Recent brain study research has indicated that we process images of ourselves and our family members in a different part of the brain than we process people that are not related to us. This may cause weird things to happen...like holding your family up to a higher standard than you would hold non-family members to because it is the same standard that you hold for yourself.
Of course, if on an objective standard your family members are a bunch of loons, then your brain is probably doing the right thing in getting stressed out.
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Monday, December 29, 2008
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I find the following quote from the link to be calming:
ReplyDelete"We like to be around people that look more like us, but we do not find them as sexually attractive"
I always see my friends find girlfriends which remind me of their mothers... so I guess either they are not attracted to their girlfriends, or this research is bully :)