Abuse Changes Structure Of Brain

That's right. The emotional effect of a profound experience can go so far as to actually change the biology of our brain. This, and other studies before it are truly remarkable. Not only can this research explain the relationship between crime and a poor socio-economic background (where mental health problems are far more prevalent), but it also highlights how health is influenced by the presence of love.

We should all bare this in mind when we consider the epidemics of health and crime that trouble our planet. Remembering that human beings are the product of their environments, and more importantly, that the more conditions are supportive, loving and sustaining to all, the more we all benefit from reduced crime and improved mental health that impacts our entire society.

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How addiction changes the brain

Carrying on from the subject of trauma...

Dr. Gabor mate discusses how those that are addicted to heavy drugs have come through generational cycles of trauma. In this video he goes on to explain how many governments have a hypocritical definition of addiction, explaining that as many Jews that died in the holocaust as have died since from tobacco smoke. Fundamentally he points out that addiction is a health problem and that treating addicts as criminals only exacerbates the financial, neurological and inter generational damage it causes.

This woman helps to explain the culturally traumatised parts of UK society.

Camilla Batmanghelidjh meeting David Cameron. Image ownership of The Guardian.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/ive-got-kids-who-sleep-with-knives-under-their-pillows-834553.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/video/2010/jun/05/child-criminal-camila-batmanghelidjh

A letter for equality

We are all influenced by the distortions of the media. Recently I found myself affected by the reportage of the London riots. I've observed how so many have risen up in anger, some when influenced by the media, against the “underclass” that they feel is responsible for the damage. I have also witnessed recently how both media and politics have been colluding in serious corruption. The media is how we all keep informed of world events. Yet it now acts as the mouthpiece of politicians, and is biased by the ownership of the big businesses that own the world's media giants. It is important to remember that because of these biases in the media that the demonisation of the working class has always been inherent in U.K society and therefore our institutions. The government itself has waged financial and rhetorical war on the poorest parts of our society. Yet it this belief that the underclass is separate from us, our values and our way of life that has bred the calls for tougher punishment. We must view our society as one organism. If one area is sick we do not punish it, but heal it. The day we acknowledge that these behaviours are a a product of the society we have all created and take responsibility for the whole, will be the day that this “broken society” will be fixed.