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[quote=Anonymous]What a morbid debate! Well, my understanding is the traumas experienced early on in life are more defining than those experienced in the adult years. For example, I saw some data on resiliency for kids who were molested before 10 versus women who were raped in college but otherwise had a stable childhood - people abused in childhood had more difficulty than those whose reference point for life was one of happiness & stability. So to the extent that one can extrapolate, I'd guess a major loss during childhood is more traumatic because it becomes the core of who that child is and grows up to be, whereas losing a spouse as an adult - you had some sense of identify before & during marriage so you should be able to maintain some sense of self after the loss. [/quote]
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