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In reply to the discussion: Rachel Mocks UFO Citizen Hearing [View all]WCLinolVir
(951 posts)has a primary function, which is survival, and forms beliefs based on what it perceives as the selfs role in the society and physical environment and the ability of self to maintain a homeostasis, if you will. Those patterns of meaning are to me, the result of the brain creating that homeostasis from a number of different sources and experiences. In the case of young children who are victimized, this can be particularly devastating to the psyche, as the brain tends to create beliefs of survival with passivity and powerlessness, as the brain rightfully perceives the inequities and tries to insure survival. The younger these beliefs are formed the harder it can be to understand why you seem to hold onto beliefs that are destructive. Learning to re-frame and re-educate yourself requires understanding, and patience. The same problems happen with war vets. The issues are of course complicated with PTSD as prior beliefs are destroyed and sense of self is redefined. Somewhat of a core destruction, as the threat to self causes the brain to compensate with beliefs that do not serve us well. The part that is crazy making is when the brain associates self as the risk factor. It creates a hopelessness and rage.