Posted by pseudoname on October 10, 2006, at 19:10:39
In reply to Re: “Everyone should be depressed” (?), posted by Declan on October 10, 2006, at 18:52:39
That Servan-Schreiber book ("Instinct to Heal") says that it's the limbic system that gives us our will to live, a little putt-putt motor that keeps us going… & going… & going… I supposed it empowers those fault-excusing biases.
Antonio Damsio's "Descartes' Error" apparently says the limbic empowers our cognitions, too, but I haven't been able to get through it. (I can't believe it was a best seller; did all the buyers really read it? It seemed like tough going to me.)
When the frontal, cognitive brain becomes unhooked, sorta, from those limbic drives, then you've got problems, I guess. Servan-Schreiber suggests all these various ways to connect them back together.
The Deep Brain Stimulation also supposedly silences overactive areas that interfere with that, I guess. I wish DBS and not Vagal Nerve Surgery were available now.
I can't pretend that this has much to do with self-esteem anymore, except that I've got very little. Sorry.
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