It’s only been about 6 months since I started consciously focusing my attention on the subtle effects of abandonment trauma. Although I’ve done a fair amount of reading and reflecting on the topic I’m not at the point yet where I can confidently give guidance to others. Maybe in the next 3-4 months I’ll write up a post for the discussion section here on LW.
What’s frustrating is that signs of compulsive, codependent and narcissistic behavior are everywhere, with clear connections to methods of coping developed in childhood, but the number of people who pay attention to these connections is still small enough that discussion is sparse and the sort of research findings you’d like to look up remain unavailable. The most convincing research result I’ve been able to find is this paper on parental verbal abuse and white matter, where it was found that parental verbal abuse significantly reduces fractional anisotropy in the brain’s white matter.
It’s only been about 6 months since I started consciously focusing my attention on the subtle effects of abandonment trauma. Although I’ve done a fair amount of reading and reflecting on the topic I’m not at the point yet where I can confidently give guidance to others. Maybe in the next 3-4 months I’ll write up a post for the discussion section here on LW.
What’s frustrating is that signs of compulsive, codependent and narcissistic behavior are everywhere, with clear connections to methods of coping developed in childhood, but the number of people who pay attention to these connections is still small enough that discussion is sparse and the sort of research findings you’d like to look up remain unavailable. The most convincing research result I’ve been able to find is this paper on parental verbal abuse and white matter, where it was found that parental verbal abuse significantly reduces fractional anisotropy in the brain’s white matter.
Please do. This seems like an important part of “winning” to some people, and it is related to thinking, therefore it absolutely belongs here.