My Feb. 7 post “Love Theory” introduced “General Theory of Love” (GTL), a great book on the three-part or “triune” brain. Basic survival instincts are in the reptilian brain, mammalian emotions are in the limbic brain, thought is in the frontal lobe.
Got to warn you though: GTL’s content is superb, I wouldn’t be here without it; but the writing’s problematic. So I’ve done these “cliff notes” to give you a head start.
After showing the brain’s three parts and what a “stove-piped” mess that is, GTL proceeds to Attachment Theory. The very development of an infant’s brain after birth, they say, depends utterly on the mother’s close affectionate attention, using a deep eye contact they dub “limbic resonance.”
If it doesn’t go well? Brain damage. Now many of us here on ACEsConnection know all about this... but the public needs to read this book!
As for me? Oh, no - Not Mom. Not Again. I’m sick of being upset about Mom. I love my Mom! Dontcha hate people who keep blaming their parents for their own failures? That’s why I relish the above cartoon. Besides, blame is so repetitive. Last thing I want to do.
Couldn’t I be upset at someone else, say Dick Cheney? OK laugh, but actually he’s relevant. How did Mrs. Cheney’s happy bouncing baby grow up to become Darth Vadar, anyway?
It’s biology, not blame. Let’s look at the biological facts:
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