Useful introspection, as far as the process is rational. However, the view of personal power may be cemented on how much respect the 8 year old child is shown by their main adversary, well and truely prerational. If the child cannot get the adversary to acknowledge them as having a legitimate point of view, the child starts assuming personal inadequacies. I don't yet know how to deprogram that self-esteem blow.
...forever young.tonoriJanuary 28 2011, 18:24:43 UTC
Yeps, I get what you say about rational.
My point was not that this is a rational process - there's a lot more to all this than the rational. To include any realistic representation of that would be a very long journal.
Talking about it is rational though. Managing & responsibility for all our reactions are the purview of executive function.
Much as my inner 8 yo would like to be forever here... I have to tell him to step back sometimes. Time passes & the 8 yo me was not a happy chappie.
Also, I was 10 when I was able to manually take some control of this process. With a bit more luck - I'll be good @ it someday.
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However, the view of personal power may be cemented on how much respect the 8 year old child is shown by their main adversary, well and truely prerational. If the child cannot get the adversary to acknowledge them as having a legitimate point of view, the child starts assuming personal inadequacies. I don't yet know how to deprogram that self-esteem blow.
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My point was not that this is a rational process - there's a lot more to all this than the rational. To include any realistic representation of that would be a very long journal.
Talking about it is rational though. Managing & responsibility for all our reactions are the purview of executive function.
Much as my inner 8 yo would like to be forever here... I have to tell him to step back sometimes. Time passes & the 8 yo me was not a happy chappie.
Also, I was 10 when I was able to manually take some control of this process. With a bit more luck - I'll be good @ it someday.
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