I agree, they are accountable, everyone should be and equally so. But if you want to reduce that kind of behaviour (the goal, surely), you wont get anywhere ignoring the reality of how trauma functions. If the traumatic memory resides in the amygdala, forget about rational behaviour. Finding ways to process those memories, from traumatic…
I agree, they are accountable, everyone should be and equally so. But if you want to reduce that kind of behaviour (the goal, surely), you wont get anywhere ignoring the reality of how trauma functions. If the traumatic memory resides in the amygdala, forget about rational behaviour. Finding ways to process those memories, from traumatic ones that always feel immediate and hair triggered, into the long term memory where rationality can come into play and the person can begin to rationally observe their behaviour, is the only way forward and we are yet to find a guarenteed way of doing this.
I agree, they are accountable, everyone should be and equally so. But if you want to reduce that kind of behaviour (the goal, surely), you wont get anywhere ignoring the reality of how trauma functions. If the traumatic memory resides in the amygdala, forget about rational behaviour. Finding ways to process those memories, from traumatic ones that always feel immediate and hair triggered, into the long term memory where rationality can come into play and the person can begin to rationally observe their behaviour, is the only way forward and we are yet to find a guarenteed way of doing this.