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Before
we are born
Much research
has been done into what happens to us in the time before we are conceived,
when we are conceived, and as we grow in the womb.
Cellular
memory, which starts at least as far back as the time we start out
as a sperm in our father's body (still in his mother's
womb) and an egg in our mother's developing foetus in her mother's
womb, can be an amazingly accurate and strong influence on our later
life. What happens then can shape many of our future actions and reactions.
The act
of conception and growing as a foetus are also not without their
influence on us. The
emotions of the people around us, particularly our mother, the food
and drink
she
consumes, the physical incidents and the environment all play a role
in influencing us.
Each shape on each timeline represents a traumatic event of a similar
emotional tone which is linked to those before and after it.
The articles
below document some of the research into traumas we suffer at the
early stages of our life and how these are remembered or manifested
in later stages of our lives. There are also links to organizations
which study this.
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- What the Unborn Perceive
A description of the sorts of endogenous perceptions and memories
we have while still in the womb.
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- Santa Barbara Graduate Institute
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- Prenatal
and Perinatal Psychology Program -
Students in the Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology programs learn
to work in prevention and treatment modalities with families, infants,
children and adults.
The Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology Programs specialize in the extraordinary
new discoveries in research and in ground-breaking clinical work that examine
this earliest of human developmental periods. Conception, life in the womb, birth
and bonding, and the beginning experiences as an infant in the family shape our
sense of self and our lives at all levels of our being--physical, emotional,
mental, social, and spiritual. This program of study provides an exquisite opportunity
for students to help mothers, fathers and infants/children have the most optimal
early foundation available. The program also prepares students to work with individual
adult clients, couples and families.
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- International
Society of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Medicine (ISPPM)
- ISPPM
is devoted to the initial phase of human development - prenatal
and perinatal
life. ISPPM considers this earliest stage
of life as the first ecological position of the human being and
the womb as its first ecological environment. Pregnancy is perceived
to be a period of active and continuous dialogue between the prenatal
child, the mother and her psycho-social environment. From a holistic
view, human life is recognized as an indivisible entity and continuum
of all human functions, both physical and psychological in which
no division between "body" and "mind" can be
made. This comprehensive and holistic approach is also reflected
in the interdisciplinary character of the ISPPM membership.
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- Association for Pre- and Perinatal Psychology and Health
- Explore the many mental and emotional dimensions of pregnancy
and birth in everything from scholarly articles to personal stories
and late-breaking headlines. APPPAH was founded in 1983 by Toronto
psychiatrist and psychologist Thomas R. Verny, M.D., D.Psych.,
F.R.C.P.C., as a forum for individuals from diverse backgrounds
and disciplines interested in psychological dimensions of prenatal
and perinatal experiences. Typically, this includes childbirth
educators, birth assistants, doulas, midwives, obstetricians, nurses,
social workers, perinatologists, pediatricians, psychologists,
counselors, researchers, and teachers at all levels. One does not
have to be a professional, however: all who share these interests
are welcome to join.
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Birth
and the early years of life
For many
of us, the birth process is rather traumatic. We go from a warm, muffled
environment down a tight birth canal out into a brightly
lit, noisy environment where, if we are lucky, the doctor or nurse does
not handle us like a fresh side of beef. We are often suddenly held upside-down,
whacked on our bottom and then washed with some liquid. Our link to our
placenta is often suddenly cut and we are whisked off to a room away from
our mother.
During our
childhood, we are exposed to a number of events which can imprint upon
us in ways that only much later can we decipher, if we have
the courage to look back and see. This is the basis for much of modern
psychology.
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- Neurosis - Many
parents make the mistake of not picking up their child sufficiently
out of
fear of "spoiling" him. By ignoring him, this is precisely what they do, and
later
they will be swamped by the child's insatiable demands for symbolic substitutes — until
the day they crack down on him. The consequences of that are both inevitable
and
dreadful.
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