And more… "Our neurobiology isn’t just designed to survive fear; it’s designed to avoid it altogether. Not by avoidance in the behavioral sense, but by building a brain, body, and social structure that thrives in safety, needs-meeting, security, nurturance, and connection."

psypost.org/mothers-childh… . Why do we still need studies like this. Do people not understand 1) the damage of trauma and 2) how easily it is to pass on 3) that humans NEED safety and security from mom/dad/other family/community. This is a study that shows misogyny in real time

Humans have the amazing ability to alter our environment. Not as a conquest, but to procure and foster safety and security. To be nurtured, and to know how to nurtured. This is our baseline and our birthright.

I just learned that moms and kids get their peak oxytocin when nurturing (breastfeeding/cuddling/soothing). Dads and kids get theirs from play. Play is also a form of nurturing. We need both moms and dads to receive and get full nurturing.

All psychopathy is fuelled by rage. Rage is the emergency cascade defence of fight. All emergency cascade defences are fuelled by unimaginable terror and shame.

The people who are trying to be accountable for their privilege are not the people who need to be accountable for their privilege.