Posted by violette on September 6, 2010, at 15:03:23
In reply to Re: disability - Proudfoot - SLS » morgan miller, posted by SLS on September 6, 2010, at 6:55:05
"Actually, I was hoping that you would give me that answer. If more than 50 people have less than ideal environments, why is it that only 10 people will suffer from major depressive disorder? What are the differences between these people?"
Imo, I think it has to do whether or not one developed a secure vs insecure attachment to the mother as an infant. I posted a study about attachment in the psycho forum...not that it is a key study or anything (but it's detailed); people's maladaptive traits later in life are strongly correlated with infant attachment..also, the child's attachment style can be accurately predicted, not 100 percent of course) by the attachment style of the parent.
I think if you have a healthy/secure infant attachment-to use this as an example-you might be one of the holocaust survivors who did not live life in a state of mental illness....
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