Hippocampus and amygdala

Hippocampus and amygdala volumes in parents of children with autistic disorder.

I suppose all my simple amount of reasearch could have also come to the same conclusion only this is personal experience as although I have not autistic syndrome, I do have a very sensitive senserery structure, and I knew it actually long before. Its easy to see where the kids get it from when both parents tend to have personality traits in relationship to the hippocamus and amygdala.. such as strong inpressions, and an eye for detail as well as good memories. Its all a part of the structure.

Along with that, distraction/concentraition ablities are also a part of the way these structures are wired into the brain. It could all be conicidence, but it is definately, in my opinion, like a road map into the secret functions of brain structure. I believe firmly that these structures have always been varied and unique and mark a special place for those of us who have always been, either out of step with or are far ahead of the world.

IN the conclusion that they have come to in some structural studies of children with suspected ADHD, the amygdala, is also a structure to "BLAME"; so with this consideration in mind, to use drugs to control the so called "abnormatlity", to inflict drug treatments upon unique individuals who seem to not have some of the capacity to sit within a modern day school room usualy packed with all too many children and actually feel good about it, is sort of like choping down the Amazon Rainforest, because you don't like the insect life. (which is actually what some people have done, to the horror of the world). You toss the baby out with the bathwater, control the symtoms by destroying the area of the brain which has the greatest potential for gifts to be developed from.

Hippocampus and amygdala; You are the gold mine of the creative genius and the paraniod schizophranic and yet there is very little difference between the two, only a perspective of those close to the individual, and those who see them from far away.

Hippocampus and amygdala: I worship at your mystery, of where the mind begins and where unsual perceptions of fantacy take place. I love you, I love my brain, and I love my son's brain. In fact I love all brains as they are and unaltered.

Hippocampus and amygdala; some say these structures understress perpetuate addiction and harmful behaviours, but I tell you this, in the world where people want to escape, I feel the embracing of different realities not drug or alcohol induced are essencial for enduring a world for a sensitive person, not the reverse, in fact, all too often, the norm of acceptance is usually by trying to make people less comfortable with themselves as they are, and feeling more "as they should be" as other people would like them, productive drug addicts who contribute to society by being cogs in the wheel.

Although we can't all "shine" with abounding creativity (and that is left to question as well!) we can be ourselves and allow others to be "different" and this to be no threat to anyone. But the way things go, we have a deadline to meet, time clock to punch and an order to get out, and we don't have 13 years to spend on one painting that would be an historic work of art for the world to share in.. no, we must show our productivity or look like we are doing something.

From the weblink above:

"RESULTS: The volume of the left hippocampus was larger in both the parents of children with autistic disorder and the adults with autistic disorder, relative to the comparison subjects. The hippocampus was significantly larger in the adults with autistic disorder than in the parents of children with autistic disorder. The left amygdala was smaller in the adults with autistic disorder, relative to the other two groups. No differences in total brain volume were observed between the three groups."

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