Posted by SLS on April 19, 2011, at 5:19:43
In reply to Re: the only way out » SLS, posted by sigismund on April 18, 2011, at 21:13:39
> Traditional Chinese Medicine.
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> When I was a kid I was quite frightened, but not badly so, just kind of obviously so. It would have been better for me to be offered TCM formulations than Valium in the 70s. It does the same thing in a more gentle way (at receptor sites), but it didn't really exist here then.
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> If parents can be persuaded to do what is necessary to stop tormenting their children, that might be effective too.Unfortunately, this is true. Most people don't appreciate the unhealthy changes that can occur in a maturing brain when it is subject to unhealthy surroundings. This is especially true when chronic psychosocial stress is present. Of course, some people are wired to be less resilient than others. It is true that depression runs in families. However, so are pathological behaviors. They are often learned and passed on from generation to generation. If the rate of biological predisposition to depression is 10%, perhaps only 1% would develop the illness if everyone were raised in a low-stress, nurturing environment. 1% is probably an exaggeration, but it serves to make the point. The 10% is probably accurate.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.
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