Posted by FredPotter on March 13, 2007, at 3:41:48
In reply to Re: Depression and the Human Givens Institute » Ines, posted by yxibow on March 13, 2007, at 2:55:06
I think there's some truth in the Human Givens idea that the break-up of the family has caused the escalation in depression since the war. However I have two criticisms. One is that they say that in REM sleep the eyes are searching out danger. In waking life the eyes do not dart about so frantically when searching out danger, but I have no doubt that REM corresponds with dreaming.
There is also a bald statement that "It is impossible to feel anxious when your body is relaxed". Ask anyone who has experienced sleep paralysis and panicked. The body is paralysed and you can't get more relaxed than that. Also brain scientists have discovered a fast track from the amygdala when something frightening happens, so the feeling gets to consciousness before the thought (thus undermining one of the dogmata of CBT) Fred
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