The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Trauma and Adversity—A Transformative Guide to Understanding Childhood Trauma and Health

by Nadine Burke Harris

In the case of the hunter, the process was adaptive (good for survival) because it happened in adulthood; in the case of the tadpole, the process was maladaptive (bad for survival) because it happened in childhood (or tadpole-hood), too early in development.