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Originally Posted by HeadDoc Marianco, please excuse me for altering your post. I hit the wrong button some how. Anyhow, with regard to romance and oxytocin, I wonder if the application of secure attachment may correct the situation. It took Harry Harlow's monkeys five generations to compensate for their early traumas. My wife and I socialize kittens born to feral mothers. We have varying degrees of success. These cats have taught me quite a bit about adrenal functioning and "releasing" or desensitization therapies for taumatized people. |
Trauma (including neglect) is like getting branded with a hot iron. Some permanent damage is done.
I think psychological interventions such as secure attachment interventions or true dialectical behavioral therapy may help compensate or correct the problems. This is tempered however by limitations in providing intensive therapy over a prolonged period of time. Also, underlying neuroendocrine problems which predispose a person to trauma - such as hypothyroidism and adrenal fatigue - need to be addressed to help gain a fuller recovery.
I do not think psychiatric medications or hormonal treatments will fully treat the problems involving trauma. Psychological interventions are necessary to improve a person's skills in mindfulness, self-nurturing, relationships, problem solving, distress tolerance, etc.
An analogy to cars I often use is for what I do medically (apart from therapy) is that I am the mechanic while the therapist is the driving instructor. No matter how well tuned a car is, if the driver is not well trained, the driver can still crash.