Emotional Conditioning Robs Us of Individuality
Emotionally conditioned reactions are nearly instantaneous. The person responds reflexively and unidimensionally. The reaction is based on unconscious emotional cues. Reality factors are excluded. The person assumes a role that is evoked by the other person in the...How Judgment Is Altered by Our Early Child-Rearing
I have mentioned the child enters into a learning experience with his parent(s). Every interaction formulates components of the child’s resulting personality and how he will deal with others throughout his life. This set of conditioned learning experiences occurs in a...Everyone Wants to Control Anxiety in Relationships
We usually know how the important people in our lives will behave in a given circumstance. Otherwise our social relations would be more chaotic than they are. The ability of the mind to control anxiety, remarkable though it may be, is not without limits. Each...How Conscious and Unconscious Parental Messages Conflict
Many children have emotional illnesses. Therapists who treat them understand that the child’s strategy of relating is governed by the parents’ unconscious instructions. This strategy becomes entrenched in the child’s personality. A child may be told verbally that he...Connect with Dr. Adams
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