DaveFoster
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I have issues with empathy, as in even a mild stressor will remove my capacity for empathy. Pregnenolone and progesterone (lowering estrogen and cortisol) relieves the stress, and I retain the ability to empathize and care for others. Remove the pregnenolone and progesterone, and I revert back to a lesser state.Do we know if the "volume" of hippocampus can restore to "normal" when the stressors resolve (through reduction of cortisol/stress chemicals and therapy?)? Haidut has also mentioned damaged serotonergic system. Early childhood neglect and abuse can leave a child with "reactive attachment disorder."
There is a very creepy video of how a child in this condition behaves:
[warning: creepy]
Can we really undue this? I mean, I hope so.
It's absolutely possible. Balancing hormones allows for proper therapy.