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Originally Posted by Mark in Idaho
The brain continues to mature until 25 years old. The critical issue during the teens is the maturing of the judgement processing system. When the brain's development/maturing is interrupted by injury, this maturing can be limited. This judgement maturing only happens during this period. It will not start up and continue to full maturity with just a delay.
Soldiers are best in battle at 18 to 22 because their judgement system has not matured yet.
A person with brain trauma or illness during these years can be left with a maturity level equal to the age when their injury/illness happened/started. If they recover soon enough, some of the maturing can still take place as the maturing process slows down.
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Thanks for the insight. What do you mean by judgement maturity? Making moral judgements or judgements in problem-solving or judgements in sth. else?
I feel that it wasn't the incident itself that caused so much impact because I was only unconscious for lets say 3 to 5 minutes but the extremely stressful and painful time I had immediately afterwards as well as in the following three years under my abusive parents and the social isolation at school. Subsequently I changed my behavior which interrupted my development as a whole. The NPA from that time states I developed a dysfunctional adaptation with moderate depressive episodes.
Well anyway, thank you Mark from Idaho for all the time you've spent here to help me. I learned a lot. =)