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There’s the dopamine hit, the brain neurotransmitter, that gives a sense of “aliveness.” It’s a very real thing and children raised in traumatic or neglectful families are predisposed to this due to how the brain is wired in those years. The brain is “plastic” and it can be remodeled at any time in our lives. But there has to be awareness of the problem and a conscious effort to address it.

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