Posted by laural on October 24, 2000, at 9:13:47
In reply to Re: Really weird theory inspired by Reason to live, posted by Noa on October 23, 2000, at 17:39:03
> I wonder how many of us grew up in homes where we had to become "meteorologists", in the sense of having to constantly assess the climate from non-verbal cues, to know how safe/dangerous it was.
Also, the amygdala apparently is developed early, whereas the parts of the brain that store long term memory and the cortical thinking brain, develop later. So, we can have emotional reactivity that dates back to before we could think word-thoughts to try to interpret the feelings.
>interesting hypothesis--what a neat study that would make, only i suppose also pretty cruel. its funny because i was just about to skim past this thread because i couldn't really relate--maybe it sounds like i had a bad home life, but the first 2 years of my life were picture perfect. my father and mother were both incredibly loving and wonderful, at about age three, when i was speaking and writing, (devoping cognitive abilities) dad split and things got kinda rough, but the change was so sudden. i only remember them argueing once and i asked them to stop and they did.
so maybe those first 2 years somehow made me more capable at trusting myself, more confident. i'm actually the opposite in some aspects because when i get sick nobody can tell me i'm not thinking logically--at least when i'm manic or schizo, when i'm depressed i can sort of tell that i distort things terribly and i ask for someone to make decisions for me
which, by the way, sounds lke sucha good idea. i wish there were people out there (tell me if there are) that could come to your house everyday and make you brush your hair and do the dishes and go to work and take your pills--laural
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