--- In cfntherapy@yahoogroups.com, "Will" <will_g_davidson@y...> wrote:
> <<<KOUKKOU and LEHMANN see this neuroscientific conception as an
> alternative to the psychoanalytic conflict model, stating
> that the pathogenesis of neurosis cannot be explained as conflicts
> between the "instincts" and socialization. Instead the explanation of
> neurosis lies in the quality of the knowledge that the
> individual acquires and creates from interactions with the social
> realities that are important at different ages. In other words,
> neurosis can be explained through the general adaptability of
> brain mechanisms

This definition of neurosis jibes completely with mine. What we're saying is
that the
"quality of knowledge" conveyed to children is extremely bad. Parents teach the
"knowledge" that the child's actions are uncaused. Talk about some low quality
information!

The "in other words," section above sounds off though. That's like saying lung
cancer in
smokers can be explained through the general adaptibility of lung mechanisms.
Yes but
mainly no! Focussing on the lungs blinds us to the obvious truth that lung
cancer is
caused by smoking. Analogously, neurosis is caused by outrageously bad
information, to
which no brain could be expected to adapt.

Ken