Paul Valent - Survival Strategy Components

Survival Strategy Components
Appraisal of Means of Survival	Survival Strategies (Click links to search publications)	Anatomical Substrate	adaptive / coping responses				Maladaptive / not coping responses				*Trauma
Appraisal of Means of Survival		Anatomical Substrate	biological	psychological	social	*judgments of worth	biological	psychological	social	*judgments of worth	*Trauma
1. Must Save Others	rescue protect provide	thalamus cingulate gyrus	↑estrogen ↑oxytocin ↑opioids	care empathy devotion	responsibility nurture preseRvation	responsible giving altruistic	ergotropic & trophotropic arousal	burden depletion self-concern	resentment neglect rejection	irresponsible neglectful egotistic	anguished compassion fatigue caused death
2. must be saved by others	attachment protected provided	hypothalamus cingulate gyrus	?↑opioids	held,cared for nutured looked after	close, secure content union	worthy deserving lovable	↓opioids ↑crf	yearning need, craving abandonment	cling, insecure deprived separation	unworthy encumberance rejectable	helplessness cast out left to die
3. must achieve goal	assertiveness combat work	hypothalamus lateral tegmentum	↑e, ↑ne ↓cortisol ↑immunocomp.	strength control potency	will high morale success	strong capable successful	↑↑ergotropic ne depletion ↑bp, ?↑chd	frustration loss of control impotence	willfulness low morale failure	inadequate incompetent failure	exhaustion burn-out powerlessness
4. must surrender goal	adaptation accept grieve	hippocampus septum	↑trophotropic ↑pit-adrenoc ↑cortisol	acceptance sadness, grief hope	yielding mourning turning to new	pitiful sympathy tribute	↑cortisol ↓immunocomp ↑infection?↑ca	overwhelmed depression despair	collapsed withdrawal giving-up	weak pathetic despicable	damaged given-in succumbing
5. must remove danger	fight defend rid	hypothalamus med-tegmentum amygdala	↑ne, renin, e ↑pit-adrenoc ↑cortisol	threat revenge frighten	deterrence wounding riddance	brave nobel heroic	↑↑ergotropic arousal opioids vary ↓cort	hatred persecution killing	attack eradication destruction	violent wicked murderer	horror evil murder
6. must remove oneself from danger	flight run, hide save oneself	hypothalamus amygdala cingulate	↑erg & troph ↑da, b-end ?↑serotonin	fear terror deliverance	retreat flight escape	pitiable vulnerable refugee	ne & da depletion ↑e & ↓cortisol	phobia paranoia engulfment	avoidance panic annihilation	timid panicky coward	inescapable shock being hunted, killed
7. must obtain scarce essentials	competition dominance acquisition	hypothalamus hippocampus septum	↑testosterone ↑ne & e	winning status power	contest hierarchy possession	superioir respected honored	↓testosterone ↓fsh & lh ↑acth	defeat greed, envy exploitation	oppression struggle plunder	inferior contemptible humiliated	terrorization marginalization elimination
8. must create more essentials	cooperation trust mutual Gain	amygdala temporal & cingulate gyri	↑opiates ↓bp, e & ne ↑trophotropic	mutuality generosity love	integration reciprocity creativity	tender poignant beautiful	↓opiates ?trophotropic overactivity	betrayal selfishness abuse	disconnection robbery fragmentation	deceived seduced perverted	disintegration alienation decay

E, epinephrine; NE, norepinephrine; immunocomp, immunocompetence; pit-adrenoc, pituitary-adrenocortical axis; erg, ergotrophic system (arousal system including sympathetic nervous system); troph, trophotropic system (relaxation system including parasympathetic nervous system); BP, blood pressure; DA, dopamine; B-end, Beta endorphin; CRF, corticotropin releasing factor; CHD, coronary heart disease; CA, cancer; FSH, follicle stimulating hormone; LH, luteinising hormone; ACTH, adrenocorticotropic hormone :

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