Do you think your moods are controlled by your brain chemistry or that your brain chemistry dictates your moods? Do you believe people are born with particular emotional temperaments or that they are primarily shaped by environmental factors? Submitted By |
As a bipolar (manic depression) who takes a handful of pills morning and night, I firmly believe brain chemistry dictates moods. Your other statement seems to say the same thing though. Your moods are controlled by your brain chemistry...That is probably more accurate because outside influences cause your brain to react, which in turn determines your reaction/emotions. What chemicals are in your brain and how your neurons interact can drastically change the reaction/emotions your brain dictates to the body. Otherwise I wouldn't go through hell every time we try a new drug or change my current combo. I never know what my personality/moods/emotions will do.
Emotional temperament is also shaped by environmental factors. We learn as we grow how to handle situations/emotions from the role models in our lives in addition to our personal experiences. My brain might dictate rage. Recognizing this and taking a sedative instead of screaming bloody murder at someone could be deemed "emotional temperament".
One reason I dyed it this week is I thought auburn would compliment my brown Victorian dress. Now I will be hat less because the tan/ivory will look ridiculous perched on my black/red hair.
It appears though that another front is forming behind it. What the hell is going on in the midwest that keeps producing front after front?
And Tango Makes Three
by Peter Parnell (playwright) & Justin Richardson (psychiatrist)From School Library Journal
Starred Review. PreSchool-Grade 3-This tale based on a true story about a charming penguin family living in New York City's Central Park Zoo will capture the hearts of penguin lovers everywhere. Roy and Silo, two male penguins, are "a little bit different." They cuddle and share a nest like the other penguin couples, and when all the others start hatching eggs, they want to be parents, too. Determined and hopeful, they bring an egg-shaped rock back to their nest and proceed to start caring for it. They have little luck, until a watchful zookeeper decides they deserve a chance at having their own family and gives them an egg in need of nurturing. The dedicated and enthusiastic fathers do a great job of hatching their funny and adorable daughter, and the three can still be seen at the zoo today. Done in soft watercolors, the illustrations set the tone for this uplifting story, and readers will find it hard to resist the penguins' comical expressions. The well-designed pages perfectly marry words and pictures, allowing readers to savor each illustration. An author's note provides more information about Roy, Silo, Tango, and other chinstrap penguins. This joyful story about the meaning of family is a must for any library.-Julie Roach, Watertown Free Public Library, MA
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Top ten most frequently challenged books of 2008
Out of 513 challenges as reported to the Office for Intellectual Freedom
- And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
Reasons: anti-ethnic, anti-family, homosexuality, religious viewpoint, and unsuited to age group - His Dark Materials trilogy, by Philip Pullman
Reasons: political viewpoint, religious viewpoint, and violence - TTYL; TTFN; L8R, G8R (series), by Lauren Myracle
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age group - Scary Stories (series), by Alvin Schwartz
Reasons: occult/satanism, religious viewpoint, and violence - Bless Me, Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya
Reasons: occult/satanism, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, and violence - The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
Reasons: drugs, homosexuality, nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit, suicide, and unsuited to age group - Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily von Ziegesar
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age group - Uncle Bobby's Wedding, by Sarah S. Brannen
Reasons: homosexuality and unsuited to age group - The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age group - Flashcards of My Life, by Charise Mericle Harper
Reasons: sexually explicit and unsuited to age group
Victoria of the United Kingdom who reigned for 63 years and 216 days.
20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901
The current queen, Elizabeth II, is the third longest-reigning monarch of Great Britain and the United Kingdom. She has reigned 57 years and 223 days.
6 February 1952 – present
Longest-reigning monarch in European history:
Louis XIV of France who reigned for 72 years, 3 months and 18 days.
On Sunday I got a spot of paint on my blue jeans. The stain removal website I reference said to use acetone to get it out. Ninety percent of the paint came out. So did the paint on two of my fingernails.
I'm really disappointed.
My brother, my mother,
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earendel and I attended last night, to celebrate my mother's 60th birthday. It was hilarious. It provided a great lesson - make sure you buy water proof mascara. I don't think I had any left on by the end of the performance. The play was way better than any comedian I've seen at the Punchline. My brother said earendel almost choked on his beer once, but earendel is denying it. I have a vague familiarity with half of Shakespeare's plays. I caught enough of the references to really enjoy it. My brother knows less about Shakespeare but still enjoyed it. You will get more out of it the more you know of Shakespeare but that knowledge isn't required. It is not a kid friendly show. I would rate it PG-13.
Don't listen to me trying to inadequately tell you about the show. Just go buy tickets. The show is through next weekend. Be warned, if you sit in the very front you might end up on stage. I was asked to read a sonnet. Luckily it was drowned out by my acoustic accompaniment.
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Earendel and I settled on colors this weekend. The exterior of house will be green with a warm brown trim. I think it will have a Tudor feel when complete. The house currently is a cream with a dark blue trim. I went with green because only one house in the neighborhood is green. I read when we were selling the rental house a couple years back that you should pick colors that blend in with your neighborhood but are different than your neighbors. Also the mold won't show up as much. It will definitely be a change. I promise to post photos when its complete.
My Toshiba laptop, running Vista, began acting up yesterday evening, after coming out of hibernation. Here is where things currently stand:
- Loads fine in standard windows start up
- Bogs down to a near standstill once Windows loads. It appears to have crashed but if you leave it alone it will do what you asked (1 hour to open my computer then the download folder). After about 3 hours, the one time I let it sit, all the sudden everything I had asked the computer to do happened - and worked perfectly fine afterword. Windows shut down my virus/firewall program at that time. Crossing my fingers I restarted the computer. Back to square one, even if I disable my virus/firewall.
- Had 85 processes running until that three hour point. Then there were 77 processes running. When I looked over the 85, nothing stood out as odd. Nothing was hogging the CPU per say or from a weird company.
- Runs perfect in Safe Mode
- Virus scan was clean
- Sybot scan came up with 15 minor things, which have been cleaned
- Check Disk repaired one file; otherwise fine
- System Restored back to before the last two Window Updates, which happened this week. Made no difference
I'm told its probably a corrupt driver/file but I don't know how to scan for those. I understand there is a Startup Repair but it doesn't appear to be loaded onto my laptop. The repair disk from Toshiba allows you to manually replace core drivers/files or reformat your disk. There is no diagnostic aspect.
I am truly at a loss.
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