Oh Dragon,
That is very interesting, thank you I do hope you add more.

I have to say that it has been very troubling to me to try to understand that very fact that as long as people can function on what appears to be a normal level during a working productive period, they are not considered a problem. And I do agree that most people do have some type of so called mental illness. But I actually prefer the word perception, many people have issues in the way they perceive society and the world and themselves.

It would be interesting if the information that you are going to present addresses how people within society or different societies internalize too much. I do believe there is a great difficulty within individuals, as I see in pretty much all the different forums, with the way they do internalize too much.

Now, as I have stated many times in different posts I do believe that many difficulties arise from how a young brain is exposed to various deficiencies while growning and developing. I truely feel that because there is often no regard to the child within a family situation, children do suffer and become adults with problems that involve no methods to prevent them from internalizing situations too much, and also because of some lack of developemental necessity there also arises problems with perception as well.

When I was in a psychward myself I did have that one burning question as I peered into the eyes of the other patients. What happened to this person in their childhood, what was missing?

No, we are expected to somehow learn to deal with all the external issues that come throughout life. But, many people really do not know how to do this. So, we do have people who can function on a scheduled agenda that is a daily function. But, as is mentioned in what you have suggested, when they are on their own time they are not normal, have issues and are experiencing psychological issues.

My wonder is that one is only trained to pretend at functioning for a time but is not truely a whole functioning person psychologically. Many describe it as putting on that pretend face. So if you are going to take the observations of people that are full grown and are in various institutions, I cannot help but feel that something very significant is being left out.

Dragon I cannot forget the study done with a monkey that had only been given a metal mother and no love and interaction, something done very well by lower primates. That monkey could not socialize or function within a group at all.

When we study primates in the wild, they do make sure that the young becomes a part of the group and is loved and tended to and it is not only done by the mother but by the group. That young monkey's brain is exposed to the necessities to function with the group or small society of monkeys.

Human primates do not always follow this and often leave many significant steps out while the human brain is growning and developing.

But I am very interested in hearing more from you.

Open Eyes