Makrosky
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Whatever.
For one thing, I think people would benefit greatly learning the history of the ideas.
Then maybe one would realize that the whole idea (and all the myriad of derivated ideas) of childhood trauma/PTSD/etc. started at one point in history because of Freud. Not very long ago.
Before that, no one would never see one's problems derived from childhood.
Greeks and romans would think you've problems with gods.
Tribes would think ypu have problems with spirits.
Tibetans would think you have bad karmas from previous lifes.
And so on.
One has to realize that you relate to the world with ideas. And the ideas change with time and culture.
Freud created the trauma idea, and then everybody has traumas and childhood problems.
That is NOT to negate the role of the psyche/mind in health. It certainly is very important. And I'm not saying therapy isn't helpful.
I think one should think a bit about this before embracing the whole childhood trauma thing. Because you can spend many years of your life trying to fix things that happened in the past with no previsible outcome.
For one thing, I think people would benefit greatly learning the history of the ideas.
Then maybe one would realize that the whole idea (and all the myriad of derivated ideas) of childhood trauma/PTSD/etc. started at one point in history because of Freud. Not very long ago.
Before that, no one would never see one's problems derived from childhood.
Greeks and romans would think you've problems with gods.
Tribes would think ypu have problems with spirits.
Tibetans would think you have bad karmas from previous lifes.
And so on.
One has to realize that you relate to the world with ideas. And the ideas change with time and culture.
Freud created the trauma idea, and then everybody has traumas and childhood problems.
That is NOT to negate the role of the psyche/mind in health. It certainly is very important. And I'm not saying therapy isn't helpful.
I think one should think a bit about this before embracing the whole childhood trauma thing. Because you can spend many years of your life trying to fix things that happened in the past with no previsible outcome.