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Posted by Lamdage22 on June 13, 2022, at 12:33:39
I got a problem with being too agreeable, too empathetic. Maybe we should chat about some psychological issues, too. I doubt that there are many people whose problem is strictly brain chemistry.
Posted by linkadge on June 16, 2022, at 14:47:13
In reply to Are some of you also too agreeable?, posted by Lamdage22 on June 13, 2022, at 12:33:39
Posted by Jay2112 on June 17, 2022, at 13:26:36
In reply to I would agree with that statement (nm), posted by linkadge on June 16, 2022, at 14:47:13
Posted by Lamdage22 on June 17, 2022, at 13:35:04
In reply to I'd have to agree too, too (nm), posted by Jay2112 on June 17, 2022, at 13:26:36
:)
Posted by SLS on June 24, 2022, at 13:52:21
In reply to Are some of you also too agreeable?, posted by Lamdage22 on June 13, 2022, at 12:33:39
> I got a problem with being too agreeable, too empathetic. Maybe we should chat about some psychological issues, too. I doubt that there are many people whose problem is strictly brain chemistry.
My personal experience with depression, combined with my use of behaviorism to evaluate the dynamics between brain and mind, lead me to believe that behavioral inhibition and the fear of conflict can indeed be the results of pathological alterations in brain function - alone.
Result:
1. Passivity.
2. A perceived sense incompetence.
3. Feelings of helplessness.
4. The disappearance of assertiveness.
5. Social anxiety.
6. Behavioral inhibition.Having been an ultra-rapid cycler, I had the advantage of observing these cause-and-effect relationships come and go with mood state.
Just to be clear, it is not my contention that any or all of these features of depression occur for exclusively biological reasons. I think we are looking at a spectrum of contributions that generate the phenotype of depression and many other mental illnesses. It's a Gestalt.
Questions to consider:1. Would you judge schizophrenia as requiring a pathological psyche in order to generate the illness? No.
2. What about bipolar disorders? Do they require psychosocial stress to generate them? No. However, many cases are indeed precipitated by psychosocial stress wherein the illness would not have appeared without it.
3. What about Major Depressive Disorder (unipolar depression)? I would echo #2. However, I think the ratio of biological/psychological contributions in each case is much more variable than in bipolar disorder, and weighted towards requiring psychosocial stress to generate the illness.
These are just some of my current opinions. I reserve the right to be wrong.
- Scott
Posted by tensor on July 29, 2022, at 13:10:30
In reply to Are some of you also too agreeable?, posted by Lamdage22 on June 13, 2022, at 12:33:39
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