This message has nothing to do with EDs
This article has nothing to do with eating disorders: "Mixed-handedness an indicator of PTSD susceptibility"
Or does it?
One brain reacts to a war zone with PTSD. Another can witness horrific events without a blip. Is it weakness? Lack of training? Culture? Morality?
I'm sorry, but I think we underestimate the uniqueness of each brain. It probably isn't any more a matter of strength (or good parenting) whether you get a mental illness than it is what day of the month it is.
Some of us have brains that will employ depression as a reaction to life-threatening stressors. Some are tuned to turn on depression for no reason at all.
Anxiety can be a reaction to boredom, or to a horrific experience.
When we concentrate on the events, and not the reactions, we miss the opportunities to truly help.
Or does it?
One brain reacts to a war zone with PTSD. Another can witness horrific events without a blip. Is it weakness? Lack of training? Culture? Morality?
I'm sorry, but I think we underestimate the uniqueness of each brain. It probably isn't any more a matter of strength (or good parenting) whether you get a mental illness than it is what day of the month it is.
Some of us have brains that will employ depression as a reaction to life-threatening stressors. Some are tuned to turn on depression for no reason at all.
Anxiety can be a reaction to boredom, or to a horrific experience.
When we concentrate on the events, and not the reactions, we miss the opportunities to truly help.
Interesting. I just read a good article about mirrors that touched on the relationship anorexics may have with them:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.thestar.com/living/article/241788