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Daryl Bambic

THE BRAIN FROM TOP TO BOTTOM - 0 views

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    "Thus, the ability that our superior mental structures give us to voluntarily plan an emotional response suited to the situation is a wonderful complement to our system of rapid, automatic responses. The connections from the prefrontal cortex to the amygdala also enable us to exercise a certain conscious control over our anxiety. However, at the same time, this faculty can create anxiety by allowing us to imagine the failure of a given scenario or even the presence of dangers that do not actually exist."
Daryl Bambic

The two kinds of stories we tell about ourselves | - 0 views

  • Our identities and experiences are constantly shifting
  • disparate pieces of our lives and placing them together into a narrative, we create a unified whole that allows us to understand our lives as coherent — and coherence, psychologists say, is a key source of meaning
  • narrative identity as an internalized story you create about yourself
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  • divide their lives into chapters and to recount key scenes, such as a high point, a low point, a turning point or an early memory
  • interesting patterns
  • driven to contribute to society and to future generations, he found, are more likely to tell redemptive stories about their lives, or stories that transition from bad to good.
  • contamination story
  • less “generative,” or less driven to contribute to society and younger generations. They also tend to be more anxious and depressed
  • defined by growth, communion and agency.
  • edit, revise and interpret the stories we tell about our lives even as we are constrained by the facts
  • psychotherapist’s job is to work with patients to rewrite their stories in a more positive way.
  • this form of therapy is as effective as antidepressants or cognitive behavioral therapy.
Daryl Bambic

Self-Reg - Self-Reg with Dr. Stuart Shanker - 0 views

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    "Self-Reg." Self-Reg with Dr. Stuart Shanker. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Jan. 2017. .
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