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Originally Posted by divine1966
Childhood effects us, no doubt. There was also a very strange belief that kids don’t need to be soothed when they cry. Crazy belief if you ask me
I am not sure though if being very emotional and prone to crying relates to allergies. One of my nephews has severe allergies. Very bad. My niece has none of those. My allergy prone nephew has no crying fits whatsoever and isn’t overly emotional or was ever neglected. My daughter and ex husband have a couple of the same allergies, she isn’t crying more than most people and she was a calm baby and child. Her dad isn’t a crier or overly emotional. I just do not see the connection. How do they tie together?
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The Dr. Spock effect could have influenced certain parenting choices in my case. But, it wasn’t like she felt compassion and wanted to soothe me but didn’t.
The allergy/ emotion connection feels to me like they are the same kind of ‘attack’. My body is doing the same thing in both attacks, one only involves the nose, the other involves the eyes and nose and emotions. I have asked my allergist about this and he had never heard of it. At that time, I also told him how it’s strange when I step out into the sun, it triggers a sneezing response and wondered why. He hadn’t heard of it then, either, but since it has come into scientific acceptance as a reflex that does exist.
Kind of funny aside story— I toured Neuschwanstein Castle once and had the worst sneezing, allergy attack of my life.