Newborn reactions can predict depression and anxiety
According to this article, there was a study that showed that "babies who were highly reactive to new experiences were 10 times more likely to develop depression and anxiety disorders in adulthood than were less reactive children." It describes being highly reactive as being more likely to "cry, scream, and kick." I think that this study makes sense. To me, it does not seem that being able to control your child's crying, screaming, and kicking at a young age would prevent them from being depressed or anxious in the future, but these actions show an early development of the personality. If a child is uncomfortable at an early age to new experiences, according to this study, they are more likely to be depressed or anxious when they are older. I think that an infant kicking and screaming when they are uncomfortable shows an aspect of their personality that carries on into adult hood. Just like they are uncomfortable with new experiences as a child, these people will be more likely to become anxious when they are confronted with uncomfortable experiences when they are older. To me, if this study is correct, it seems like everyone should be depressed and anxious though, because whenever I see a baby in public, they are usually screaming and crying, like in movie theatres and on airplanes. The article also states that thick prefrontal cortexes were linked to anxiety and depression, and this trait was found to develop in children who kicked screamed and cried. I wonder if instead of giving adults a wide array of drugs when they're older to treat anxiety in depression, if there was some way to reduce the thick growth of prefrontal cortexes at a young age, this might be more effective in preventing anxiety and depression.