ongoing abuse
| against me once he saw it was hurting me. Behind my back or
| to my face, "Just teasing you." No, bully, telling me that my
| parents are garbage, my family is shit, and that I'll grow up
| to be a serial killer because your abuse hurt me is blatantly
| malicious. Totally unprovoked multi year bullying, obviously
| hurting me, no response from teachers -- finally broke me.
| The truly damaging physical abuse started thereafter. I
| forgive you, but the damage was extensive, and snowballed
| into a lifetime of torment inc'h aforementioned extensive
| physical abuse. I am totally ruined.
|
| The hard reality: it was 100% on me or my family to address
| my needs to defend against this early on. We are responsible
| to protect ourselves. You can't expect a school to step up
| esp when you're in an atheist (non church going fam) in a
| highly religious/tribal affluent community.
|
| I've gone the other way entirely, self-sabotage and
| positioning myself to be taken advantage of repeatedly; a
| theme that plays out consistently, further cementing cynicism
| about human culture.
|
| Violence in popular culture and justified by national
| military apparati causes cognitive dissonance in a child who
| seeks peaceful interactions, but is instead exposed to
| systemically-condoned violence.
| fractallyte wrote:
| Don't give up.
|
| The best thing you can do is to get a handle on your past: read
| about trauma (The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel Van Der
| Kolk), and try to connect with a trauma therapist.
|
| Trauma often manifests itself in physical symptoms. There are
| paths that lead to healing...
|
| There _is_ hope, there _are_ people who will understand, and
| _you deserve it_.
| bubblecheck wrote:
| death is the ultimate gift, assuming there is no existence
| beyond our human life
|
| stopped trying to cope years ago, on my way out
| fractallyte wrote:
| Today I read Yasmeena's Choice, by Jean Sasson
| (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18376565-yasmeena-s-
| choi...)
|
| There was a girl, Lana, 16 years old. She fought, all the
| way...
|
| It's horrific, and sobering, and _may_ help you to get a
| perspective on your troubles.
| akomtu wrote:
| That's a rich assumption, perpetuated by those who choose
| comfy ignorance. The ultimate gift is reason that lets us
| foresee consequencies without experiencing them. Also,
| someone who has nothing to lose wouldn't live like that. If
| I had a terminal stage cancer and one month left, I
| wouldn't sit and waste time.
| exikyut wrote:
| For a while I've been keeping my eye out for short-circuit
| approaches that aid in questioning the assumption that
| "this existence is it", and provide a useful level of
| signal in circumstances where I'm significantly preoccupied
| with arbitrary suboptimality and don't really have the
| opportunity to focus for whatever reason.
|
| For what it's worth, I haven't found anything yet. It seems
| that the be-convinced-in-ones-own-mind problem requires
| focused consideration by definition.
|
| Just saying.
|
| For my own part, I have this visceral unease that I don't
| think will go away until I have absolute (end-to-end,
| closed-loop) confidence in Something.
| amriksohata wrote:
| Please seek help, suicide is not the answer. Seek help and I
| pray for you
| animal_spirits wrote:
| I hope you find the peace in life you are searching for,
| brother. I love you and wish you success in life.
| bubblecheck wrote:
| thank you for your kind words
| exikyut wrote:
| Your comment is currently floating at the top of this thread,
| creating an awesome opportunity for people to reach out to you
| privately. You have no contact info in your profile! A
| throwaway email address could be a consideration. Also, where
| are you located, roughly, say state-wise or so?
|
| Squinting from a _very_ specific angle, I honestly wonder if a
| self-defense class could be useful here - not predominantly for
| the mechanical teaching, but from the fact that ( _if_ you
| actually have a good teacher) you integrate what you learn on
| top of a balanced framework of refined self-control /mastery.
| Opining _very_ naively, I wonder if the meta-control (you can
| control your emotions (you are capable (you can defend
| yourself))) you would achieve via what would amount to
| unorthodox exposure therapy would present enough of an
| emotional /logical contextual scaffold of what balanced
| capability basically looks and feels like that you would be
| able to just drink that in for a bit and then see where you go
| from there. Ideally you'd smooth out the bumps with competent
| psychological support, but this could get you <significant>% of
| the way there.
| jimmygrapes wrote:
| I can relate to much of this, and will not do you the
| disservice of trite "thoughts and prayers" or "sorry this
| happened to you". I will, however, let you know that sometimes
| it works out despite the pain and misery. You mentioned you're
| terrified of death yet suicidal; this is completely
| understandable to me, and I have shared this feeling (still do
| sometimes) most of my life. It's also what I used to regain
| what I thought I'd never recover (dignity, self control, and
| even hope for the future).
|
| What it came down to for me was acknowledging the fear. When
| the only choice seems like death, and death is too terrifying
| to even embrace properly, what else in life could be anywhere
| near as terrifying?
