Tag Archives: Adult Attachment Disorder

Developmental Trauma: What You Can’t See…

CLICK to BUY: “Don’t Try This Alone” Developmental Trauma: What you can’t see, can hurt you. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, MD (left) and leaders in brain science and attachment are calling for a hard look at developmental trauma.  Developmental … Continue reading

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The Adult Attachment Interview (AAI): Mary Main in a Strange Situation

CLICK to BUY : “Don’t Try This Alone” The Adult Attachment Interview : (Updated 4-12-17) Only 55% of us had “secure attachment” as infants, according to research on 6,282 infant-parent pairs during 1977-1999. This would worry us all if we … Continue reading

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From Grassroots to Hollywood

Dr. Vincent Felitti, MD again joined our SoCal (Southern California) ACEs Group  March 7 for our  alternate-month San Diego meeting. He’s shown with author-activist Morgan Rose (details below).  I felt so grateful. Earlier March 7 we began with the alternate-month … Continue reading

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The Hole in Half of Us

The Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) study since 1994 shows that  50% of Americans have some degree of failed attachment in childhood.  These are rigorous psychiatric studies of the general public which have nothing to do with “addicts.”  It’s not just … Continue reading

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Dr. Vincent Felitti: “The Origins of Addiction”

After I heard Russell Brand say that what compels addicts is the “hole in me,” I wrote Feb. 14 that this means:  “parts of my brain are dark.”  And it’s so painful, we just medicate.  Ten % of us use … Continue reading

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Limbic Resonance

My Feb. 7 post “Love Theory”  introduced “General Theory of Love” (GTL), the best book I’ve seen on the three-part or “triune” brain and human emotions.  Basic survival instincts are in the reptilian brain, mammalian emotions are in the limbic … Continue reading

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The Hole in Me

“Philip Seymour Hoffman is another victim of extremely stupid drug laws,” writes Russell Brand in The Guardian on Feb. 6 at www.theguardian.com/ commentisfree/2014/feb/06/russell-brand-philip-seymour-hoffman-drug-laws   I posted this Feb. 7 in the comments of his article: What causes that “pain” which … Continue reading

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Love Theory

CLICK to BUY “Don’t Try This Alone” “A General Theory of Love,” after Einstein’s “General Theory of Relativity,” is by Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, and Richard Lannon, three MDs and professors of psychiatry.  They’re men on a mission to break … Continue reading

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Dr. Perry: Music Makes Your Case

In last week’s blog, I was surprised by sudden overwhelming feelings of being loved which could only be described as physical.  I’ve had these odd explosive physical experiences before.  I had one with music so striking at the end of … Continue reading

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Stardust 2

Last week, after the video class by therapist Dr. Tara Brach (left), I said that for one day, I’d try to be Present with What Is.  Hey, I struggle with a regular meditation for 45 minutes, so this’ll be a … Continue reading

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