{"product_id":"9781466886483","title":"Born Anxious: The Lifelong Impact of Early Life Adversity and How to Break the Cycle","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy are we the way we are? Why do some of us find it impossible to calm a quick temper or to shake anxiety? The debate has always been divided between nature and nurture, but as psychology professor Daniel P. Keating demonstrates in \u003ci\u003eBorn Anxious, \u003c\/i\u003enew DNA science points to a third factor that allows us to inherit both the nature and the nurture of previous generations—with significant consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBorn Anxious\u003c\/i\u003e introduces a new word into our lexicon: “methylated.” It’s short for “epigenetic methylation,” and it offers insight into behaviors we have all observed but never understood—the boss who goes ballistic at the slightest error; the infant who can’t be calmed; the husband who can’t fall asleep at night. In each case, because of an exposure to environmental adversity in utero or during the first year of life, a key stress system has been welded into the “on” position by the methylation process, predisposing the child’s body to excessive levels of the stress hormone cortisol. The effect: lifelong, unrelenting stress and its consequences–from school failure to nerve-wracking relationships to early death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEarly adversity happens in all levels of society but as income gaps widen, social inequality and fear of the future have become the new predators; in \u003ci\u003eBorn Anxious\u003c\/i\u003e, Daniel P. Keating demonstrates how we can finally break the cycle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47124888944880,"sku":"9781466886483","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466886483_p0.jpg?v=1769892101","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466886483","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}