|
| If there is any thing you have not tried for fear of rejection
| or complication or social exile, now is the time to consider
| them. When there's no way out, when your back is up against the
| wall, that is when to fight the hardest.
|
| Good hunting.
| bubblecheck wrote:
| I am hoping to complete suicide as my next major move.
| nums wrote:
| Hoffman Process is life changing
| bubblecheck wrote:
| thanks. it wont cure tinnitus/hyperacusis which has robbed me
| of my ability to focus on difficult tasks.
| fractallyte wrote:
| And this article from a couple of weeks ago:
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29920920 [The impact of
| sexual abuse on female development: a longitudinal study]
| [deleted]
| fractallyte wrote:
| If anyone has experienced sexual abuse, I _highly recommend_ "The
| courage to be me", by Dr Nina Burrowes.
|
| It's free to read online: https://ninaburrowes.com/books/the-
| courage-to-be-me/
|
| ...and available as a physical book.
|
| This wonderful book is sadly underappreciated - please tell
| everyone about it!
| softwaredoug wrote:
| Powerful:
|
| > If we know that the roots of violence are fertilized by
| childhood abuse, can we make a long-term commitment to reduce
| violence by focusing on our children rather than our criminals?
| treeman79 wrote:
| https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/01/l-a-da-gascon-allows-a...
| DarylZero wrote:
| Tubbs will go to the female side of the detention facility,
| but will remain "in isolation, separated by sight and sound
| from the other juveniles."
| qwertyuiop_ wrote:
| "Even though Tubbs is now 26 Gascon refused to transfer the
| crime to adult court"
|
| I wonder how minds of DAs like Gascon work
| jimmygrapes wrote:
| Every decision he's made that gets press seems to indicate
| that his mind is firmly in the realm of "those who commit
| crimes are the most victimized because of their life
| circumstances and societal ills" in a Rousseau-esque view
| of humanity as essentially good until other bad humans make
| somebody act bad. It's a romantic view that, in my opinion,
| would only apply if we started humanity from the beginning;
| it's too late for it, now.
| whatshisface wrote:
| > _James Tubbs, who committed the crime in 2014 when he was
| 17_
|
| That's probably what the DA is thinking when making that
| decision.
| bondarchuk wrote:
| I always wonder about this re: male genital mutilation. Could it
| have some long-term psychological impact? Could this be one of
| the reasons it got selected for (although it remains
| questionable, I think, whether cultural phenomena really work
| that way)?
| mikotodomo wrote:
| I Googled your term and it appears you are just talking about
| circumcision.
| amanaplanacanal wrote:
| "Just". I guess that shows how accepted this kind of
| mutilation is.
| mikotodomo wrote:
| at_a_remove wrote:
| When it happens to girl babies, it is Female Genital
| Mutilation. It gets all caps. When it happens to boy
| babies, it is "just circumcision." Routine. Ignored.
|
| Given that it happens in the first week of your life, and
| before 1982 _without any kind of even local anesthetic_ ,
| try to imagine that your first experience of having any
| attention paid to your genitals, a nerve-rich area if
| there ever was one, being strapped to a "Circumstraint"
| board and having a portion of said genitals simply
| razored off.
|
| Might that result in trauma? It's an interesting question
| to ask.
| Lammy wrote:
| It's a violation of bodily autonomy no matter how
| normalized you may consider it.
| mikotodomo wrote:
| Yeah just like being born, and getting haircuts.
| dang wrote:
| Please don't post like this, regardless of how wrong
| someone else is or you feel they are. I realize it's an
| emotional, activating topic, but we ban accounts that go
| after other users this way.
|
| If you wouldn't mind reviewing
| https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and
| taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart,
| we'd be grateful.
| jimmygrapes wrote:
| I have read a lot of things that suggest yes, but the nature of
| measurement (or lack of measurement) of things like infant
| trauma and subsequent effects seems to stymie any workable
| conclusions. Personally I received the operation long into
| adulthood, willingly-ish (most effective treatment for a
| physical issue I was experiencing) so I am familiar with what
| it's like to both have and not have the extra nerve clusters
| and skin. I am pleased with the outcome, but I would never
| suggest it to anybody else unless they made their own choice.
| [deleted]
| Terry_Roll wrote:
| I wonder how this works, when the abuse is portrayed as
| normalised discipline? Kids dont know what is right or wrong, so
| if you get punishment, physical and mental and accept it for the
| result of your actions, how does that work when the kid is an
| adult and doesnt agree with the way they were brought up, when
| they look back at their childhood?
|
| I'd say Laws can also cause alot of cognitive dissonance
| depending on how you were brought up. Another factor not
| considered is the diet and lifestyle today is different to what
| it was just 20/30years ago or longer. Those hormonal differences
| in people will also affect their behaviour and attitudes.
| haswell wrote:
| As someone who went through exactly this, it fucks you up
| pretty thoroughly.
