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Vocabulary
What is the meaning of 'trauma can trigger the onset'?
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Can anyone help me please by paraphrasing or giving the meaning of 'Trauma can trigger the onset'?
Be grateful you can't climb inside your baby's brain. The mind of a baby might seem like a fun place to be — a swirl of light and color and constant touch, where primal needs are promptly met. But there's another side, one that's more than just a sensory carnival. All of us come into the world with our own genetic predispositions to psychological ills. Depression, anxiety, the whole panoply of adult woes are woven into our genomes. That may not be surprising to scientists, but new research shows that these conditions can start to express themselves much earlier than we knew — sometimes during the first year of life. Trauma can trigger the onset; so can stress, and so can still unknown variables. No matter the cause, we're increasingly learning that a baby's brain is not only far more fragile than we realized but far more like an adult's too.
Can anyone help me please by paraphrasing or giving the meaning of 'Trauma can trigger the onset'?
Be grateful you can't climb inside your baby's brain. The mind of a baby might seem like a fun place to be — a swirl of light and color and constant touch, where primal needs are promptly met. But there's another side, one that's more than just a sensory carnival. All of us come into the world with our own genetic predispositions to psychological ills. Depression, anxiety, the whole panoply of adult woes are woven into our genomes. That may not be surprising to scientists, but new research shows that these conditions can start to express themselves much earlier than we knew — sometimes during the first year of life. Trauma can trigger the onset; so can stress, and so can still unknown variables. No matter the cause, we're increasingly learning that a baby's brain is not only far more fragile than we realized but far more like an adult's too.
Top answer
Trauma can trigger the onset = a violent mental or physical action/experience can activate [our genetic disposition to psychological ills].
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Trauma can trigger the onset = a violent mental or physical action/experience can activate [our genetic disposition to psychological ills].
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As it is used here, the term trauma means physical injury.
"To trigger the onset" is just a fancy way of saying that "trauma can cause an enfant to manifest psychological problems".
John
"To trigger the onset" is just a fancy way of saying that "trauma can cause an enfant to manifest psychological problems".
John
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JohnParisan enfantIn France too long, John? It's like some of my Japlish.
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Oh my goodness - how embarassing. Franglais !
Yes, MM - you may be right.
Excuse me everyone, I meant an infant
Yes, MM - you may be right.
Excuse me everyone, I meant an infant
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