PANIC/GRIEF

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Joel

Jaak Panksepp initially called the sixth affect system the PANIC SYSTEM to reflect what goes on deep in the subcortical brain. Continue reading →

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CARING

Posted on December 9, 2018 by Joel

Of the seven primary-affect systems, perhaps CARING is the least studied. Or maybe better put, the CARE system has been mainly studied in terms of pregnancy and motherhood. Continue reading →

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Gender Bender

Posted on December 5, 2018 by Joel

LUST

LUST may be the most complicated of Jaak Panksepp’s seven primal affects.  It begins in the womb with the XX chromosome endowment for females and XY for males. Were gender that simple. But it is not. What makes it complex is that gender of the mind and gender of the body develop somewhat independently.  Continue reading →

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RAGE vs PC

Posted on December 2, 2018 by Joel
RAGE

RAGE

Jaak Panksepp in his encyclopedic “The Archeology of Mind: Neuroevolutionary Origins” discusses Seven Primary Affective (intense emotional) Systems: Continue reading →

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Mini-Enlightenment

Posted on November 29, 2018 by Joel

Mini-Enlightenment

Mini-Enlightenment

The British Library

I had decided to participate in our fifty-fifth high school class reunion. Participate, because I served on the committee to organize the event, which involved lots of emailing and a few internet telephone conferences. A big deal for me as my life is solitary and I not only don’t meet with others, I don’t email or telephone. This is who I am and have been for a lifetime. Continue reading →

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Seeking Paradox

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Joel

Jaak Panksepp in his encyclopedic “The Archeology of Mind: Neuroevolutionary Origins” discusses

Seven Primary Affective (intense emotional) Systems:

SEEKING

Affects

1. SEEKING or expectancy

2. RAGE

3. FEAR Continue reading →

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Metaphysical Paradox

Posted on November 21, 2018 by Joel

Metaphysical Paradox

My brain stopped filtering, allowing me to perceive a suddenly revealed external reality. This happened more than forty years ago and I have never shared it because it is like describing being abducted by aliens. Had I heard it from anyone else, I would doubt their credibility. It was the most significant event of my life, so out of sync with anything before or after. This is a metaphysical paradox I never shared. Continue reading →

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Finding Flow

Posted on November 18, 2018 by Joel

Finding Flow

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, who coined the term “flow,” said that the natural state of the mind is chaos and this is why we need to constantly work at flow. Continue reading →

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Realities Taken to be True

Posted on November 15, 2018 by Joel

We Believe

What we take to be true is what we believe. What we believe is based on our perceptions. What we perceive depends on what we look for. What we look for depends on what we think. What we think depends on what we perceive. What we perceive determines what we believe. What we believe determines what we take to be true. What we take to be true is our reality. David Bohm (December 20, 1917–October 27, 1992) Theoretical Physicist

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Eye-Contact Phobia

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Joel

Eye-Contact Phobia

Eye-Contact Phobia

For many years I suffered from eye-contact phobia. Specifically, I was not able to look into both eyes at once. I had to choose one or the other. Since I was afraid this might look too weird, I tried focusing on the nose. Then again, I thought this might be even weirder. Continue reading →

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