Posted by sigismund on November 9, 2013, at 17:42:36
In reply to Re: Pro-meds verses anti-meds therapists, who's right? » Phillipa, posted by SLS on November 8, 2013, at 22:42:54
>Neglect and lack of attachment is sometimes more influential than physical abuse in the evolution of mental illness.
Yeah, I agree. Babies fed but totally neglected go into the wonderfully named 'marasmic states'. Anglo-Saxon culture in the past prized neglect as a building block of manliness. The famous instance of the father who, not wanting to spoil his son, restricted physical contact to a handshake on Sunday mornings. The man who, dying, says to his mother 'Mother, I am going to die now. Could you please leave the room.' Another man who dying, when his mother wishes to make amends says 'Mother, no. Please don't.' All true stories. I think. It was a reaction to the French Revolution and the need for stability and cannon fodder.
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