Posted by Larry Hoover on June 1, 2003, at 20:52:36
In reply to Re: Found Psychological Babble - ready to babble; » Larry Hoover, posted by Squiggles on June 1, 2003, at 14:59:14
> Piaget or Maslow, are probably closer to the practical
> aspects of these needs. When they are not met, frustration
> is unavoidable and adaptive or maladaptive
> techniques are learned or invented by the child.Piaget and Maslow apply when things are working adequately, I fear. I think there are other processes which apply to children in situations where there needs are not being met.
> I'm not likely to talk about my childhood here.
> I'd rather discuss this in general terms,
> academically. I just have too convoluted
> a background, if that's ok with you.
>
> SquigglesI thought you were getting ready to discuss something from your past. Sorry if I misunderstood.
It took me a fair amount of time in a CBT therapeutic setting for me to finally come to understand that my childhood experience gave me post-traumatic stress disorder. At first, I rejected the concept out of hand. Weird and powerful emotions would sometimes sweep through me, ones I could not reasonably link to present experiences; the intensity and quality was wrong. It was the introspective component, the skill which develops when one self-assesses one's own cognition, that finally allowed me to become aware of what had really been going on, and to make peace with myself. Ultimately, I believe that to be the "answer" in CBT, not to make peace with the world, but to make peace with oneself.
Lar
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