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Throughout history and from the first stirrings of consciousness in the womb we are exposed to a bewildering array of polypeptides. Often we like the feelings we experience, i. e., they are pleasurable. The child is no longer considered a blank slate on which we program a personality, but a supersensitive being. We can only speculate how the unborn child feels with the adrenaline surge or the endorphins when his or her mother is exposed to danger or adventure.
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Karnitschnig, A. (1984). The Role of Substance P in Normalizing Stress Response. In: McGuigan, F.J., Sime, W.E., Wallace, J.M. (eds) Stress and Tension Control 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2803-2_11
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