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Helping Joe, Episode 24

The Mating Grounds Podcast

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How an Eight Year Old Brain Interprets Maternal Abandonment

An eight year old brain interprets that is maternal abandonment and a super high stress threat situation. It's like you're sitting there in McDonald's and you're like, I have no idea why my mother left. So now I've got to make sure I do everything right so they don't leave. That memory is encoded in your unconscious, conscious and unconscious and how you interact with the world is shaped by that.

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