#Mental_Illness #predisposing #brain #Trauma **What predisposes a person to pivotal mental state** Exposure to various stressors during development also primes individuals for PiMSs later in life. These include prenatal stressors, such as maternal infection or starvation, early life stressors such as childhood trauma, social stressors during adolescence and young adulthood, and subjective stressors, such as a failure to live up to one’s own expectations. - [[What a spiritual high shares with a mental breakdown Aeon Essays]]