Summary of Donna Jackson Nakazawa's Childhood Disrupted

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#1 Laura grew up with a mother who was bipolar. Her mother had her good moments, but her untreated bipolar disorder worsened as she got older. Laura’s days were punctuated with put-downs that caught her off guard as she walked across the living room.

#2 John’s parents met in Asia when his father was deployed there as an army officer. After a whirlwind romance, their marriage was troubled, and John felt their relationship was never close. He often intervened when his parents fought, and he felt his father never appreciated him or his brother.

#3 John’s father was a narcissist, and he grew up with a lot of insecurity and self-doubt. He could never let his girlfriend know how crippled he was by the shame and grief he carried inside.

#4 Georgia’s parents were emotionally distant and controlling. Her father was a borderline alcoholic, and her mother would occasionally just blow up over nothing. Georgia spent much of her childhood trying to anticipate and move out of the way of her parents’ anger.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Oct 10, 2022
• ISBN: 9798350040821

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#1

Laura grew up with a mother who was bipolar. Her mother had her good moments, but her untreated bipolar disorder worsened as she got older. Laura’s days were punctuated with put-downs that caught her off guard as she walked across the living room.

#2

John’s parents met in Asia when his father was deployed there as an army officer. After a whirlwind romance, their marriage was troubled, and John felt their relationship was never close. He often intervened when his parents fought, and he felt his father never appreciated him or his brother.

#3

John’s father was a narcissist, and he grew up with a lot of insecurity and self-doubt. He could never let his girlfriend know how crippled he was by the shame and grief he carried inside.

#4

Georgia’s parents were emotionally distant and controlling. Her father was a borderline alcoholic, and her mother would occasionally just blow up over nothing. Georgia spent much of her childhood trying to anticipate and move out of the way of her parents’ anger.

#5

The lives of Laura, John, and Georgia illustrate the physical price we pay as adults, as a result of childhood adversity, which is the trauma we experience when we are young. These experiences change the architecture of our brains and the health of our immune systems, which prewrite how we will react to the world around us.

#6

In the 1980s, physician and researcher Vincent J. Felitti, MD, noticed a striking pattern: adult patients who were obese also alluded to traumatic incidents in their childhood. He realized that obesity was not the core problem to be treated, but rather the symptoms that stemmed from it.

#7

The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study was created by Felitti and Anda, who asked