Support from friends, the hormone oxytocin, and even diet might help protect the body from the long-term harm of childhood trauma, while stress hormones like cortisol might make it worse.

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The Association of Childhood Maltreatment With Lipid Peroxidation and DNA Damage in Postpartum Women

Cross-Sectional Study

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This study found that childhood trauma might be linked to one type of cellular damage (lipid peroxidation), but it didn’t look at whether love, support, food, or stress hormones make that damage better or worse—so we can’t say if those factors help buffer the effects.

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The Association of Childhood Maltreatment With Lipid Peroxidation and DNA Damage in Postpartum Women

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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00023

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Even after accounting for things like smoking, weight, and illness, women with worse childhoods still have higher levels of this inflammation-related chemical in their blood.

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Women who experienced more abuse or neglect as children tend to have higher levels of a specific chemical in their blood that's linked to long-term inflammation, even after having a baby.

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