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Why Do Some People Find Thinking Skills
Hard?
4. Bad experiences:
Experiences which make a person feel scared or
really upset can stop Thinking Skills from building
properly in their brain.
When young people spend
too long feeling worried or
upset, it can mean the stress
chemicals in their body
become too high.
When stress chemicals are
high, the person can
become ‘vulnerable to
stress’.
This means that any extra
difficulty (even a small
one) can feel really big.
High levels of stress stop
brain pathways building so
well.
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