Monthly Archives: March 2019

Balanced SEEKING

Posted on March 24, 2019 by Joel

A well-functioning balanced SEEKING system is essential to physical and emotional health. When the system is under-or over stimulated It can promote emotional disorders, ranging from depression to psychosis. Through many years of lab research with rats and other mammals, … Continue reading →

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Seeking Control of Emotions

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Joel

Even if you came up with answers to someone’s deepest problems, it would likely be a long time before they might be able to  accept this help. In words attributed to Winston Churchill, “Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but … Continue reading →

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Healing Thyself

Posted on March 17, 2019 by Joel

Healing Thyself “The Secret” by Rhonda Byrne sold over nineteen million copies. Want to be driving a Jaguar convertible sports car? According to “The Secret”, all you need to do is picture yourself driving it, parking it in your garage, … Continue reading →

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Play for Life

Posted on March 14, 2019 by Joel

Jaak Panksepp called the seventh affect system the Play System. Seven Primary Affect Systems SEEKING or expectancy RAGE FEAR LUST CARING PANIC/GRIEF PLAY You might not think of PLAY in terms of affective neuroscience, but according to Jaak Panksepp’s years of … Continue reading →

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Emotions

Posted on March 10, 2019 by Joel

Emotions Jaak Panksepp discovered that the lower brain seems to be organized in such a way that one primal affective state prevails at any one time. He calls this monomania and it causes the upper thinking neocortex to follow the … Continue reading →

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Primary Emotions

Posted on March 7, 2019 by Joel

Primary Emotions The brain is built from the bottom up. At the bottom is the reptilian brain and surrounding the top of the brain is the neocortex or as Jack Panksepp would put it, our “thinking cap.”  In between is … Continue reading →

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Opioids versus Opiates

Posted on March 3, 2019 by Joel

Opioids versus Opiates An opiate is a drug naturally derived from the flowering opium poppy plant. Opioid is the broader term that includes opiates. When I say opioid, I refer to natural brain opioids. When I say opiate, I mean … Continue reading →

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