Psychological trauma accelerates Ageing , according to Science

It is said that we mature with damage , not with age . The passage of time is not usually enough to generate valuable learning , we grow with the experiences we live . And when those experiences are painful or particularly difficult , they can indeed speed up the maturation process . Traumas , especially , can cause us to age faster than our peers .

The traumas generated by threatening situations accelerate ageing

Children who experience trauma due to abuse or violence at an early age show biological signs of ageing faster than those who have never experienced that degree of adversity . That was the main conclusion reached by researchers at Harvard University after analysing three different signs of biological ageing ( early puberty , cellular ageing and changes in the structure