Health - Mental
Maintenance and healing
Health - Mental
Maintenance and healing
the need to be near someone special is so important that the brain has a biological mechanism specifically responsible for creating and regulating our connection with our attachment figures (parents, children, and romantic partners). This mechanism, called the attachment system, consists of emotions and behaviors that ensure that we remain safe and
... See moreThe weird thing is that the people who suffer the most from self-doubt also tend to be the most driven. INFJs definitely fall into this category.
A different level of brain activity is involved for each response: the mammalian fight-or-flight system, which is protective and keeps us from shutting down, and the reptilian brain, which produces the collapse response.
Attachment and dependence occur because we feel incomplete within ourselves; therefore, we seek objects, people, relationships, places, and concepts to fulfill inner needs.
Often prickly mothers (and prickly people in general) cause us to tighten our muscles, hold our breath, and hold back our spontaneity.