20. Life Built on Abuse | Self-Editing and Achievement

Transcript: https://www.t-mfrs.com/post/20-life-on-abuse-intro-to-yermfjess 

"Brains develop cellular connections based on reinforcement and punishment. When a brain cannot receive reinforcements for its normal behaviors, it learns new ones. When that is a pervasive experience, being socially punished for the ways it functions, it learns to constantly edit the ways it’s allowed to “perform”. This leads to an ongoing sense of fear and uncertainty that needs to be dispelled with social reassurance, reinforcements, or guidance, in order to feel both safe and acceptable. And that leads to entire lives built on shame, anxiety, co-dependence, and personal unfulfillment." 

AKA. An introduction to YerMotherfucker. Nice to meet you, behind the abuse-born accomplishment façade.  

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