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The Biology of Stress How to Reverse It Childhood maltreatment, emotional neglect, and chronic stress don’t just shape your story — they shape your cells. Research shows that people who endured trauma or neglect early in life have shorter telomeres — the protective caps on your DNA that determine how fast you age. Shorter telomeres = faster cellular breakdown, inflammation, and age-related decline. Even studies on mothers of disabled children and long-term caretakers reveal the same pattern — th

Keeping horses stalled for most of the day is neglect of needs (with the exception of medically necessary stall rest.) This statement causes mass discomfort and a lot of defensiveness in horse people, but it’s true. The negative implications of excessive stalling have been well documented for decades. Excessive confinement and isolation creates stress behaviours like cribbing, weaving, stall walking and more. It can lower immune function. It can increase reactivity, aggression and anxiety. It re