Dr. Allan Schore

Now, I want to just make a quick reference to defenses because defenses can be adaptive and maladaptive, and they're important, and they're there. For example, we have defenses against overwhelming affect. Dissociation is defense against overwhelming affect. But we also have defense like repression. which is part of all human beings.

And repression can be normal and adaptive, or it can be maladaptive. And it's maladaptive literally when the repression is very strong, essentially. What you have there is that the left hemisphere is just shutting out anything coming over from the right. That's what repression is. The left hemisphere is just shutting that all out.

And repression can be normal and adaptive, or it can be maladaptive. And it's maladaptive literally when the repression is very strong, essentially. What you have there is that the left hemisphere is just shutting out anything coming over from the right. That's what repression is. The left hemisphere is just shutting that all out.

And repression can be normal and adaptive, or it can be maladaptive. And it's maladaptive literally when the repression is very strong, essentially. What you have there is that the left hemisphere is just shutting out anything coming over from the right. That's what repression is. The left hemisphere is just shutting that all out.

So part of this is becoming more aware of those defenses that we have also. And I want to make this point also. There are certain parts of ourselves which we cannot see. We can only see them when we're getting feedback from somebody who knows us and can see those things in us. And even if at the time they're uncomfortable,

So part of this is becoming more aware of those defenses that we have also. And I want to make this point also. There are certain parts of ourselves which we cannot see. We can only see them when we're getting feedback from somebody who knows us and can see those things in us. And even if at the time they're uncomfortable,

So part of this is becoming more aware of those defenses that we have also. And I want to make this point also. There are certain parts of ourselves which we cannot see. We can only see them when we're getting feedback from somebody who knows us and can see those things in us. And even if at the time they're uncomfortable,

But we need that feedback from somebody we trust to be able to see, which is why this ability literally to completely change one's psychology is highly problematic. Because remember, what you're attempting to do is to change the right brain, which is why intimate relationships, close relationships with whom we can share things is really a key there also. Everybody has blind spots.

But we need that feedback from somebody we trust to be able to see, which is why this ability literally to completely change one's psychology is highly problematic. Because remember, what you're attempting to do is to change the right brain, which is why intimate relationships, close relationships with whom we can share things is really a key there also. Everybody has blind spots.

But we need that feedback from somebody we trust to be able to see, which is why this ability literally to completely change one's psychology is highly problematic. Because remember, what you're attempting to do is to change the right brain, which is why intimate relationships, close relationships with whom we can share things is really a key there also. Everybody has blind spots.

And the way out of that, again, is trusting enough to take in negative feedback, you know, at times also. My own feeling is that when something hits me, let's say a disappointment hits me, and one of the things I learned early about my own emotion, because in order to study emotion, you have to study your own emotion, etc.,

And the way out of that, again, is trusting enough to take in negative feedback, you know, at times also. My own feeling is that when something hits me, let's say a disappointment hits me, and one of the things I learned early about my own emotion, because in order to study emotion, you have to study your own emotion, etc.,

And the way out of that, again, is trusting enough to take in negative feedback, you know, at times also. My own feeling is that when something hits me, let's say a disappointment hits me, and one of the things I learned early about my own emotion, because in order to study emotion, you have to study your own emotion, etc.,

That for me, literally, when something comes, I just let it come and move wherever it's going to go. And feel it just at all of its intensity and strength. And even after sharing it, literally... letting it penetrate down, so to speak. And ultimately, at some point, it'll come back into another shape and a form. But our emotions are adaptive.

That for me, literally, when something comes, I just let it come and move wherever it's going to go. And feel it just at all of its intensity and strength. And even after sharing it, literally... letting it penetrate down, so to speak. And ultimately, at some point, it'll come back into another shape and a form. But our emotions are adaptive.

That for me, literally, when something comes, I just let it come and move wherever it's going to go. And feel it just at all of its intensity and strength. And even after sharing it, literally... letting it penetrate down, so to speak. And ultimately, at some point, it'll come back into another shape and a form. But our emotions are adaptive.

And again, I want to point out one of the major fallacies is that negative emotions are bad and positive emotions are good. Positive emotions are good, manic emotions, etc. Negative emotions are bad, loss, you know.

And again, I want to point out one of the major fallacies is that negative emotions are bad and positive emotions are good. Positive emotions are good, manic emotions, etc. Negative emotions are bad, loss, you know.

And again, I want to point out one of the major fallacies is that negative emotions are bad and positive emotions are good. Positive emotions are good, manic emotions, etc. Negative emotions are bad, loss, you know.

We are wired for all of these emotions because they have adaptive value, and we need to be able to be familiar with all of those different types of emotions that come our way in our lives.