|
| Mid 30s and have been seeing a trauma therapist for almost four
| years now, and don't suspect I'll stop anytime soon.
|
| There is a path to healing, but it's a long and difficult one.
|
| And as another sibling comment pointed out, C-PTSD is the
| generalized result. Not recommended.
| SamoyedFurFluff wrote:
| Abuse as a child generally annihilates your understanding of
| safety, safe places, and safe people before you ever understand
| that abuse was bad. In fact, growing up not understanding that
| people in positions of authority (institutional or
| interpersonal) don't get to just violate you is often one of
| the problems with people who were abused as children.
| Terry_Roll wrote:
| I think some cultures are just totally out of whack though,
| the British Victorian attitude of children should be seen and
| not heard is just a cover for abuse, and there are people
| today still using this, I see it frequently on social media,
| mothers do it alot, its like they want kids but not the
| hassle. However noone really sits all women down and explain
| this is how your life will change, you dont see this at
| school, you dont see this anywhere, and the same goes for
| blokes. Noone ever sits you down so to speak and say hey,
| this is the consequences of your actions if you take this
| path.
|
| As a human race we just keep screwing up making the same
| mistakes time and time again, which works for corrupt
| institutions, because we end up having to validate their
| existence in one form or another.
| giantg2 wrote:
| "I'd say Laws can also cause alot of cognitive dissonance
| depending on how you were brought up."
|
| Or after realizing that they are only enforced against some
| people.
| Terry_Roll wrote:
| This totally, many Govt employees feel they are above the
| law. I've seen nurses, teachers, soldiers and police all dish
| out their own form of justice. I think its a Govt employee
| mindset, that they are untouchable because they "protect &
| serve" the country and the population and therefore can do
| what they like.
| kayodelycaon wrote:
| I grew up believing my own abuse was normal and that it was my
| fault I wasn't good enough. By the standards of my community,
| it wasn't abusive at all. (Spare the rod, spoil the child.)
|
| It fucked me up for a very long time.
|
| It wasn't until I was 34 and 18 months into treatment for
| bipolar disorder that I discovered where so much of my self-
| hatred came from.
|
| No one around me knew how damaged I was because I had to hide
| it to survive.
| nyanpasu64 wrote:
| You get people who end up on https://www.reddit.com/r/CPTSD/
| decades later.
| softwaredoug wrote:
| trauma can come from societal causes, such as laws. See "Is
| COVID-19 an adverse childhood experience (ACE): Implications
| for screening for primary care"
|
| https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7306718/
| yamrzou wrote:
| > If we assume that lots of attention, licking, and grooming are
| the natural state of affairs and that lower levels of attention
| are a form of neglect, we can use this model to explore some of
| the biological consequences of neglect or abuse in children. Low
| rates of maternal attention decrease the production of thyroid
| hormone by the rat pups. This, in turn, decreases serotonin in
| the hippocampus and affects the development of receptors for the
| stress hormone glucocorticoid. Since corticosterone, one of our
| primary stress hormones, is kept in check by a complicated
| feedback mechanism that depends on these same stress hormone
| receptors, their inadequate development increases the risk of an
| excessive stress hormone response to adversity. For this and
| certain other reasons, lack of maternal attention predisposes the
| animals to have a heightened level of fear and a heightened
| adrenaline response. Some of the consequences of this are altered
| metabolism and suppressed immune and inflammatory responses,
| neuronal irritability, and enhanced susceptibility to seizures.
|
| This is consistent with what I've read in the book _Healing
| Developmental Trauma_ by Laurence Heller and Aline Lapierre:
|
| "When, for a child, this need-satisfaction cycle is significantly
| interrupted, healthy development is disturbed, and the
| environmental failure triggers both tension and bracing in the
| musculature and activation and imbalances in the nervous system
| and biochemistry--all of which sets the stage for symptoms and
| disease. When basic needs are not met and the protest to get
| those needs met is unsuccessful, children come to feel that
| something is wrong with their needs; they cannot know that it is
| their environment that is not responding adequately. Therefore,
| they internalize caregiver failures, experiencing them as their
| own personal failures. Reacting to their caregivers' failure to
| meet their needs, children come to feel various degrees of anger,
| shame, guilt, and physiological collapse. Tragically, to the
| degree that there is chronic lack of attunement to their core
| needs, children do not learn to attune to the needs within
| themselves. When basic needs are consistently left unsatisfied,
| the need-satisfaction cycle is interrupted, and nervous system
| dysregulation and identity distortions are set in motion that
| often have a lifelong negative impact."
| littlefag wrote:
| mikotodomo wrote:
| I hope internet regulation is improved to stop child sexual abuse
| online. Things like requiring SMS verification to play a video
| game are a good first step, but anyone can get a burner number
| for $5. It should be more tied to a cryptographic government ID
| in a way that you can register to multiple vendors' games without
| any of them being able to imitate you. Then we can start to have
| true accountability for people who say bad things to kids online.
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