Posted by bulldog2 on June 17, 2010, at 14:39:23 [reposted on June 18, 2010, at 0:31:47 | original URL]
In reply to Re: im also rejecting meds..., posted by SLS on June 17, 2010, at 14:20:24
> > Bulldog, I know what you meant about the "chemical imbalance" vs. genetics (at least I think I do).
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> > I do think genetics are important but at the same time, I think the genetic component can be overrated. For example, if you had a mother who was emotionally unavailable, you could turn out with psychological problems. Is that REALLY genetic, or maladaptive coping patterns developed as a result of childhood attachment experiences, passsed down from one generation to another?
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> What you describe does not necessarily lead to major depressive disorder (MDD). There are plenty of psychologically dysfunctional people who are not depressed. My guess is that there is a matrix of genetic and epigenetic components that contribute to the development of MDD.
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> - ScottThank you Scott. What she was talking about is not what I meant. I am talking about the various aspects of temperament. I believe they are genetically endoded and passed from parents to children. I am saying are temperamnets are inherited from our parenets. Can they be modifed by your environment and experiences? Yes? Genetics starts us out with our unique temperament. Biological disease of the brain can pass along depression, bipolar, schizophrenia ect. via genetics. In these cases I believe psychotherapy is unlikely to yield good results.
If psychotherapy was so successful p-docs would not have had a need to look for meds. The bottom line was people were spending years in psychotherapy with minimal results. Talk therapy is perhaps best suited for situational problems but not that great for people with biological situations. There was someone saying there's no proof of chemical imbalance. I think the people with biological situations are well aware of what they have.
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