Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: Why is Early Love So Important?

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: Why is Early Love So Important?: The first easy answer is that you can never get it back; it is gone forever. And one day when you feel empty and lonely, and “down”, and mi...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: More on ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder)

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: More on ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder): Imagine trying to concentrate while trucks and trains and cars are whizzing by, make noise and creating tumult.  Well that is going on in t...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: Why is Early Love So Important?

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: Why is Early Love So Important?: The first easy answer is that you can never get it back; it is gone forever. And one day when you feel empty and lonely, and “down”, and mi...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Leap Into Cancer

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Leap Into Cancer: I am going to take several leaps: the first is to equate the imprint with methylation of the gene cell.  That is, as very early trauma (ges...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: There Are Memories That Cannot Be "Remembered"

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: There Are Memories That Cannot Be "Remembered": I have  often remarked that the most important memories that drive neurosis, our behavior and our symptoms are those that cannot be remembe...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: Can We Learn to Love?

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: Can We Learn to Love?: Is that possible?  To learn to love?   Is it ever possible? Nope.   Just a wee bit?  Nope.   How about liking someone more?   Yep.  Then le...

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: Let's Look Again at Evolution and Psychotherapy

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: Let's Look Again at Evolution and Psychotherapy: Our lower brain and brainstem were designed originally for immediate, rapid reaction.  It is survival and supreme defense.  As the brain de...